tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65795999576846046372024-03-13T22:15:07.608+01:00The Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens BlogHistory, Heritage, Horticulture.Castle Bromwich Hall Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169211374034268280noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579599957684604637.post-8192568714281973762015-02-15T20:35:00.003+01:002015-02-15T20:38:21.202+01:00Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens - Snowdrop and Hellebore Festival Feb 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Although this blog together with our Facebook and Twitter
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undrerrated and fascinating plants. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year starts off a little differently this time around though;
Instead of a Snowdrop and Hellebore Event, we are holding a <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/viewevent?EFID=11850&ESRC=CRM" target="_blank">SNOWDROP
AND HELLEBORE FESTIVAL</a><u> </u></span>which is run over two weekend dates. What's more this Festival is recommended by none other than the <a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/?utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CInLmreCr8MCFQEGwwodlgIAEA" target="_blank">Royal Horticultural Society</a>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Needless to say we are pretty excited by this endorsement. Fame at
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Festival will be held on Saturday 7th and Sunday 15th February 2015 - from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our Snowdrops and Hellebores are (as we speak) getting their glad-rags on in order to meet their discerning public, and no doubt will be
resplendent in their unique wonderful gorgeousness in the lower
wilderness in plenty of time for the Festival. The lower wilderness garden is a lovely place to visit at
this time of year anyway - very atmospheric with the winter colours and all - but I digress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the Festival days not only will you have these beautiful complex and amazing
plants to look at and study, but there will also be a talk going into much greater depth on the plants
for those who want to know much more about them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The talk will be given by garden expert David Howell at 11:30, with a guided walk thrown in
afterwards. How much extra does this cost? Nothing - as it's included in your admission price.
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">In addition to the above you can visit our indoor
winter shrub and bulb display, get some refreshments from our cafe (hey - that rhymes!),
and / or buy and take home Snowdrops, Cyclamens and
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After much negotiation with his elvish agents, Santa Claus has agreed
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Staying with tradition, the Brummagem Mummers will be making their
annual visit to the gardens to perform their Seasonal Mummer' play. This
year they will be presenting a brand new production featuring Robin
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waverers to come over and join in the fun. As for our prices, well you
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Castle Bromwich Hall Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169211374034268280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579599957684604637.post-35699698436238960132014-09-29T19:33:00.000+02:002014-09-29T19:38:01.054+02:00Free Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Wallpaper for your PC!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For a limited period only, here is a free Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens wallpaper picture for your PC! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Common Ground wanted to create a celebration to promote 'British distinctiveness', so they settled on the humble old British apple; Yes that crunchy thing that keeps the doctor away. The apple is a symbol to Common Ground of local foods, and their impact on community and landscape. In fact, one of Common Ground's posters stated 'The apple you eat is the landscape you create'. Deep.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Anyway, here at Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens we use our old (very old) apple varieties during apple celebration days in order to mark our substantial harvest at this time of the year, and to check if our visitors' taste-buds are still working. Can you appreciate real apples after spending years munching polished, blemish-free, watery, tasteless supermarket dross? Are you tired of eating apple pies with spray-on green wallpaper paste inside? Then come to our Apple Weekend and sample some real flavour. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You may not know this, but us folks at Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens were born rebels, so instead of having one Apple Day, we're having an APPLE WEEKEND on Saturday and Sunday 4th and 5th October. What's more visitors who buy a ticket on Saturday can also come back on Sunday at no extra cost. Is there no end to this madness?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On Saturday there's a contemplative sedate feel to things (unlike the rather severe 'Static Displays Only' announcement on our notices and posters): Visitors can have a darn good look around our gardens to absorb the history, colour, and beauty of this hidden gem of a place. You might even get shown around if you ask one of our friendly volunteers! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our Green House will be displaying loads of heritage variety apples from our own and other orchards, and a tame garden expert will be on hand to explain how they are cultivated.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There's time to pause and reflect on such evocative apple variety names as: Colonel Vaughan, Cornish Aromatic, Golden Pippin, Nonpareil, Margil, Catshead, Calville D Hiver, Crimson Queening, Old Pearmain, and Coeur De Boeuf. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">First off, we'll be pressing some of our apples into juice so that you can sample their fine flavour at first hand. They'll also be lots of old-fashioned garden activities will be played on the Archery Lawn. The list of names alone turns back the clock: </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">snap apple, apple printing, an apple themed hunt (for the kids) and willow crown making.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">These birds are magnificent examples of native wildlife, and are well worth the price of admission just to see and discover more about these amazing creatures.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Do you have some spare time to help us out over the weekend as a volunteer? Then please do so! <a href="http://www.cbhgt.org.uk/Volunteers.html" target="_blank">Contact us for full details</a>. Free bar of gold bullion for every volunteer – sorry did I say gold bullion? I meant a resounding heart-felt thank you and possibly a free cuppa. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Text and p</span>hotographs by Graham Hig<span style="font-size: small;">h 2014. L</span>icensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/deed.en_GB" rel="license">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales License</a>.Castle Bromwich Hall Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169211374034268280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579599957684604637.post-77349769693597672102014-08-02T20:54:00.000+02:002014-10-02T18:33:09.644+02:00Jaguar Land Rover project II<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Following on from our
previous post on the Jaguar Land Rover project, the completed
Bird-hide and wildlife area (so kindly constructed for us by
JLR's team of volunteers) was officially opened on 24<sup>th</sup>
July 2014.</span></div>
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undertaken by Joe McNamara, Chair of the Group and Lean Manufacturing
Manager at Jaguar Land Rover, who followed up the proceedings with an
additional financial donation for bird<b>-</b>feeder seed. There will be some very heavy birds flying around the area soon as we rapidly develop into an avian fine-dining establishment!
