tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844615856750954840.post4922271217639767167..comments2024-02-28T23:32:01.016-08:00Comments on Living with twisted willow: Archangel or devilTwisted willowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05984448155644528425noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844615856750954840.post-73005099063954693312009-05-12T17:17:00.000-07:002009-05-12T17:17:00.000-07:00It is a lovely plant isn't it Suzi. It's on my wan...It is a lovely plant isn't it Suzi. It's on my wanted list for all the right reasons!<br /><br />I'll bring some roots back with us, Rachel, together with the white cornflower you want.<br /><br />Seems like it's more Washington State and that part of the country where they're waging war on it, Bea. Sounds like your plant is what we would call hedge wooundwort which grows in much the ame places as purple loosestrife which we also have. I love its showy purple flowers.<br /><br />As my children used to say, K, you just can't stop trying to educate us. Sorry .... but I love the idea that one of our most commonly used medical terms comes from a condition in cattle supposedly caused by elves.Twisted willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984448155644528425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844615856750954840.post-85788629576856151022009-05-12T11:32:00.000-07:002009-05-12T11:32:00.000-07:00gosh how interesting! Like mum I was educated by '...gosh how interesting! Like mum I was educated by 'stroke' :-)DKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01883507404298948190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844615856750954840.post-17522881941681050482009-05-12T11:24:00.000-07:002009-05-12T11:24:00.000-07:00Well, I checked my Wisconsin Wildflower guide and ...Well, I checked my Wisconsin Wildflower guide and I guess it isn't a problem here. I can't even find it growing here! We do have a Hedge Nettle that is in the mint family. That like wet meadows and stream banks.<br />Archangel is a pretty plant. <br />We have to rip out Purple Loosestrife when we find it. It has a habit of taking over and pushing out the native plants. Of course the plants it pushes out are cattails and bulrush which frankly, grow like weeds anywhere it's wet. :)BeaBeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825249325749004937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844615856750954840.post-24631005831150774112009-05-12T05:11:00.000-07:002009-05-12T05:11:00.000-07:00I took some photos of this plant recently and look...I took some photos of this plant recently and looked it up as I thought it was so beautiful. There was a whole bank of it at The Hurst in Shropshire when I was on a poetry course. What a glorious name - I was horrified to find out it was on a 'wanted' list when I researched it. I have yet to write a poem about it but the ideas are in there festering. Very much enjoy your blog, thanks.suzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15923168692398484704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844615856750954840.post-88496660384404765582009-05-12T01:32:00.000-07:002009-05-12T01:32:00.000-07:00I used to have this plant years ago but had forgot...I used to have this plant years ago but had forgotten it. I must get some more.Rachel Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13048590167153841615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844615856750954840.post-52884753779711733542009-05-11T20:05:00.000-07:002009-05-11T20:05:00.000-07:00Well, I'm still learning aren't I? I had no idea ...Well, I'm still learning aren't I? I had no idea where the word 'stroke' came from. That's so interesting. It's such a pretty plant too. Lovely photo.BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800917080090010655noreply@blogger.com