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Wormwood Frigida
Wormwood ‘Frigida’Botanical Name: Artemisia frigida Wormwood ‘Frigida’ is a small woody perennial growing to 30 - 40cm high and 50 wide. It has grey leaves with clusters of small, simple leaves held in alternate positions on the stem. The leaves are aromatic and after a downpour of rain the leaves have a distinctive aroma. The small leaves may be lobed and can look feathery from a distance. The yellow flower heads consist of a quite small individual flowers held in a round disk like cluster. The floral disks eventually release their seeds for wind dispersal. The root system is rhizomatous w...
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Wormwood Powis Castle
Wormwood Powis CastleBotanical Name:Artemisia 'Powis Castle' Wormwood ‘Powis Castle’ is an evergreen, woody perennial growing from 10 to 90 cm high and equally wide. There are reports of it growing quite large, however, it is likely that 45cm would be an expected height in many regions. It forms dense spreading clumps of silver grey leaves. The aromatic foliage is finely divided and feather like. The flowers are yellow, but insignificant, so they are often cut off simply to encourage the foliage display. However, the flowers are fragrant and appear from early autumn to late summer.‘Powis C...
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Wormwood Roman
Roman WormwoodBotanical Name: Artemesia pontica Roman Wormwood is quite a low growing plant to a height of 60cm with a spread of 60 wide. Some reports indicate that it may grow higher and spread wider. However, it is a clump forming plant that manages to have a relatively compact appearance, while spreading in width. The grey-green leaves have fine white hairs on the top and underside, giving a soft woolly and sometimes white appearance to the plant. The leaves are linear and pinnate with a finer appearance than common wormwood, with a delicate menthol aroma. The many small yellow green flo...
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Yarrow Red
Yarrow RedBotanical Name: Achillea millefolium Red Yarrow is an herbaceous, mat forming perennial growing from 20 cm to 60 cm, depending on the specific variety or sub species. However, the foliage remains low with most of the height obtained from the long flower stalks. The green-grey leaves are 5-20cm long with a bipinnate or tripinnate form and are covered in small hairs, which accentuate the feathery appearance of the foliage. The leaves at the base and up to the middle are the largest and they are arranged in a spiral around the stem. The species name ‘millefolium’ is derived from the ...
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Yarrow White
Yarrow WhiteBotanical Name: Achillea Millefolium Yarrow grows naturally in Europe and Western Asia and is grown around the world as a medicinal and ornamental herb.It is a perennial herb with feathery leaves that spread along the ground in a matt like habit. Flower stems up to 60cm rise from underground rhizomes and produce many small white to pink flowers in flat clusters.Scatter a few yarrow leaves in layers through the compost bin help to activate and break down the compost.Medicinally Yarrow has been used for colds, flu, arthritis and hypertension. Externally it can been used on wound a...
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Yarrow Wooly
Yarrow WoolyBotanical Name: Achillea tomentosa Woolly Yarrow is an herbaceous perennial, growing from 15-20cm high and 20-30 cm wide. This is a dwarf species and can be thought of as a clump-like groundcover, due to its mat forming growth habit. The grey-green leaves are linear and finely divided with the fine hairs creating a woolly appearance. The leaves release a spicy aroma when crushed and have a felt or velvet like texture. The yellow flowers appear in early summer to autumn and grow from different points of the tall stalk, but end up forming a flat cluster or corymb at the top of the...
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Yerba Mate
Yerba MateBotanical Name: Ilex paraguariensis The word yerba refers to the leaves and means ‘herb’ in Spanish, although the mate plant is not herbaceous. The yerba mate plant (pronounced ‘matay’ or ‘mateh’ depending on sources) is a shrub when young and in its natural rainforest conditions, grows into a tree of 15-20 meters. In the garden environment, it is not likely to reach that height and can be maintained as a small tree or shrub. Graceful branches hold the dark green, elongated ‘holly like’ leaves, which have a stiff, leathery appearance. The small, green/white flowers have four petal...
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