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| This is one of my many mints, Spearmint probably. It does the best here, so well in fact, that I have to plant it in large coffee cans with holes and gravel in the bottom to keep it from taking over it's surroundings. Peppermint, my personal favorite, doesn't seem to do as well. |
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| This tiny plant looks almost exactly like Moss Roses, but the flower is so tiny that it's amazing that it can produce so many seeds. However, the young leaves are delicious in a tossed salad with other mixed greens and a vinegar dressing. |
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| This is Comfrey. It used to grow in almost every roadside ditch until the road crews started mowing them. It needs damp soil so I put it where it's too wet for other plants. Be warned though, it's a big, hairy, coarse looking plant until it blooms. Then these delicate purple bell-shaped blossoms are worth it. Also worth it are it's medicinal properties. The leaf, raw & mashed, is an excellent compress for burns, ulcerated wounds, bruises & gum lesions. The root, dried and steeped as a tea is effective as a poltice on swollen tissue due to broken bones. It's also written up as being good for internal hemorrhaging & as an antitoxin, although I'd probably see a doctor for the bones & hemorrhaging! :) |
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| Daughter informs me that Granbaby has learned that there is sweet nectar in honeysuckle flowers. I don't have as much growing here as she has in Tennesee, but it's blooming up a storm! |
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