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Showing posts with label honey plant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label honey plant. Show all posts
Sunday, May 13, 2018

1887 - Horsemint: #10 of Root's Bee Plants

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If you are thinking about what honeybees consider a delightful flower - think any mint family plant.  I suppose there might be on...
Friday, May 11, 2018

1887 - Melissa (Lemon Balm): #11 of Root's Bee Plants

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This year, the first spring I have been retired from teaching, I filled the porch with seed trays.  I stole the shop lights from the baseme...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

1887 - Turkey Tangle Frogfruit!: #9 of Root's Bee Plants

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O K, I'll confess, A. I. Root's seed list called it  lipia nodelfolia.  But when I read its alternative common names I could not...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

1838 - Mr. Cuthill's Advice on Sowing and Raising Mignonette in Pots

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On the Culture of the Mignonette By James Cuthill MIGNONETTE is considered a very simple plant to grow, and so it is in fashion. W...
Monday, July 17, 2017

1887 - Mignonette: #9 of Root's Bee Plants (with a charming history)

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Reseda odorata M ignonette, besides being a bee plant, has a fascinating history that includes a love story, chasing away headaches, an...
Friday, July 14, 2017

1887 - Honeypea: #8 of Root's Bee Plants

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T he honeypea is a cowpea which is a bean.  A large variety of useful types, bush and vine, make it a popular legume in warm climates.  Bl...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

1888 - Humbug? - Free Seeds from the Government

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I have to admit this posting was prompted partly by wanting to share this illustration.   Weinmann, JW, Phytanthoza Iconographia  -    E...