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<span style="font-size: large;">Joe added his voice to
the gratitude that we all felt for the dedicated JLR volunteer team's
efforts to enhance the quality of life in our local community.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Additional thanks must also go to Signarama for donating the lovely full colour
wildlife guides dotted about the area. These fantastic efforts and
achievements will be put to good use both for our visitor and
educational programmes.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>The exterior of our fantastic new Bird-hide.</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>The birdie <span class="st">restaurant as viewed through a slot in our new hide.</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Whilst all the was fuss was going on, our Moorhens remained signally unimpressed!</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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</span>Castle Bromwich Hall Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169211374034268280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579599957684604637.post-23709377022730999362014-06-17T11:02:00.000+02:002014-08-02T20:54:44.812+02:00Jaguar Land Rover projectJaguar Land Rover chose the Garden for their Business in the Community project, and spent 5 days at the Garden to complete a new Bird Viewing Hide and wildlife friendly area. The area selected is between the North Pond and the recently restored Mirror Pond. They brought a team of 17 enthusiastic employees and two excellent team leaders.<br />
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The site they worked on was initially overgrown with tall herbs and brash, which they strimmed and tidied up efficiently. The strimming work carried on all week in other areas of the Garden. The teams also stacked the brash to make new habitat piles in the area. One of the advantages of the site chosen, is that there is a large holly hedge nearby, which provides a refuge for the small woodland birds to retreat to after feeding.<br />
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Whilst they were waiting for the materials for the bird viewing hides to be ordered, the team kindly took on a wide range of other jobs in the Garden, which helped us immensely. These included a major project in the Batty Langley Kitchen Garden, edging and weeding round borders, and planting out late summer vegetables such as squashes, and pumpkins. They also lifted three borders of box hedging in the Lower Wilderness area, as part of our programme to improve access to viewing the snowdrop & hellebore collection in the deciduous borders, and helped to prepare the Dahlia border in the Best Garden. On the final day the bird hides were put in place, complete with feeders, and a new compost viewing area with a Perspex screen was constructed. This should help children and families to observe the insects, invertebrates, amphibians and small mammals, which will hopefully start to use this habitat in the future.<br />
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The Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Trust is very grateful to Jaguar Land Rover for all the excellent work carried out to achieve this project, which will in time become a great new feature in the Garden, as the birds & wildlife start to make use of this habitat and the feeding stations.</div>
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Castle Bromwich Hall Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169211374034268280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579599957684604637.post-42041562766789745322014-04-26T12:55:00.000+02:002014-04-26T13:27:12.973+02:00Later flowering heritage daffodilsWe planted a selection of these heritage daffodils last autumn, in a shady area of the Garden to allow them to increase undisturbed. The previous blog on heritage daffodils illustrated a few of the earlier flowering ones.<br />
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Here is a few photos of the later flowering historic daffodils, which were planted out in a raised bed in this 17th/18th Century formal Walled Garden.<br />
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Castle Bromwich Hall Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169211374034268280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579599957684604637.post-4125376226879905892014-04-14T16:29:00.000+02:002014-04-26T13:30:49.499+02:00Spring daffodil displayThe Gardens currently has an excellent display of daffodils, including <em>Narcissus</em> Trena at the front of our main herbaceous border (My Lady's Border). We also have a good flowering of daffodils on the North Wall Border including <em>Narcissus </em>Wheal Coates and <em>Narcissus</em> Andrew's Choice (illustrated below)<br />
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A new addition to our daffodil collection this season has been the introduction of heritage daffodils. These have been sourced from various specialist supplies, with the aim of linking in with our project to grow on period correct plants in the Garden. Our historic daffodils currently in flower include <em>Narcissus </em>Lady Margaret Boscawen, <em>Narcissus </em>Colleen Bawn, and <em>Narcissus </em>Barri Conspicuus, (which is illustrated below). A full list of our daffodils will be available to visitors to our Garden.</div>
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Castle Bromwich Hall Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169211374034268280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579599957684604637.post-29652605181181334552014-02-28T14:44:00.000+01:002014-02-28T14:44:02.208+01:00Virgin Media Group Working PartyA Virgin Media (Birmingham) Group visited the Garden on Friday 21st February, as part of their Community Project support contribution. This enthusiastic team took part in coppicing Hazels in our coppice area. These were cut right back to near ground level, and graded into pea sticks, flower stakes and bean poles for use in the Kitchen Garden and Herbaceous Borders this season.<br />
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The hazel trees will soon regrow, within 2-3 years, and then can be coppiced again on a 5-7 year rotation. Removing the dense shrub cover in the coppice area, also encourages the spread of woodland wildflowers, such as bluebells, wild daffodils, winter aconites and anemones.<br />
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They also planted shrubs in the Upper Wilderness borders as part of the restoration of the 18th Century tiered linear planting scheme in this area.<br />
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Thank you Virgin Media and Sustain who organised the day, for a very good day's work in this heritage garden. We look forward to welcoming another two groups from Virgin Media in March 2014 to continue the Upper Wilderness project.<br />
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Castle Bromwich Hall Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169211374034268280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579599957684604637.post-77397783156151947212014-02-14T16:08:00.000+01:002014-02-14T16:08:46.341+01:00Selected snowdrops at the GardenWe are gradually developing a collection of snowdrops at the Garden, in addition to the widespread planting of naturalised snowdrops such as <em>Galanthus nivalis </em>and <em>Galanthus nivalis</em> 'Flore Pleno'. The collection of snowdrops have been planted out in raised beds, and in the future they will be gradually introduced into the deciduous borders in the Lower Wilderness, where they will combine well with our mass plantings of <em>Helleborus x hybridus, Cyclamen coum,</em> and <em>Eranthis hyemalis.</em><br />
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Here is a selection of some of our snowdrops in the raised beds, which you can see if you visit the garden at our next Snowdrop & Hellebore day on Sunday 16th February, 11.00am - 3.00pm, all welcome.<br />
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<em>Galanthus plicatus </em>'Augustus'</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The sharp-eyed amongst you will have noticed that the troupe bear an uncanny resemblance to the <a href="https://myspace.com/glorishearsofbrummagem" target="_blank">Glorishears of Brummagem</a>. Ten house points to anyone who spotted this.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So all that’s left for us is to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and peaceful New Year. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">By the way - if you must make a new year’s resolution - how about becoming a volunteer? Click <a href="http://castlebromwichhallgardenstrust.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/shock-horror-gardens-dont-take-care-of.html" target="_blank">here</a> for details.</span></span><br />
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Text <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">video and</span> </span>photographs by Graham Hig<span style="font-size: small;">h - 2013. L</span>icensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/deed.en_GB" rel="license">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales License</a>.Castle Bromwich Hall Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169211374034268280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579599957684604637.post-67802504374380767652013-11-05T17:22:00.001+01:002014-10-02T18:35:24.248+02:00End of Season Garden photos<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> In October, the gardens staff were involved with hedge cutting the perimeter hedges in the North Garden and the formal parterre in this area, which is a restoration of the original Beighton prospect dating back to 1726. I took this view of the North Garden from a Henchman platform and ladder to give a perspective of the layout. Originally the area was designed to have been viewed from the Castle Bromwich Hall, via the windows above the North Courtyard.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Solhull Police is a good friend to both the gardens and to our local community, and they are holding an open day at Chelmsley Wood Police station on 14th September between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm.</span></span><br />
