Crataegus laevigata/Crataegus monogyna GENERAL OVERVIEW: With over 200 species of Hawthorn, chances are that you have seen it and didn’t know what you were looking at because it is widely used as a small flowering landscape shrub or tree. But Hawthorne is MUCH more than a pretty face! When you think Hawthorn think Heart. In […]
Motherwort
Leonurus cardiaca GENERAL OVERVIEW: Motherwort can be found all over the globe today. However, it is native to Asia and southeastern Europe (aka Eurasia) and was brought to North America due to its medicinal properties particularly for ailments of the heart and nervous system. In 1652, respected English herbalist, Nicholas Culpeper wrote that there was, […]
