| Dogbane |
| Dogbane |
| Musk Mallow |
| Wild Marjoram |
| Common St. Johns Wort |
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| Apocynum androsaemifolium |
| The common name, Dogbane, refers to the plant's toxic nature, which has been described as "poisonous to dogs." Apocynum means "Away, dog!" and cannabinum means "like hemp," in reference to the strong cordage that was made by weaving together the stem's long fibers. Dogbane is also called Indian hemp, amyroot, bitter-root, rheumatism weed, wild cotton and General Marion's Weed, in honor of General Francis Marion, an American Revolutionary commander known as the "Swamp Fox" for his tactics for harassing British troops, then retreating into the Carolina swamps and forests. |
| Same as Above |
| Musk mallow is a more delicate and pale pink relation of the robust and purple common mallow. Musk mallow is a native plant of dry meadows and free-draining soils. It will equally enhance your garden meadow or lawn edges. With its finely-cut leaves and its beautiful soft pink flowers with their faint scent of musk it looks at home in any cottage garden or border. Flowering from July to September, its lovely flowers attract hoverflies and bees. |
| Marjoram is an upright, bushy, purple-tinged, culinary herb. It has a distinctive scent which carries a long way on a hot, still day. The dense, round, rose-purple flower clusters terminate the stem. This plant likes lime-rich soils on grassland, hedgebanks or scrub. |
| Origanum vulgare subsp vulgare |
| Hypericum perforatum |
| Common sight in waste places, along roads and in fields. |
