It’s All Very Clary to Me

Bad play on words, I know. Count yourself lucky I didn’t sing, “I can see clarly now …”.

Clary Sage Salvia sclarea is quickly becoming one of my favorite plants. (Shh. Don’t tell the others.) I’ve got two beds of it started in the garden in the hopes that I’ll get enough leaves to make a bit of hydrosol. Much as I’d love it, I don’t have the room to grow enough to distill for essential oil.

Baby Clary Sage

First, the description: Clary Sage (yes, it’s a relative of common Sage) is a biennial pla...