Comments on: pineapple sage, heroic late bloomer

By: Rhonda Fleming Hayes

Rhonda Fleming Hayes — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:52:50 +0000

How funny you are lamenting about the late-blooming pineapple sage. I had just blogged/complained about mine as well a few weeks ago. I had to bring mine into the garage to see it bloom before the frost. Of course there are no hummingbirds in the garage! But at least I set it on my husband’s red Sears tool chest that matched its flowers.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:43:27 +0000

A new favorite of mine! I planted it for the first time this spring in my tiny veggie garden. I placed it next to my other sage not knowing it would grow to be taller then I am. A great surprise!

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:58:22 +0000

Welcome, Sally, from the mecca of gardening. I know you have those lovely Annas there – jealous! You have had such wacky weather this last year, from last winter’s cold and snows through a blistering, dry summer…I hope the year ahead is kinder to you and your gardens. See you soon, I hope.

By: Sally

Sally — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:01:32 +0000

I do grow pineapple sage, and it is a late bloomer, darn it all. But here in Seattle, we have Anna’s hummingbirds all year around, so they are still out feeding on the ps (that is, when the driving rain permits…;-))). I’ve got four large plants in full bloom now. I do wish they would bloom throughout the summer as well.

By: Fred from Loudonville, NY

Fred from Loudonville, NY — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:08:31 +0000

Penelope Bianchi,….. I too have met C Z Guest. It was at a black tie gala, at the Breakers, a Vanderbilt mansion in Newport, Ri. It was a Coaching Gala (stage coaches pulled by four horses, most coaches from America, or England). It was the summer before she died. I know two ladies that come to Saratogs Springs for the racing season, that she knew, so I had something to talk to her about. I also had my picture taken with her. Being in her early 80’s and having battled cancer, she was still a energetic, vibrant, lively woman.