{"id":2382,"date":"2024-11-24T22:30:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T22:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/?page_id=2382"},"modified":"2025-06-02T04:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T04:23:16","slug":"white-sage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/?page_id=2382","title":{"rendered":"White Sage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>6\/1\/25 &#8211; Flowers started to bloom last week. This flower stalk is at least 7 feet long. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\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\/2025\/06\/IMG_0565-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2250\" data-id=\"4620\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0565-3000x2250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0565-3000x2250.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0565-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0565-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0565-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_0565-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5\/26\/25 &#8211; I&#8217;ve removed 90% of the aging Echium and the White Sage is taking off right now. I&#8217;m also adding in a California Bush sunflower to go along with the rest of the CA natives including &#8216;Purple Haze&#8217; Aster, &#8216;Yankee Point&#8217; Ceanothus, &#8216;Saint Catherine&#8217;s Lace&#8217; Giant Buckwheat, &#8216;Pozo Blue&#8217; Sage and the &#8216;Baby Bear&#8217; Manzanita. I&#8217;m also going to rip the privet out and replace it with a &#8216;Snow Flurry&#8217; Ceanothus.<\/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\/2025\/05\/IMG_0441-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2250\" data-id=\"4564\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0441-3000x2250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0441-3000x2250.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0441-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0441-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0441-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0441-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Started to flower this week. I had to tie the stalk to keep it from breaking since it&#8217;s grown so tall so fast.<\/strong><\/p>\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\/2025\/05\/IMG_0442-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2250\" data-id=\"4567\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0442-3000x2250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0442-3000x2250.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0442-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0442-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0442-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0442-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4\/27\/25 &#8211; White Sage is now over 4&#8242; tall, I had to tie it up to the Echium since it was leaning pretty hard towards the sun. I&#8217;m thinking it won&#8217;t stretch too much more but I&#8217;ve never grown this before.  <\/strong><\/p>\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\/04\/IMG_9786-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"4265\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9786-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9786-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9786-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9786-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9786-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9786-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9786-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3\/1\/25 &#8211; planted a few months back.<\/strong><\/p>\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\/white_sage_2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2647\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"3596\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/white_sage_2-2647x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/white_sage_2-2647x3000.jpg 2647w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/white_sage_2-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/white_sage_2-768x870.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/white_sage_2-1355x1536.jpg 1355w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/white_sage_2-1807x2048.jpg 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2647px) 100vw, 2647px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Planted 11\/24\/24<\/strong> <strong>underneath an aging Echium<\/strong> <strong>that will need to be replaced<\/strong> <\/p>\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\/11\/white_sage-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2612\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"2383\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/white_sage-2612x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/white_sage-2612x3000.jpg 2612w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/white_sage-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/white_sage-768x882.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/white_sage-1337x1536.jpg 1337w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/white_sage-1783x2048.jpg 1783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2612px) 100vw, 2612px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Echium<\/strong> <strong>is amazing in it&#8217;s prime, but it&#8217;s short lived and starting to look rough.<\/strong> <strong>The new white sage is planted just at the base of this echium, you can hardly tell it&#8217;s a new plant<\/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\/2024\/11\/IMG_6491-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2250\" height=\"3000\" data-id=\"2386\" src=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_6491-2250x3000.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_6491-2250x3000.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_6491-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_6491-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_6491-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_6491-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/technobabble.us.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/IMG_6491-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6\/1\/25 &#8211; Flowers started to bloom last week. This flower stalk is at least 7 feet long. 5\/26\/25 &#8211; I&#8217;ve removed 90% of the aging Echium and the White Sage is taking off right now. 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