It is called Glaskruid in Dutch and Cucumber weed in parts of the USA. I identified it several years ago as Pennsylvania pellitory ( Parietaria pensylvanica), a non-stinging member of the nettle family and a sister of the well known traditional herb, Pellitory-of-the-wall ( Parietaria officinalis). Yellow petaled Magnolia in Neiuwe Osster Begraafplaats, Amsterdam Oost.īelow is a photo of an invasive weed which grows in parts of Park Frankendael. The cemetery also houses the national funeral museum. If you have uses for the leaves then now is the time to harvest a few of those! Here is a beautiful specimen which grows in my local cemetery which happens to also be the Netherlands national arboretum – A nice double function, you may agree. Magnolia is going over now, the flowers that it. I made this one with orange blossom water and olive oil. One week, there was a question about creams so I made them a video about it and have actually been more in love with the cream recipe since! It is a real skin soother. I am posting the date and time on the Apprenticeship events page and any who fancy joining me for a chat, do. I have been Zooming with some of my apprentices over the past few weeks. Hawthorn is a tree wrapped in much folklore and superstition, due to the plethora of medicinal uses associated with it. It has been in bloom for over a week and it looks very pretty. ![]() Well this year, it is a little earlier than I have seen for a while. This is called by many names around the world, including May Tree because it generally bursts into bloom around the first of May. Another Symphytum in flower – 20 m away from the purple one above ![]() This helps up to identify the species and help discern whether the comfrey growing near you in the white flowering Symphytum officinale, which is not seen as safe in internal preparations (such as teas) but helpful in external preparations (such as skin salves) or Symphytum uplandicum, which tends to have leafy parts which don’t contain the hepatotoxins in it’s leaves and flowers. Symphytum x uplandicum in flowerĬomfrey plants are in bloom. This is a bonus for foragers as it makes the leaves easy to harvest from a tree species which can easily reach 20 meters. The trees in this street show a characteristic of Lime, they often grow leaves down the trunk. I love to eat these leaves, they have a mild flavour, are not tough and they bring many nutritional and medicinal use s. This week, the Lime trees which line many Amsterdam streets, burst into leaf. ![]() A few photos and short comments today as we rapidly approach Beltane, the festival of early summer.
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