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frolics and interesting things to see and do including stalls and activities
from local communities and partnerships and displays from ourselves, Fire and
Ambulance services. You can buy cakes, burgers, ice cream, tea and coffee. And
if you’re really brave, having stuffed yourself full of food, you can have a go
at sparring with our own local World Champion boxer, the one and only Wayne
Elcock. I am delighted that The Mayor of Solihull
and the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner will be joining us on the
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<span style="font-size: large;">Castle Bromwich briefly returned to wartime readiness on Sunday 12<sup>th</sup> May 2013 with the return of the 1940's
event at Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens. This time another enemy was faced; namely our Spring weather which still had strong elements of late Winter about it. Nevertheless both visitors and re-enactors packed up their troubles in an old kit-bag and smiled their way through, usually in 1940s costume!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The RAF tracking options proved to be most effective:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Needless to say the public were well prepared for any incursion from the enemy:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> ... and our dedicated Land Girls carried on regardless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the meantine Peggy Skivvy was on hand doing the essential job of the laundry, and telling just about everyone about how she went about it:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sadly the weather prevented me from filming her talk this year, so here's one I filmed earlier:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did however manage to film some of the quality entertainment provided by Kevin Mack just before the heavens opened on us:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In what seems to be a habit at our 1940s events, everyone had a great time in spite of the weather. Smiling faces abounded everywhere, and the event was the talking point of the area for days afterwards. Thank you all for your support.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would also like to thank all of the visitors, exhibitors, and re-enactors for providing the Gardens with an event that I strongly suspect will be one of the highlights of 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Special thanks must go to Professor Carl Chinn for promoting this event so brilliantly on BBC Radio WM. It was an extremely generous gesture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again, where would this event have been without the stirling work of our volunteers? Huge thanks to everyone involved: You were all great. If you are intrested in helping to
keep these historic gardens open for the benefit of future
generations see <a href="http://castlebromwichhallgardenstrust.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/shock-horror-gardens-dont-take-care-of.html">our volunteers page on this blog</a>, then please contact Sue Brain on
0121 749 4100.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>STOP PRESS! </b>More pictures available from <a href="http://www.2013.photowright.co.uk/Site_2013/Castle_Bromwich/Castle_Bromwich.html" target="_blank">this site</a>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A <span style="font-size: large;">sunny day (rare enough<span style="font-size: large;"> right now</span>,<span style="font-size: large;"> let's be h<span style="font-size: large;">onest<span style="font-size: large;">) greet<span style="font-size: large;">ed</span> our visitors to this yea<span style="font-size: large;">r's <span style="font-size: large;">Rare Plant Fair held at the <span style="font-size: large;">Gardens o<span style="font-size: large;">n</span> <span style="font-size: large;">May 5th.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Much trade in rare and
beautiful plants was done in this happy combination of Spring
atmosphere and magnificent historic surroundings (Click on <span style="font-size: large;">the </span>pictures to view them full size):</span></div>
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(after a short delay due to the late arrival of S<span style="font-size: large;">pring this <span style="font-size: large;">year) erupted with new and fresh beaut<span style="font-size: large;">y</span></span></span>. Everywhere you looked <span style="font-size: large;">gave</span> a fresh feast for the <span style="font-size: large;">senses</span>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">A very happy and </span>successful event<span style="font-size: large;"> was had by all<span style="font-size: large;">, puchasers were happy with their items, and sellers reported a healthier than usual sales<span style="font-size: large;">-</span>to<span style="font-size: large;">-</span>advice ratio!</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A big thank <span style="font-size: large;">you </span>goes to our friends and exhibitors at the Rare Plant Fair for helping to make
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<span style="font-size: large;">The biggest thanks of
all must go to our visitors for their loyal support in helping us to keep
these gardens alive for the benefit of both present and future
generations. If you have not visited us yet, don't hesitate. The gardens have to been seen 'in the
flesh colour and scent' to be fully appreciated<span style="font-size: large;">:</span> <span style="font-size: large;">These pictur<span style="font-size: large;">es cannot do the place full justice.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">On<span style="font-size: large;">ce </span>again without the unstinting practical support of our volunteers, this event would <span style="font-size: large;">not have taken place at all. Why not join them<span style="font-size: large;">?</span> </span></span>If you are tempted to
become a volunteer, please cl<span style="font-size: large;">ic<span style="font-size: large;">k</span> on our <a href="http://castlebromwichhallgardenstrust.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/shock-horror-gardens-dont-take-care-of.html">v</a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://castlebromwichhallgardenstrust.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/shock-horror-gardens-dont-take-care-of.html">olunt</a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://castlebromwichhallgardenstrust.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/shock-horror-gardens-dont-take-care-of.html">ee<span style="font-size: large;">r</span> page</a>. For <span style="font-size: large;">further details</span> </span></span></span>contact Sue Brain on 0121 749 4100<span style="font-size: large;">.</span> You
won't regret it, and you'll be helping to mak<span style="font-size: large;">e</span> a difference that will be
appreciated for<span style="font-size: large;"> generations</span> to come<span style="font-size: large;">!</span></span></div>
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The photographs taken by Graham High, and are licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/deed.en_GB" rel="license">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales License</a>.Castle Bromwich Hall Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169211374034268280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579599957684604637.post-12438593749232166402013-04-21T11:39:00.002+02:002013-05-20T12:14:56.473+02:00Spring has finally sprung! The Gardens in April 2013.<div style="text-align: center;">
<pre><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The first day of spring is one thing, and the first
spring day is another. The difference between them is
sometimes as great as a month.</span></i></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_van_Dyke"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="title">Henry van Dyke</span> 1852–1933</span></a></pre>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After a particularly harsh Winter season this time around, the Gardens<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>are now starting to display their beauty once again. Spring appears to have sprung with a vengeance, much to my relief as much anyone else's!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I hope you enjoy the<span style="font-size: large;"> photgraphs</span>, and come to visit the gardens to see this beauty for yourself. No photograph can express the wonderful sights, sounds, smells, and peacefulness pervading this place right now.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Castle Bromwich Herbiary - Chives</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Botanical: Allium schoenoprasum</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(French) Ail civitte </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Old French) Petit po<span style="font-size: large;">i</span>reau </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Chive is the smallest, though one of the finest-flavoured of the Onion <span style="font-size: large;">variety</span>, belonging to the botanical group of plants that goes under the name of Allium, which also includes<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Garlic, Leek and Shallot. