Rowan Mountain Ash, Rowan ROSACEAE Sorbus aucuparia Comment How often does nature not compensate for its bounty by imposing other strictures. The lovely Rowan is no exception to this phenomenon – its small white flowers have a most off-putting smell when approached closely
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Rowan – Its Berries Catch Birds
Marshmallow – also althaea root, mallow root, mortification root, Schloss tea, sweet weed, Hock herb. MALVACEAE Althaea officinalis Description A perennial botanical herb with a yellow, branched root, elevated, vertical, leafy stems and substantial alternating, lobed and irregularly toothed foliage. The stems and foliage are velvety
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Marshmallow Herb – A Lot More Than Just Candy
Container and indoor growth Herbs are probably the most suitable and attractive container plants and virtually every species may be potted with great success, whether initially propogated by seed or nursey seedlings.
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Pots, Containers And Indoor Herb Gardens
verbena officilanis Appearance Vervain is a perennial herb sporting a rectangular, stiff and erect stem, which is typically randomly branched.
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Vervain the Versatile Herb
Some herbal remedies ought not to be taken if there is a pre-existing kidney, liver or heart condition, or if an individual is diabetic. For example, Juniper should not be taken by those with inflamed kidneys and Rhubarb not by individuals with urinary conditions and kidney stones and uroliths. Professional guidance should always be sought
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Toxic Medicinal Herbs Parents Must Avoid
ROSACEAE Filipendula ulmaria (syn. Spiraea ulmaria) Appearance The small, creamy-white, fragrant flowers are arranged in a terminal corymb. The flowers have reflexed hairy sepals and numerous long stamens
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Meadowsweet – Herb for Sore Tummies
UMBELLIFERAE/APIACEAE Levisticum officinale Appearance All of the parts of the plant are strongly fragrant. A perennial herb with a strong, hollow, angled and branched stem and substantial, long-stalked, bi- or tri-pinnate leaves with shiny dark-green leaflets. The stem leaves are less divided.
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Lovage – Herbal Remedy with a Sting in the Tail
COMPOSITAE/ASTERACEAE Bettisperennis Appearance The lone flowerheads contain white to pinkish, ligulate ray-florets as well as yellow, tubular disc-florets that shut in the evening.
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Daisy Has the Answers
Although it is always preferable to use fresh rather than dried herbs, there are times when fresh may not be available and gried herbs from last seasons crop need to be used as a substitute for fresh herbs. Having said that, let me also say that properly dried herbs certainly offer a very viable and
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Drying Of Herbs
We have great pleasure in introducing another herb enthusiast as our new guest blogger – Camille Baxter has a long acquaintanceship with all things herbal and we hope to hear lots more from her.
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The Autumn Herb Garden
