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Pineapple Sage
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Pineapple sage (Salvia elegans) is a tender, bright-green sage with a clear pineapple-fruit aroma and scarlet tubular flowers that hummingbirds love. Leaves are softer and fruitier than grey culinary sage—no resinous stuffing punch. Tear into fruit salads, iced teas, salsas, and desserts; fry lightly for a sweet-herbal crisp. Do not substitute one-for-one in poultry stuffing. A summer annual or tender perennial in cold climates.
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Mexican pineapple sage entered ornamental and culinary gardens abroad.
Victorian and Edwardian gardens grew pineapple sage for scent and flowers.
Chefs rediscovered pineapple sage for fruit and drink applications.
Herb farms sold pineapple sage as a specialty culinary-ornamental plant.