Herbs
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Herb of the Month: Aster
Aster About the Plant: Aster Asteraceae [Common Names; starved aster, Calico aster, white woodland aster, New England Aster, Heart-leaved Aster, Purple-stemmed Aster. Aster is a genus of flowering plants that has about 23,600…
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Herb of the Month: Heliotrope
Heliotrope About the Plant: Heliotrope Heliotropium indicum[Common Names; Cherry Pie Flower, Garden Heliotrope, Monkey Tail, Seaside Heliotrope, Quail Plant, Salt Heliotrope, and Chinese Parsley. Heliotropium indicum, also known as Indian heliotrope or Indian…
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Herb of the Month: Jasmine
Jasmine About the Plant: Jasmine Jasminum officinale[Common Names; Common Jasmine, Summer Jasmine, Poet’s Jasmine, White Jasmine, True Jasmine, and Jessamine Jasmine also spelled jessamine, is a genus of about 200 species of fragrant-flowered…
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Herb of the Month: Orchid
Orchid About the Plant: Orchid Orchidaceae[Common Names; Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Oncidium, Paphiopedilum, Phalaenopsis, Vanda. There are about 28,000 currently accepted species of orchids. The Orchidaceae family is one of the two largest families…
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Herb of the Month: Dittany of Crete
Dittany of Crete About the Plant: Dittany of Crete Origanum dictamnus,[Lamiaceae][Common Names; Dictamnus creticus, dittany, diktamo, eronda, Crete dittany and Cretan dittany, hop majoram and winter sweet. It is a therapeutic and aromatic…