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Allium schoenoprasum - Original book source: Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé ''Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Sc. Public Dom</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Though said to be a native of Britain, <span style="font-size: large;">the <span style="font-size: large;">C</span>hive</span> is only very rarely found growing in an uncultivated state, and then only in the northern and western counties of England and Wales and in Oxfordshire. It grows in rocky pastures throughout temperate and northern Europe. De Candolle says: 'This species occupies an extensive area in the northern hemisphere. It is found all over Europe from Corsica and Greece to the south of Sweden, in Siberia as far as Kamschatka and also in North America. The variety found in the Alps is the nearest to the cultivated form.' Most probably it was known to the Ancients, as it grows wild in Greece and Italy. Dodoens figures it and gives the French name for it in his days: 'Petit poureau,' relating to its rush-like appearance. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In present day French it is commonly called 'Ail civitte.' The Latin name of this species means 'Rush-Leek.' </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The plant is a hardy perennial. The bulbs grow very close together in dense tufts or clusters, and are of an elongated form, with white, rather firm sheaths, the outer sheath sometimes grey. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The slender leaves appear early in spring and are long, cylindrical and hollow, tapering to a point and about the thickness of a crowsquill. They grow from 6 to 10 inches high. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The flowering stem is usually nipped off with cultivated plants (which are grown solely for the sake of the leaves, or 'grass'), but when allowed to rise, it seldom reaches more than a few inches to at most a foot in height. It is hollow and either has no leaf or one leaf sheathing it below the middle. It supports a close globular head, or umbel, of purple flowers; the numerous flowers are densely packed together on separate, very slender little flower-stalks, shorter than the flowers themselves, which lengthen slightly as the fruit ripens, causing the heads to assume a conical instead of a round shape. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Allium schoenoprasum. Photograph by <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Fornax&action=edit&redlink=1" title="User:Fornax (page does not exist)">Fornax</a>. </i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The petals of the flowers are nearly half an inch long; when dry, their pale-purple colour, which has in Parts a darker flush, changes to rose-colour. The anthers (the pollen-bearing part of the flower) are of a bluish-purple colour. The seed-vessel, or capsule, is a little larger than a hemp seed and is completely concealed within the petals, which are about twice its length. The small seeds which it contains are black when ripe and similar to Onion seeds. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The flowers are in blossom in June and July, and in the most cold and moist situations will mature their seeds, though rarely allowed to do so under cultivation. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chives will grow in any ordinary garden soil, but will thrive in soil rich in organic matter, with a pH of 6-7 and full sun. Typically, chives need to be germinated at a temperature of 15 to 20°C (60-70°F) and kept moist. They can also be planted under a cloche or germinated indoors in cooler climates, then planted out later. <span style="font-size: large;">Chives</span> can be raised by seed, but <span style="font-size: large;">are</span> usually propagated by dividing the clumps in spring or autumn. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In dividing the clumps, leave about six little bulbs together in a tiny clump, which will spread to a fine clump in the course of a year. Set the clumps from 9 inches to a foot apart each way. For a quick return, propagation by division of the bulb clumps is always to be preferred. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chives are cultivated both for their culinary uses and their ornamental value; the violet flowers are often used in ornamental dry bouquets.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In cold regions, chives die back to the underground bulbs in winter, with the new leaves appearing in early spring. Chives starting to look old can be cut back to about 2–5cm. When harvesting, the needed number of stalks should be cut to the base. During the growing season, the plant will continually regrow leaves, allowing for a continuous harvest.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span>he green from the clumps can be cut three or four times in the season. When required for use, each clump may be cut in turn, fairly close to the ground. The leaves will soon grow again and be found more tender each time of cutting. By carefully cropping, the 'grass' can be obtained quite late in the season, until the early frosts come, when it withers up and disappears through the winter, pushing up again in the first warm days of February. For early crops, a little 'grass' can be forced on the clumps by placing cloches or a 'light' over them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Beyond weeding between the clumps, no further care or attention is needed after division. Beds should be re-planted at least once in three or four years. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If it is desired to produce seed, grow two plantations, one for producing 'grass' for use, and the other to be left to flower and set seed, as you cannot get the two crops - 'grass' and seed, off the one set of plants. </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Culinary Uses:</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Chive contains a pungent volatile oil, rich in sulphur, which gives them its distinctive smell and taste. Chive flowers are also edible, and can be used as a garnish or may be crystallised. Chives provide extra flavour salads - cut fresh and chopped fine, or sprinkled on sliced tomatoes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They are also excellent in savoury omelettes, and may be chopped and boiled with potatoes that are to be mashed, or chopped fresh and sprinkled, just before serving, on mashed potatoes, both as a garnish and flavouring. They may also be put into soup, either dried, or freshly cut and finely chopped, and are a welcome improvement to homemade sausages, croquettes, etc., as well as an excellent addition to beefsteak puddings and pies. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chives are also used in traditional dishes in France and Sweden. In his 1806 book Attempt at a Flora (Försök til en flora), Retzius describes how chives are used with pancakes, soups, fish and sandwiches. They are also an ingredient of the gräddfil sauce served with the traditional herring dish served at Swedish midsummer celebrations. The flowers may also be used to garnish dishes. In Poland, chives are served with quark cheese.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chives are one of the "fines herbes" of French cuisine, which also include tarragon, chervil and/or parsley.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chives can be found fresh at most markets year-round, making them readily available; they can also be dry-frozen without much impairment to the taste, giving home growers the opportunity to store large quantities harvested from their own gardens. The web is also replete with many intresting and entertaining recipes using chives.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Medicinal and Folklore:</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ancient Chinese are the first to documented using chives as long ago as 3000 years B.C. and Marco Polo is credited with bringing chives to Europe from China.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Romanian Gypsies have used chives in fortune telling.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was believed that you should hang bunches of dried chives around your house to ward off disease and evil.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Romans believed chives could relieve the pain from sunburn or a sore throat. They also believed that eating chives would increase blood pressure and acted as a diuretic. Medical sources do tend to discredit these claims though.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There you go: I managed to get through an article without referring to the Children's programme:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Whoops<span style="font-size: large;">:</span> <span style="font-size: large;">S</span>orry...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyway, please come and visit our Chives in the herb gardens next time you visit us. I'm sure they'll be pleased to see you!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This article has been fabricated from several sources to whom grateful thanks are due:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chives">Wikipedia </a><br /><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">Wikimedia Commons</a><br /><a href="http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/c/chives65.html">Botanical.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.grandmas-wisdom.com/chives.html">Granma's Wisdom</a></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FilmFair">FilmFair</a><br /><br />Thanks are also due to Chris Hitchcock. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>All photographs credited as stated and unless indicated otherwise, are subject to the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en" target="_blank">Creative Commons ShareAlike unported 3.0 licence</a>.