New this year – Milk Thistle

Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) A new plant for us in  2012  – Milk Thistle is a tall annual or biennial plant with large spiny leaves mottled with white,   and purple thistle type flowers in summer. Milk Thistle is a … Continue reading

Salad Burnet

Our Salad Burnet plants are looking good now. Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba Minor) is a clump forming evergreen perennial herb with soft green pinnate leaves and small crimson flowers on long stems in summer. It grows best on a chalky soil … Continue reading