{"id":1379,"date":"2024-06-18T15:25:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T15:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/?page_id=1379"},"modified":"2026-03-27T05:01:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T05:01:44","slug":"hummingbird-sage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/?page_id=1379","title":{"rendered":"Hummingbird Sage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4736-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"6553\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4736-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4736-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4736-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4736-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4736-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4736-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4736-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Love the smell of the leaves!<\/strong> <strong>Currently growing (3) different varieties.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Standard (2-3&#8242;) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Las Palitas (short variety)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Powerline Pink (can be 6&#8242; tall)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3\/21\/26 &#8211; Patch of Hummingbird sage spotted at the San Francisco Botanical Garden <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4623-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2250\" data-id=\"6481\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4623-3000x2250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4623-3000x2250.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4623-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4623-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4623-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_4623-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Standard Variety<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4621-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"1163\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4621-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4621-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4621-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4621-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4621-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4621-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_4621-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7873-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"3716\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7873-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7873-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7873-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7873-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7873-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7873-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7873-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8139-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"3762\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8139-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8139-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8139-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8139-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8139-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8139-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_8139-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Las Pilitas (Short Variety)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5057-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5057-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5057-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5057-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5057-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5057-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5057-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_5057-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Another big clump starting to form; year two<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8749-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-id=\"3989\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8749-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8749-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8749-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8749-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8749-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8749-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>PowerLine Pink is now 6&#8242; tall in May<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-8 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Powerline_pink_6feet.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"1326\" data-id=\"4346\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Powerline_pink_6feet.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Powerline_pink_6feet.png 772w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Powerline_pink_6feet-175x300.png 175w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Powerline_pink_6feet-768x1319.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5792-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"1862\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5792-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5792-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5792-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5792-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5792-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5792-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_5792-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That single plant has turned into 6 after a windstorm took it down last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7897-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2250\" data-id=\"3718\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7897-3000x2250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7897-3000x2250.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7897-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7897-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7897-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_7897-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11\/30\/25 &#8211; The single plant has turned into about 15 plants after just a couple of years and started to spread into the neighbors yard. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2576-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"5685\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2576-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2576-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2576-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2576-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2576-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2576-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-12 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2577-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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Currently growing (3) different varieties. 3\/21\/26 &#8211; Patch of Hummingbird sage spotted at the San Francisco Botanical Garden Standard Variety Las Pilitas (Short Variety) Another big clump starting to form; year two PowerLine Pink &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/?page_id=1379\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1213,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1379","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1379"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6554,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1379\/revisions\/6554"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}