A question about sage...

[Denninmi]

1. They use the flowers various ways.

You can throw them on salads, use them to garnish dishes, use them to flavor herbal vinegars, honey, or sugar.

However, for the overall health of the plant, it is best, at least in theory, to remove them if you don't want them. That being said, I never bother, and it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. Sage is sage, it's pretty rugged, not much kills it except too much shade and too much water, and eventual old age when it gets all woody and gnarly, which means its time to take cuttings and start fresh, new plants.