What beautiful yellow flowers for an herb that sounds like it is a blemish on Saint Actually, the word is “wort”, not “wart”, which is an old English word that means root or plant. It is named after St. John the Baptist of the Bible. The botanical name for the plant we are focusing on [...]
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Among the plants in my “everything” garden that is in the only sunny spot on our property is Sage. I call it the “everything” garden because there is no real rhyme or reason for what is growing there, there are herbs, vegetables, flowers, a rose bush, and somehow it all comes together. The botanical name [...]
This posting is about the variety of Wood Betony that goes by the botanical name Betonica officinalis or Staychys botanica. Isn’t this a beautiful picture? It was borrowed from Wikipedia. Like many medicinal herbs, this one has a list of historical uses, but the one that is most prominent in my thinking and experience is [...]


