Comfrey is a hardy, perennial herbaceous plant of the family Boraginaceae with a turnip-like root and large, broad hairy leaves. It bears small convex white, cream, purplish or pink blossoms.
It is endemic to Europe, thriving in moist, grassy sites. Comfrey has long been accredited by both organic gardeners and herbalists for its great usefulness [...]
An obscure annual up to 20cm tall, found growing all over the tempered world; chickweed is broadly speaking considered as a weed. It is a low, sprawling plant with small, oval, pointy leaves, white flowers, which seeds and flowers again so quickly that it is accessible about just about throughout the year.
It is full [...]
There are two plants called chamomile and they look very similar. The true chamomile, maricaria chamomilla is an annual and it is used for teas and cosmetics, while the second one Roman chamomile, anthemis nonilis, is a perennial used to plant sweet-smelling lawns. Chamomile, maricaria chamomilla, is a member of the asteraceae family the genus [...]
This perennial herb found in woodlands near water. It has rose-form leaves, thorny, with silver undersides. Stems are arching round that may reach 3 to 5 feet high and thorny. Flowers are rose-form and white appearing in late spring to early summer. Fruit is red that turns dark when ripe. Raspberries are also cultivated in [...]
A hardy perennial herb, member of the rose family, 40-50 cm high, with branched hairy stems bearing lobed leaves with serrated edges. Flowers are numerous and 3-5 mm in diameter greenish-yellow and with upper flowers smaller without petals, appearing early spring to mid-autumn. The herb is found in woodland and shady moist places in Europe [...]
A spreading perennial herb, to 1.2 m in height, found along roadsides and on waste lands. Tansy was in the middle Ages one of the essential strewing herbs. It is frequently now grown in herb gardens for its attractive and long-lasting yellow flowers and for its insect- repellent properties. Leaves are dark, fern like and [...]
The herb is found in woods and under dense hedges. Leaves are sparse, rough and dark, with the majority and larger ones springing from the root. The plant it comes up year after year from a woody root and rising to a height of up to 1 meter. It is a rough rather hairy plant. [...]