Shire Plants Blog

New (to us) celandine

New (to us) celandine

Really like this unusual lesser celandine which we've grown for the first time this year. Lovely green petals with light streaks of lemon. Only available in small numbers this year but we should have plenty available next spring. It's called Ficaria ...
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Dragon bites?

Dragon bites?

Have you suffered from a dragon bite? If so, you may like to know that French Tarragon (Artemesia dracunculus) is alleged to have the power to heal their bites.On a more mundane level, it was traditionally also used to cure stings and bites from veno...
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Primrose

Primrose

Primroses are a quintessential sign of spring and the word means 'prime rose', or the first rose of spring. The flower has long been linked to faeries and it was believed that growing both red and blue 'primroses' in the garden would attract faeries....
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