But I don't really care. I enjoy their flowers and the bees love them, too. (I'm am not a bee fan, but I do understand their function in nature. We just try to avoid each other; that's a story for another day.)
I love sage flowers. They are my favorite color of blue/ lavender/purple.
Feverfew has a delicate white daisy-like blossom that is appealing and really shows up in the garden. I use feverfew for headaches. Although I don't have migraines like I used to, I still keep it around.
Catmint, or catnip, is a risk. Because cats really do like it and the neighborhood cat might just start rolling around in it. Plant it where you won't care if this happens. Catmint has many medicinal uses.
And my favorite, of course, is lavender. Even if it wasn't good for a thing, I would still grow it. I pick a sprig and hold it to my nose as I walk around the garden checking out the plants. Hmmm, heavenly!!
If you're looking for a male company, it is said that if you rub dried lavender against your bare skin, you will attract a man.
Here's an old method of checking up on your man: Hide sprigs of lavender in books when separated from a lover. After some time, check their color and perfume to reveal the strength of your lover's feelings.
The smell of lavender hidden in the green
Pour'd back into my empty soul and frame
The times when I remembered to have been
Joyful and free from blame.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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8 comments:
Jane Marie, your herbs look so healthy. I wouldn't mind the flowers either when they are as pretty as yours. I love the folk lore about lavender.
Beautiful blooming herbs Jane Marie. I love them all. I have a special place in my heart for feverfew, and would like to find it to add to to the garden here. It was one of my first pass along plants given by an elderly gardening neighbor along with a number of perennials. She recommended it for headaches, but I couldn't bring myself to cut it. I loved those little white blooms. They added such a pretty, delicate sparkle to my first perennial garden put together mostly from the plants that dear lady shared with me.
Hello, Jane Marie. Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving a note. I cannot imagine having 100 varieties of daylilies in my own garden. How wonderful! I have, at most, 15 or so different ones, but I love each for its own beauty.
I enjoyed your post on flowering herbs. I have been successful in growing only lemon balm, garlic chives, orange mint, and hardy rosemary, although my poor rosemary plant's main trunk split and is pitiful looking. Only the Good Lord is keeping any of these alive, I suspect. I've tried to grow lavender (the scent of which I really like) but have not managed to do so. I'm not a very good gardner, I fear.
I'll return soon to spend time in your archives.
Ha! The lavender to catch a man trick I can believe. My husband is nuts about lavender! In fact, I use lavender essential oil on our pillows at night. I'm a terrible insomniac, and since I've been doing this, I sleep incredibly well. And so does the man I caught.
My favorite is lavender as well.I don't have much luck with it overwintering in my garden however.It tends to do better at the shore in the sandy soil. Absolutely love the smell!
Also, thanks for the tip on checking on your man;).
lol. very interesting Jane Marie. I'll have to try the man tip sometime. Everything is lovely as usual in your garden.
Love, love, love herbs! Spray lavender on my pillows for sleep!
Brenda
Hmm. My boyfriend is on a camping trip tonight and tomorrow night yet. I should go harvest some lavender and see what his feelings for me really are! ;)
I like the sage flowers, too, but some of mine are that pretty blue and others are (ugh) pink.
I was just thinking about you today, as I harvested some of my oregano before they flower. The hot/spicy one is indeed that--the fresh leaves numbed my tongue a little bit, even.
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