</i></span>Castle Bromwich Hall Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169211374034268280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579599957684604637.post-26499060256964362532013-03-02T13:00:00.003+01:002013-04-10T21:49:44.072+02:00A Castle Bromwich Herbiary - Sage.<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello everyone and welcome to<i> </i>this latest Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Herbiary entry. This time around we are featuring Sage<span style="font-size: large;">:</span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">I'm a rather fat feathery owl called sage, </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">I'm not at all happy in fact in a rage, </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">it's bad enough having ones home all upset,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">but to make matters worse all my feathers are wet.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sage was a character in FilmFair's memorable stop-frame animation series 'The Herbs', first broadcast in 1968 under BBC Television's 'Watch With Mother strand. The characters were created and the show written by Michael Bond (creator of Paddington Bear), and the series was particularly noted for its satirical adult edged humour disguised as children's entertainment. This aspect probably explains the shows continued appeal 45 years after it was first broadcast.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sage was a loud, perpetually vile-tempered Owl who always appeared one step away from committing violence on whoever annoyed him (everyone), or on whatever prevented him from getting what he wanted (everything). An avian version of Verruca Salt, if you will. Sage particularly disliked losing his nest and / or getting wet. Needless to say, both incidents occured frequently.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sage was voiced by the actor Gordon Rollings: No stranger to left-field humour himself (amongst his appearances he featured in Spike Milligan's post-apocalyptic film 'The Bedsitting Room'), his laconic deadpan delivery imbued the script with an unique.....</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">what?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">er, hang on a second folks...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, how was I to know??</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Look if I start again nobody will notice, I mean who reads this stuff anyway?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">OK...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ahem.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>A Castle Bromwich Herbiary - Sage</u></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello everyone and welcome to the latest Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Herbiary entry. This time around we are featuring Sage<span style="font-size: large;">:</span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">You say, O Sage, when weather-checked,</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">"I have been favoured so</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">With cloudless skies, I must expect</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;">This dash of rain or snow." </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">See. Nobody noticed: Told you.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Native to the Balkan and Mediterranean, sage (Salvia <span style="font-size: large;">O</span>fficinalis to you) is a member of the mint family and its bluish-purple flowers and greyish-green leaves are a familiar sight in many of our UK gardens. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In favourable conditions in the garden, S. officinalis can grow to a substantial size (1 square metre or more), but a number of cultivars are more compact. As such they are valued as small ornamental flowering shrubs, rather than for their herbal properties. Some provide low ground cover, especially in sunny dry environments. Like many herbs they can be killed by a cold wet winter, especially if the soil is not well drained. But they are easily propagated from summer cuttings, and some cultivars are produced from seeds.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Alba', a white-flowered cultivar </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Aurea', golden sage </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Berggarten', a cultivar with large leaves, which rarely blooms, extending the useful life of the leaves </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Extrakta', has leaves with higher oil concentrations </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Icterina', a cultivar with yellow-green variegated leaves </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Lavandulaefolia', a small leaved cultivar </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Purpurascens' ('Purpurea'), a purple-leafed cultivar </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">'Tricolor', a cultivar with white, yellow and green variegated leaves </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sage can be found in Castle Bromwich Hall Garden</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">s in various areas, usually in the borders around the <i>Batty Langley Kitchen Garden</i>.</span></span><i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Salvia officinalis itself has numerous common names. Some of the best known include sage, common sage, garden sage, golden sage, kitchen sage, true sage, culinary sage, Dalmatian sage, and broadleaf sage. Cultivated forms include purple sage and red sage. In Turkey, Salvia officinalis is widely known as adaçay, meaning "island tea". In the Levant its called Maramia. </span></span><br />
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<span dir="auto"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Salvia officinalis - Köhler's Medicinal - 1887</span></span></i></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Salvia officinalis was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It has been grown for centuries in the Old World for its food and healing properties, and was often described in old herbals for the many miraculous properties attributed to it. The specific epithet, officinalis, refers to the plant's medicinal use—the officina was the traditional storeroom of a monastery where herbs and medicines were stored. S. officinalis has been classified under many other scientific names over the years, including six different names since 1940 alone.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Common sage is grown in parts of Europe for distillation of an essential oil, though other species, such as Salvia fruticosa may also be harvested and distilled with it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Salvia officinalis has been used since ancient times for warding off evil, snakebites, increasing women's fertility, and more. Theophrastus wrote about two different sages, a wild undershrub he called sphakos, and a similar cultivated plant he called elelisphakos. Pliny the Elder said the latter plant was called salvia by the Romans, and used as a diuretic, a local anesthetic for the skin, a styptic, and for other uses. Charlemagne recommended the plant for cultivation in the early Middle Ages, and during the Carolingian Empire, it was cultivated in monastery gardens.[Walafrid Strabo described it in his poem Hortulus as having a sweet scent and being useful for many human ailments—he went back to the Greek root for the name and called it lelifagus.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The plant had a high reputation throughout the Middle Ages, with many sayings referring to its healing properties and value. It was sometimes called S. salvatrix (sage the savior), and was one of the ingredients of Four Thieves Vinegar, a blend of herbs which was supposed to ward off the plague. Dioscorides, Pliny, and Galen all recommended sage as a diuretic, hemostatic, emmenagogue, and tonic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sage is an unusual herb, in that much of the folklore relates to a specific variety. In general however, "sage" means a wise man, and this term comes from the belief that sage was thought to impart wisdom and improve one's memory. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The English herbalist, Gerard wrote that, "Sage is singularly good for the head and brain, it quickeneth the senses and memory, strengtheneth the sinews, restoreth health to those that have the palsy, and taketh away shakey trembling of the members." .</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gardening folklore tells us that the wife will rule the household when Sage grows well in the garden. It also tells us sage will grow well or fail depending on whether the household's business prospers or fails. Put the two folklores together and make of it what you will!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sage symbolizes domestic virtue, wisdom, skill, esteem, long life, good health, mitigates grief, and increases psychic powers. Apparently.</span></span> <br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PLEASE NOTE that the information on this page is based on research from the internet, books, articles and studies and/or companies selling herbs online. This section is f<span style="font-size: large;">or entertainment purposes only, and medicinal uses<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span>have not necessarily been evaluated. They<span style="font-size: large;"> certainly <span style="font-size: large;">s</span></span>hould not be considered as medical advice. For diagnosis or treatment of ailments always consult your doctor. The use of any medication without professional advice may be dangerous, and Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Trust will <span style="font-size: large;">not </span>accept any responsibility for any consequences arising from its use.