ORCHIDACEAE Orchis morio Appearance The violet-red flowers are borne in a loose, terminal spike. The leaves are lanceolate, broadest at the center and unspotted; the ones at the bottom level are structured in a rosette, those at the summit are sheathed and upright

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Green-winged Orchid – Viagra of the Ancients

Yellow Waterlily , Brandy Bottle Nyymphaeaceae nuphar lutea Description The substantial yellow blossoms , which have a scent of liquor and are pollinated by insects , grow on long stalks above the water’s surface . The petals are considerably smaller compared to the sepals . The fruit is a fleshy , flask-shaped capsule , which

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Yellow Water Lily – Beware the Poison

Artemisia absinthium (Compositae) Herb Garden Plant Appearance The light green deeply slashed leaves (which are silvery when young) provide a highly attractive feature in the herb garden. lt is a touch woody and appears to glimmer during the rain. Circular shrubs achieve 90-120 cms (3-4 ft) in height and produce tiny greenish-yellow flowers in summer time

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Wormwood – The Herb Garden Enigma

Rosa gallica officinalis (Rosaceae) Appearance Rosa gallica officinalis is the apothecary’s rose, identified somewhat ambiguously in England as the damask rose because it was introduced to Europe by the crusaders from Damascus. Within America it’s known as the French rose, or rose of Provins The plant is a bush generally 60 to 120 cms (2-4 ft) in height,

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Sweet Red Rose Of The Apothecary

Iris pseudacorus (Iridaceae) Herb Garden Plants – Iris. Appearance Iris is really a category of some two hundred and fifty-odd species of flowering plants with flamboyant blooms

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Showy Iris – Herbs For Sore Eyes