{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "record_type": "plant",
  "slug": "sage",
  "common_name": "Sage",
  "botanical_name": "Salvia officinalis",
  "family": "Lamiaceae",
  "summary": "Culinary sage is a short-lived evergreen sub-shrub for full sun and freely draining ground or containers, valued for aromatic leaves and pollinator-friendly summer flowers.",
  "categories": [
    "culinary herb",
    "perennial crop",
    "container crop"
  ],
  "growth_habits": [
    "bushy shrub",
    "spreading"
  ],
  "lifecycle": "Evergreen perennial sub-shrub",
  "difficulty": "Easy",
  "requirements": {
    "light": {
      "minimum_direct_sun_hours": 6,
      "preferred_direct_sun_hours": 8
    },
    "soil_ph": {
      "minimum": 6.0,
      "maximum": 8.0
    },
    "container": {
      "minimum_volume_litres": 20,
      "minimum_diameter_cm": 30,
      "plants_per_container": 1
    },
    "spacing": {
      "minimum_cm": 30,
      "maximum_cm": 60
    },
    "planting_out": {
      "minimum_reliable_temperature_c": 5,
      "frost_tolerant": true,
      "label": "Plant",
      "note": "Plant hardened-off sage in spring as the soil warms, in full sun and freely draining soil"
    },
    "harvest": {
      "typical_uk_months": [
        "January",
        "December"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "rhs-growing-sage",
      "publisher": "Royal Horticultural Society",
      "url": "https://www.rhs.org.uk/herbs/sage/grow-your-own?type=h",
      "supports": [
        "identity",
        "types",
        "size",
        "sowing",
        "planting",
        "spacing",
        "containers",
        "watering",
        "feeding",
        "propagation",
        "pruning",
        "harvest",
        "storage",
        "problems"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "ncsu-common-sage",
      "publisher": "NC State Extension",
      "url": "https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/salvia-officinalis/common-name/common-sage/",
      "supports": [
        "identity",
        "family",
        "lifecycle",
        "habit",
        "light",
        "soil_ph",
        "drainage",
        "drought_tolerance",
        "pruning",
        "flowering",
        "problems"
      ]
    }
  ]
}