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sage should not be used by pregnant or nursing women or by people who have epileptic fits.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The plant is toxic in excess or when taken for extended periods, though the toxic dose is very large.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The oils and tannins in Sage have astringent, antiseptic, and irritant properties. It is therefore an important herb in medications for mouth sores, mouth ulcers, and sore throat medications (make teas and use as a mouth rinse - try a tea with equal parts Chamomile and Sage). For sore throats, try mixing a Sage tea with apple cider vinegar and salt for gargling. Sage is reported to have moisture-drying properties, and can be used as an antiperspirant. It can also be used as a compress on cuts and wounds. Clinical studies have also shown that it can lower blood sugar in cases of diabetes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Incidentally, you will often see Sage medicines advertised as Clary Sage. This is just another form of Sage that originates in the Mediterranean but has the same medicinal properties as the other sages. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As an astringent, Sage can be used as a refreshing after-shave, and there is some indication that an infusion of it can be used to subtly colour silver hair. As with many of the other herbs, Sage can also be tried in a tea for digestive problems and flatulence.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In an exciting new study done in 2003, Scientists at Newcastle and Northumbria found that Sage oil extracts in capsule form produced markedly improved memory function in test subjects, and it is possible that Sage may protect a key chemical destroyed in the brain by Alzheimer's disease. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sage Tea or infusion of Sage is a valuable agent in the delirium of fevers and in the nervous excitement frequently accompanying brain and nervous diseases. It has a considerable reputation as a remedy, given in small and often-repeated doses. It is highly serviceable as a stimulant tonic in debility of the stomach and nervous system and weakness of digestion generally. It was for this reason that the Chinese valued it, giving it the preference to their own tea. It is considered a useful medicine in typhoid fever and beneficial in biliousness and liver complaints, kidney troubles, haemorrhage from the lungs or stomach, for colds in the head as well as sore throat, quinsy, measles, for pains in the joints, lethargy and palsy. A cup of the strong infusion will be found good to relieve nervous headache.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The German Commission E approved internal use for mild gastrointestinal upset and excessive sweating as well as for external use in conditions of inflamed mucous membranes of the mouth and throat.<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>Its antiseptic action is of value where there is intestinal infection. Rosmarinic acid contributes to the herb's anti-inflammatory activity.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sage has an anti-spasmodic action which reduces tension in smooth muscle, and it can be used in a steam inhalation for asthma attacks. It is an excellent remedy for helping to remove mucous congestion in the airways and for checking or preventing secondary infection. It may be taken as a carminative to reduce griping and other symptoms of indigestion, and is also of value in the treatment of dysmenorrhoea. Its bitter component stimulates upper digestive secretions, intestinal mobility, bile flow, and pancreatic function, while the volatile oil has a carminative and stimulating effect on the digestion. It has a vermifuge action. There also seems to be a more general relaxant effect, so that the plant is suitable in the treatment of nervousness, excitability and dizziness. It helps to fortify a generally debilitated nervous system.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is well documented that Sage leaf helps to reduce menopausal sweats. Sage has a strong anti-hydrotic action, and was a traditional treatment for night sweats in tuberculosis sufferers. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Research has suggested that the presence of volatile oil in Sage is largely responsible for most of its therapeutic properties, especially its anti-septic, astringent and relaxing actions. Sage is also used internally in the treatment of night sweats, excessive salivation (as in Parkinson's disease), profuse perspiration (as in TB), anxiety and depression. Externally, it is used to treat insect bites, skin, throat, mouth and gum infections.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Britain sage has for generations been listed as one of the essential herbs, along with parsley, rosemary and thyme (as in the folk song "Scarborough Fair"). It has a savoury, slightly peppery flavor. It appears in many European cuisines, notably Italian, Balkan and Middle Eastern cookery. In British and American cooking, it is traditionally served as sage and onion stuffing, an accompaniment to roast turkey or chicken at Christmas or Thanksgiving Day. Other dishes include pork casserole, Sage Derby cheese and Lincolnshire sausages. Despite the common use of traditional and available herbs in French cuisine, sage never found favour there.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">For some wondrously fab recipes from none other that Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall, click <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/01/sage-recipes-hugh-fearnley-whittingstall" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not a fractious little owl at all. In fact, not back for a turkey-stuffing ingredent, what?<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>I could do with some of that stuff myself, with my stupid memory.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pease go and visit this little miracle worker next time you visit the gardens!</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This article has been fabricated (apart fro<span style="font-size: small;">m the TV show stuff) </span>from several sources to whom grateful thanks are due:</span></span></b><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_officinalis"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wikipedia </span></span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wikimedia Commons</span></span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-sage.html"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Herbwisdom.com</span></span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://www.gardensablaze.com/HerbSage.htm"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gardens Ablaze.com</span></span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/01/sage-recipes-hugh-fearnley-whittingstall"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Guardian Online</span></span></b></a><br />
<a href="http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit_veg_diary/fruit_veg_mini_project_february_3_sage.asp"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gardenaction.co.uk</span></span></b></a><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FilmFair"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Filmfair.</span></span></b></a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks are also due to:</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Gordon Sammons </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chris Hitchcock </span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Brian Jennings </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens are not maintained by magic pixies but (whisper it) by human beings whom we call VOLUNTEERS!! These talented folk who use their experience and skills to keep this unique peice of local history alive, and who also have a great time doing it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">VOLUNTEERS can be tricky to find, but we need more of them. <span style="font-size: large;">W</span>e are hunting<span style="font-size: large;"> for</span> <u><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">YOU!</span></b></i></u> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our VOLUNTEERS also spread their enthusiasm to our vistiors, te<span style="font-size: large;">lling them all sorts of fantastic things, thus </span>making them want to come back again and again<span style="font-size: large;">!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ssh! Want to know <span style="font-size: large;">what the</span> b<span style="font-size: large;">iggest</span> secret is? Being a Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens VOLUNTEER is FUN! FUN! FUN!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here<span style="font-size: large;"> are</span> just a few (but by no means all) of the areas where VOLUNTEERS are desperately wanted:</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">...and outside.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">widening pathways,</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">clearing the orchards, </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">weeding,</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">operating big orange-thing<span style="font-size: small;">s</span> that go 'buzzz!!!',</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">growing hanging baskets,</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">doing </span>Tai Chi (he's a car park attendant actually<span style="font-size: small;">.</span> -<span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>ED),</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">trimming Pelagoniums,</span></span></td></tr>
