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Green-winged Orchid – Viagra of the Ancients
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
November 18, 2011
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Tags: and-upright-, broadest-at-the, center, leaves-are, level-are, morio, ones-at-the, perennial-herb, terminal-spike-, the-center, the-summit · Posted in: aesthetics, herb garden plants, medicinal, Nutrition Update
Yellow Water Lily – Beware the Poison
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
October 24, 2011
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Tags: aesthetics, are-pollinated, brandy, brandy-bottle, description, esoteric, liquor-and, long-stalks, medicinal, nuphar-lutea, nyymphaeaceae, petals-are, waterlily, yellow-waterlily · Posted in: aesthetics, esoteric, medicinal, Nutrition Update
Wormwood – The Herb Garden Enigma
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
May 25, 2010
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Tags: a-highly-attractive, aesthetics, appearance, deeply-slashed, garden-plant, glimmer-during, height-and, herb garden plants, touch-woody · Posted in: aesthetics, aromatic, herb garden plants, medicinal, Nutrition Update
Sweet Red Rose Of The Apothecary
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,
May 24, 2010
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Tags: aesthetics, apothecary, appearance, bush-generally, crusaders, damascus-, damascus-within, damask, europe, french, herb-gardens, known-as-the, the-damask · Posted in: aesthetics, aromatic, aromatic herbs, esoteric, herb garden plants, herb-gardens, Nutrition Update, Rosa Gallica Officinalis
Showy Iris – Herbs For Sore Eyes
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
May 19, 2010
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