Azalea
Rhododendron
An ornamental evergreen shrub of the heath family, used in folk practice for its leaves rather than its showy blooms.
Jan 8, 2025
Medicinal herbs
Spring pheasant’s eye
Adonis vernalis
A protected spring-flowering meadow plant historically noted in cardiac folk medicine, now strictly cultivation-only.
Jan 22, 2025
Common gromwell
Lithospermum officinale
A roadside borage-family herb whose hard, stone-like seeds give it both its Latin and Latvian names.
Feb 19, 2025
Cherry plum
Prunus cerasifera
A hardy early-blossoming plum whose small tart fruits and flowers both have a place in folk use.
Mar 19, 2025
Alder
Alnus
A wetland tree of riverbanks whose bark, leaves and cones were valued as astringent folk remedies.
Apr 2, 2025
Aloe vera
Aloe vera
A succulent whose leaf gel is one of the best-known skin-soothing preparations in the world.
May 7, 2025
Sweet clover
Melilotus
A meadow legume with a hay-sweet scent of coumarin, traditionally noted for the circulation and the lymph.
Jun 4, 2025
Marshmallow
Althaea officinalis
A tall soft-leaved marsh perennial whose mucilage-rich root is a classic soothing demulcent.
Apr 16, 2025
Black locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
A fast-growing tree whose fragrant white flower clusters perfume early summer; only the flowers are used.
Mar 5, 2025