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Castle Bromwich Hall Gardenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11169211374034268280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579599957684604637.post-74826919015292447792013-01-13T15:39:00.000+01:002013-04-10T21:50:37.455+02:00A Castle Bromwich Herbiary - Rosemary <span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rosema<span style="font-size: x-large;">ry (Ros<span style="font-size: x-large;">marinis Officinal<span style="font-size: x-large;">u</span>s) and Gilded Rosemary (Rosmarinis Offcinal<span style="font-size: x-large;">u</span>s 'Veregatus').</span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Rosemary is for remembrance</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Between
us day and night,</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wishing that I may always have</span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">You present in
my sight<span style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Traditional Greek Ballad</span></span></b></span></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Caption at Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens.</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rosemary
is native to the Mediterranean. </span></span>Found growing wild along cliffs<span style="font-size: large;">,</span> near the sea – <span style="font-size: large;">i</span>t is an evergreen shrubby herb with
pungently aromatic leaves. John Evelyn the 17th century garden
writer reported that the perfume was so strong that it could be
detected 30 leagues off the coast of Spain.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Legend has it that the Virgin Mary
spread her cloak over a rosemary bush while she rested<span style="font-size: x-large;">,</span> and as a
result of this the flowers turned blue like her cloak. From then on,
the bush was called ‘<i>Rose of Mary</i>.” </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rosemary is
also known as ‘<i>Sea rose, Herb of Crowns, Mary’s Tree,
Guardrobe, Incensier, Elf Leaf, Sea Dew, Dew of the Sea, Polar Plant,
Mary’s Cloak, Libanotis, Stella Maria, Star of The Sea, Compass
Weed and Compass Plant’</i>. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The word ‘<i>Rosmarinus’</i>
comes from the Latin word ‘<i>rosmaris’</i> which means
‘dew of the sea’, which is a reference to rosemary’s refreshing
effects on the spirit and the fact that rosemary’s habitat in the
Mediterranean is usually along the coastal regions. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Rosmarinus
officinalis – Kohler Medizinal-Pflanzen – 1897 - Public Domain</i></span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ancients knew
well of rosemary’s refreshing effects- ancient Greek students would
wear garlands of rosemary to increase their memory and this is how
rosemary became to be called the ‘<i>Herb of Crowns</i>.’ </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rosemary has long been recognised as a symbol of remembrance, and an
example of its symbolic use today is seen at funerals where guests
wear a sprig of rosemary and a sprig of rosemary is also cast onto
the coffin of the deceased. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Rosemary
(Rosmarin<span style="font-size: x-small;">u</span>s Officinalis) </i></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ancients also used rosemary as a
respiratory ailment treatment and as sacred incense in some religious
ceremonies. Sprigs of rosemary have been found in Egyptian Tombs
(3000 BC.) It was the Arabs who first extracted the essential oil of
Rosemary. The Romans used rosemary to decorate statues of their
household Gods as rosemary symbolised stability.<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The plant produces masses of powder blue flowers from early spring
to early summer, which are attractive to beneficial pollinators such
as bees – which is useful in a Kitchen Garden containing trained
fruit (espaliers, cordons and fans. <span style="font-size: large;">The leaves <span style="font-size: large;">o<span style="font-size: large;">n the </span></span>Gilded Rosemary var<span style="font-size: large;">iety, as the name suggests, has<span style="font-size: large;"> a yello<span style="font-size: large;">w </span>go<span style="font-size: large;">ld-col<span style="font-size: large;">our <span style="font-size: large;">shot through the leaves</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Rosemary
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Gilded
Rosemary (Rosmarinus Offcinalis 'Veregatus')</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rosemary prefers a light soil<span style="font-size: large;">.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">A</span> sandy soil will fully satisfy its
meagre feeding needs. <span style="font-size: large;">R</span>osemary is actually tolerant of most
soil conditions as long as they are not water-logged. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rosemary also prefers a
slightly limey soil (the opposite of acid) because this results in
smaller plants with more fragrant leaves. True to its origins, rosemary <span style="font-size: large;">will grow w<span style="font-size: large;">ell in</span></span> sunny and sheltered conditions. It will even stand severe frosts if
conditions are not windy and wet as well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ideal time to plant out rosemary is April.
Dig a hole in the soil slightly larger than the size as the pot. Add
1cm (half an inch) of sandy soil or sharp sand to the bottom of the
hole. Place the plant in the hole and fill around with a mix of half
sharp sand and half from the removed soil.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rosemary does not like to have its roots disturbed, so leave as
much of the root ball undisturbed as possible. Water well if the
conditions are at all dry.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rosemary requires very little care throughout the year.
Water only when the compost is clearly dried out and feed once a month
with liquid fertiliser from April to October. Trim the side stems to
keep the plant to the size you want, the best time to do this is just
after they have flowered. Cut back frost-damaged plants to healthy wood<span style="font-size: large;">; straggley<span style="font-size: large;">, old plants can be cut back hard at the same time. If the puning is neglected, hard wood will form from which new growth is impossible to emerge.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Rosemary
(Rosmarinus Officinalis) with hard wood accumulation </i></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Seeds are readily available from most major seed merchants. The seeds are cheap, although
propagation is erratic. Sow the seeds in potting
compost around
mid-May
time and place in a sheltered position in the
garden - <span style="font-size: large;">be aw<span style="font-size: large;">are that</span></span> you <span style="font-size: large;">may</span> only achieve a success rate of
about 15%. The seedlings may well take up to 2 months to appear so don't
give up hope until<span style="font-size: large;"> arou<span style="font-size: large;">nd </span></span>3 months ha<span style="font-size: large;">ve</span> pas<span style="font-size: large;">sed</span>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The best method of propagating Rosemary is by taking
cuttings,
mid-May
or
June
being the best time.Select a healthy looking plant with lots of
new growth on it. Use a sharp knife to take 7.5cm (3in) cutting from young <a class="itxtnewhook itxthookactive" href="http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit_veg_diary/fruit_veg_mini_project_july_3_rosemary.asp#" id="itxthook1" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; background-image: none; border: 0px none transparent; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook1p"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook1w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important;"></span></span></a>shoots
either just below a leaf joint or torn off at the stem. If tearing off a
cutting, trim the "heel" to remove most, but not all of it. Strip of the leaves from the lower 4cm (1½in), pulling them off
with your fin<span style="font-size: large;">gers. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Fill a 7.5cm (3in) pot with standard potting compost and insert
one or two cuttings in each pot. Water the compost from below and
place in a propagator or cover it with a plastic bag. A temperature of 15°C to 20°C (60°F to 70°F) is needed for the
cuttings to root. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A windowsill out
of direct sunlight is an ideal position. They can be transplanted to
their permanent position when they have rooted, <span style="font-size: large;">which</span> will be in roughly
8 weeks.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rosemary grows extremely well in large pots or other containers.
The pots need to be reasonably deep because rosemary is a deep rooting
herb. Fill the pot with a mixture of 20% sharp sand or grit and 80% standard potting compost.
Make a hole in the compost and place one rooted cutting
in the middle of the pot. Water the plant well to help it settle in and
consolidate the soil around the roots.
Container grown plants are more likely to affected by
severe frosts, so move the containers close to the house walls in
winter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Gilded
Rosemary (Rosmarinus Offcinalis 'Veregatus')</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pliny (23 - 79 AD), Dioscorides (contemporary of
Pliny and author of <i>De Materia Medica</i> a work on the use and
identification of medical herbs which was the basis of medical
practice for the next 1400 years), and Galin all wrote of rosemary.
