The upper picture was taken on march, 20th, this year. The of the herbs where purchased at a local garden center, the parsley was actually from the grocery store and survived the entire winter in just that small plastic container. Now it lives in my herb bed. The lower picture was taken yesterday. As you can see, the mint kinda exploded. The nasturtium seed I dropped in there sprouted too. Guess I need a bigger herb bed.
This beauty originates from the USA. It’s the national flower of the states Nebraska (1895) and Kentucky (1926). It also serves as healing herbs for different things plus it can be used as dye.
Foxglove or Fingerhut (thimble) in German. Beautiful flower with lots of uses and a legend attached to it. It is very poisonous but at the same time it’s a powerful medicine for cardiac insufficiency. The Irish have the legend that the blossoms served as hats for the fairy folk and those fairies gifted them to foxes as gloves (hence the name) so they could more easily sneak into the chicken coop.
The German name of this flower doesn’t sound half as nice as the English one. Also Kronen-Lichtnelke doesn’t sound romantic one bit, just kinda silly, at least for German ears. However, during the Middle Ages this flower was used as medicinal herb.
Somewhat Patchy 