Showing posts with label Medicinalväxter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medicinalväxter. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

What's in the Name?





I got some seeds and on the envelope it said:
Salvia sp.  

Salvia officinalis = Sage with herbal uses growing in my potager


What does sp. stand for? I found this very useful article by Susan Mahr about Botanical and Latin names. I learned that:

Unspecified or unknown specie in the genus of for instance Salvia would be written as Salvia sp. To signify more than one species in the genus,

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Soothing remedy for coughs and colds

This post 'Once up on a Thyme' was originally uploaded by Tyra in the blog Tyra's Garden Once up on a Thyme... ...I walked on a path lined with of thymes and sensed the marvellous amoratic leaves and I fell in love...I just adore the fragrance and taste of this herb. It is a favourite both in the potager as well as in the kitchen. I even make a cough medicine with Thymus vulgaris in it, see

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Here comes the Sun - Tussilago farfara

This post, 'Here comes the sun - Tussilago farfara' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/......HERE COMES THE SUN - the sun of spring .........In yesterdays post I wrote about LOVE an ABC post in the Greenhouse and to go with it I had a great song from the Beatles 'All you need is love' and today another one came to my mind 'Here comes