Sage Kubanets, seeds Agrouspech 0.1g

Perennial essential oil, medicinal and ornamental plant. The growing season is 87 days. The plant is 65-75 cm high. The leaves are opposite, petiolate, oblong, the upper ones are sessile, whole, the bottom is grayish-green, pubescent, the young ones are white-tomentose. The flowers are pink-purple, collected in the apical inflorescence. Blooms in June-July for a month, blooms in the second year. Photophilous, drought-resistant and thermophilic. The plant does not tolerate recurrent spring frosts, so it must be covered during this period. Grown by direct sowing in the ground or by seedling. Sowing is carried out before winter or early spring. The area of ​​plant nutrition is 20×40 cm. For seedlings, sowing is carried out at the end of March, planting – at the end of May. Inflorescences and leaves have medicinal properties. Leaves are harvested 3-4 times per season, starting from the flowering period. They have antispasmodic and antiseptic properties, they are used for gargling with tonsillitis and other throat diseases. The yield of an air-dry leaf is 1 kg / m2. Seed yield – 0.3 kg / m2. It is widely used in medical, food (for flavoring dishes and preparing spice mixtures), cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.