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Lemon scented Thyme and Pineapple Sage

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Posted by Desi_R MELB Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Oct 28, 03 at 6:49

I thought these two look good alternated with curry plant and rosemary in a loose border.

Now I've been told that Pineapple Sage grows quite tall and Lemon scented Thyme spreads everywhere!

Any one grow these in Victoria and willing to show me a picture of their plants so I could estimate their mature height?

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RE: Lemon scented Thyme and Pineapple Sage

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  • Posted by leyla Central Vic (My Page) on
    Tue, Oct 28, 03 at 16:14

I have both and yes the lemon thyme is a creepy sort of plant as most thymes are but I really love it (I have Orange Peel and a couple of others) Pineapple Sage does grow tall but mine gets cut down severely in the frost - in fact I have lost plans at various times.
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Hello Desi - I didn't read down the messages before posting my one on pineapple sage just now. I have grown lots of lemon-scented time in my Sydney garden before moving here and I loved it. By growing it in more a sunny position it will grow more compact (though still spread) ...more shade it tends to grow in a loose form (and still spread). It isn't a worry/invasive - is easy to pull out where you don't want it. The fragrance is so appealing to bend down and break a little when walking by - to me, a great filler.

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Lemon-scented thyme can get to around 30cm tall, and can spread quite some distance by self-layering. Which is good, because as with most thymes, it will be past its best in 2-3 years and you want a ready supply of new plants. It's easy enough to control, but you'll never get it to stay precisely and neatly where you want it. See my response about pineapple sage for its habits at the link below.

Here is a link that might be useful: pineapple sage

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Thanks for all that info everyone!

I didn't get any information on either plants except they were 'short shrubs'. Hey... a rose can be a short shrub too, so I thought I would just give in and give it a go.

The advice is very helpful, I'm glad it self seeds and I'm also glad thyme begins from runners, because my best friend is trying to create a garden simply from good will and cuttings. So this will be a help to her little herb patch.

Equally glad thyme can be pulled out easily and that pineapple sage can be pruned back.

I didn't know pineapple sage flowered however. So it will be interesting if it does. It's been pretty cold in Melbourne, but I can imagine it reaching it's max height in summer. Which is when I plan to use it.

Do you know of anyone freezing clean pineapple sage leaves in icecubes to use in cold fruit tea? Because that's what I planned to do with some of it.

Cheers
Desi

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I've done it with both the leaves and the flowers - not for tea, but for summer punches. And I don't use water for ice-cubes - I use fruit juice. That way, the punch doesn't get too diluted as the ice melts.

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I grow both variegated and plain green lemon scented thymes. I have discovered that a little bit in a chicken stuffing is absolutely delicious. Last year I grew Pineapple Sage in the Vegetable patch to attract good pests. It grew very well and was healthy. I chopped it back before winter as our frosts tend to kill it, but have noticed it shooting again from the side of the stump so maybe it will come on again in the warmer weather.

As far as spread the lemon scented thyme is quite bushy and has grown a bit but seems to be slower growing than ordinary thyme. The Pineapple sage grew to just over half a metre.

  
 

 

 


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