Sweet Woodruff

[Guest guest]

Sweet Woodruff By Kathie Schmidt It is another one of my herbs that is blooming white clusters of star shaped flowers right now, beneath my pink bleeding heart, and next to some blue phlox. With a couple pink tulips hanging around, I have a bouquet of Spring flowers as you enter my yard from the back. Very refreshing for now! Sweet woodruff's 'real' name is galium odoratum. This is the same family as bedstraw. I have both in my yard, sweet woodruff in mostly shade and the bedstraw in mostly sun! If you ever have the two plants together, and one thing I found interesting when I studied this plant a year ago, was that the 'leaves' grow in the same manner. The new growth comes from the center of the top leaf! The 'leaves' of the bedstraw are spiney where the leaves of sweet woodruff are thicker spokes. The odor from the sweet woodruff plant comes after it is dried and doesn't

have much smell fresh! Odd! It is use in May wine: Dry a handful of sweet woodruff until dry. Squeeze a half lemon over leaves and pour a bottle of Rhine Wine over and let steep for about 3-4 hours in a warm place.. (Some add 4-6 tbls sugar) Chill and serve with a fresh strawberry. For a punch, you can add a bottle of champange, and float a flower ice ring in punch bowl. A tea can be made from sweet woodruff by infusing the herb in hot water, then use the tea to releive stomach pains. It makes a great herb for pressing for pressed flower pictures because of the shape of the leaf. It is said that when carried, it will attract money and prosperity, and will bring victory to athletic players, and keep them from harm. It is a very easy herb to grow, if for no other reason but for a ground cover. Suzi What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. health/ http://suziesgoats.wholefoodfarmacy.com/

Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates.