Love is in the air

To say I do not like Lovage as I just find it does not have a purpose. Lovage seems to like my garden as it is now standing at nearly 6ft tall. I wish all my plant experiences were this successful. It is grown in a semi shaded spot getting sun only in a morning, not bad really

This is another one of my many mints. Ginger mint. it has yellow variegated leaves, I had trouble last year keeping the leaves variegated but I found keeping it in the shade kept the yellowness in the leaf

The comfrey is still in the pot and is unlikely to ever get out of it at this rate, in my opinion it is not growing to its full potential in the pot and seems to only be surviving. I have comfrey growing at my Fathers and that plant is in full blossom

On a final note. a little but of raspberry blossom, this is one of the plants in the tub

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Lovage - Whats it good for? Levisticum officinale

I have had the herb Lovage in my garden for nearly three year now and I still dont know what it is good for or it's uses!

I have consulted my copy of Culpeppers complete herbal and read one or two websites and apparently an infusion of the root is good for urinary problems and half a drachm of powdered root in wine warms a cold stomach. I have no idea what a drachm is and I think the wine alone would warm my stomach. Below is my cherished plant and it does look nice, I may be moving it next year though and replacing it with some thing more productive.

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