It was cultivated by the Spanish in the 13th century and was a
popular condiment with salt meats from the 15th to 18th centuries.</span></span></div>
<div class="western">
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<div class="western">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rosemary was often entwined into a wreath, dipped
in scented water and worn by brides at the alter. The wreath
symbolized fidelity, love, abiding friendship and remembrance of the
life the woman had led prior to her marriage.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div class="western">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The crowns and garlands of rosemary at weddings
led to the lays, or amorous ballads of the Troubadours (approx. 1100
- 1350) referring to rosemary as "Coronaria".</span></span></div>
<div class="western">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span>
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<div class="western">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anne of Cleves (1515 - 1557), Henry the Eighth's
4th wife, wore a rosemary wreath at their wedding. At that time,
wealthy bridal couples would also present a gilded branch of rosemary
to each wedding guest.</span></span></div>
<div class="western">
<br /></div>
<div class="western" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-AU">Newly
wed couples would also plant a branch of rosemary on their wedding day. If
the branch grew it was a good omen for the union and family. In ‘</span><span lang="en-AU"><i><b>A
Modern Herbal’</b></i></span><span lang="en-AU">,
Mrs Grieves says “</span><span lang="en-AU"><i><b>A
rosemary branch, richly gilded and tied with silken ribands of all
colours, was also presented to wedding guests, as a symbol of love
and loyalty.”</b></i></span><span lang="en-AU">
Another example of rosemary’s use as a love charm was that a young
person would tap another with a rosemary sprig and if the sprig
contained an open flower, it was said that the couple would fall in
love. Rosemary was used as a divinatory herb-several types of herbs
were grown in pots and assigned the name of a potential lover. Then
they were left to grow and the plant that grew the strongest and
fastest gave the answer. Rosemary was also stuffed into poppets
(cloth dolls) in order to attract a lover or attract curative
vibrations for illness. It was believed that placing a sprig of
rosemary under a pillow before sleep would repel nightmares, and if
placed outside the home it would repel witches. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Rosemary
(Rosmarinus Officinalis) </i></span></span>
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<div class="western">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Robert Hacket, in a wedding sermon in 1607 said,
"Let this Rosemarinus, this flower of men, ensigne of your
wisdom, love and loyaltie, be carried not only in your hands, but in
your heads and hearts." Herrick talks of rosemary's attachment
to both beginning and end of adult life with:</span></span></div>
<div class="western">
<br /></div>
<div class="western" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Grow for two ends - it matters not at
all</span></span></i></div>
<div class="western" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Be't for my bridall, or my buriall."
</span></span></i></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span><br />
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the 14th Century, rosemary root was "seethed
in wine vinegar" and the lotion was then used to wash the feet
of a thief. The lotion was thought to sap the strength of the robber
so that he would not longer commit robbery, steal or do any further
harm. In a humorous aside, our original source for this bit of
folklore questions their own source with, "How the potential or
suspected thief is to be persuaded to wash his feet, the manuscript
does not divulge."</span></span></div>
<div class="western">
</div>
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Countess of Hainault, Jeanne of Valois (1294 -
1342), sent her daughter Queen Phillippa (1311 - 1369), wife of King
Edward III of England (1312 - 1377), an accounting of the virtues of
rosemary and it is presumed a number of plants or cuttings
accompanied the gift. The original manuscript can be found in the
British Museum. The Countess suggests that laying the leaves under
the head of a man while he sleeps will "doth away evell
sprirites and suffereth not the dreeme fowl dremes ne to be afearde."</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bancke, in his work <i>Herball</i> from 1525,
suggests techniques to use rosemary as a remedy for both gout of the
legs and to keep the teeth from all evils. He also recommended that
smelling rosemary regularly would "keep thee youngly."</span></span></div>
<div class="western">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gerard, author of <i>Herball or Historie of
Plants</i>(1597), referred to someone named Serapio who suggested
that a garland of rosemary worn about the head was a remedy for the
"stuffing of the head, that commeth through coldnes of the
brain." He also mentions that rosemary grew so plentifully in
Languedoc (a former province in south-eastern France) that "the
inhabitants burne scarce anie other fuel."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Gilded
Rosemary (Rosmarinus Offcinalis 'Veregatus')</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rosemary was also believed to offer protection
from the plague. In 1603, when bubonic plague killed 38,000
Londoners, the demand was so high that the price increased from one
shilling for an armful to six shillings for a handful. To put that
price increase in perspective, one pricelist from 1625 indicated that
one could obtain 18 gallons of good ale or double beer with
carriage(delivery?) for only 3 shillings or an entire 'fat pig' for 1
shilling.</span></span></div>
<div class="western">
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<div class="western">
</div>
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Richard Folkard, author of <i>Plant Lore, Legends
and Lyrics</i>, written in 1892, mentions that in Sicily, rosemary
was a favored plant and that "the young fairies, under the guise
of snakes, lie concealed under its branches." </span></span></div>
<div class="western">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rosemary and thyme<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.ourherbgarden.com/herb-history/thyme.html"></a></span>
were used on St. Agnes' Eve, an evening and day that honors St.
Agnes, the patron saint of virgins and young girls. St. Agnes' eve is
celebrated on January 20th and 21st. Wikipedia mentions some rituals
practiced on St. Agnes' Eve were to aid young girls in discovering
their future husbands, a superstition that was the main theme of John
Keat's poem, <i>The Eve of Saint Agnes</i>. </span></span></div>
<div class="western">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A common saying of rosemary was, "Where
rosemary flourishes the lady rules." According to the same
folklore, a man seeking relief of his lady's rule would find no
benefit from damaging or destroying a vigorous bush of rosemary.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<div class="western">
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Rosemary
(Rosmarinus Officinalis) </i></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Parkinson (1567-1650), the King's Botanist to
Charles I, mentions that in countries where rosemary is well-suited
and grows to a large size that thin boards of rosemary were used to
make lutes and other instruments, carpenters rules, and a myriad of
other implements. The French believed that combing their hair once a
day with a rosemary wood comb would prevent giddiness. Uncrupulous
merchants however, would often use other woods and simply scent them
with rosemary oil.</span></span></div>
<div class="western">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shakespeare's (1564 - 1616) Ophelia says in
<i>Hamlet</i>, "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray
you, love, remember!" He also mentions how the English once
placed rosemary in coffins and around graves in <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>
when Father Lawrence says:</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<blockquote class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Dry up your tears, and stick your
Rosemary<br />On this fair corse."</span></i></span>
</blockquote>
</div>
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There was a bit of disagreement within our sources
as to the reason rosemary was often placed with corpses at burial.
Most linked its usage to being a plant associated with remembrance.
One source, <i>Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure</i>,
believed the custom stemmed from a much more practical application.
It was thought that the smelling of rosemary provided a powerful
"defence against any morbid effluvia from the corpse." In
other words, rosemary was used by mourners to provide relief from the
odor of decomposition.</span></span></div>
<div class="western">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With perhaps some reference to fidelity and his
lack thereof, a soldier shot in 1649 for mutiny was buried with
rosemary. His body was adorned with branches of rosemary but half of
each branch had been stained with blood.</span></span></div>
<div class="western">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Queen Elizabeth was fond of mead and her own
recipe for the drink included the leaves of sweet briar, with
rosemary, cloves and mace. (Unfortunately, our source failed to
identify which Queen Elizabethe they were talking about.)</span></span></div>
<div class="western">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">French hospitals, at one time, burned Juniper
berries with rosemary to correct vitiated or poor quality air and to
prevent infection. Additionally, in the French language of flowers,
rosemary represents the power of rekindling lost energy.</span></span></div>
<div class="western">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rosemary was once used to create Essence of
Mustard which also included spirits of turpentine and black mustard
seed. The resulting oil was not prone to going rancid and was used by
clockmakers and for other "instruments of precision."</span></span></div>
<div class="western">
<br /></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
</span></span>
<br />
<div class="western">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In Spain, rosemary was used as a protection
against witchcraft and menaces on the road. George Borrow mentioned
how he came to learn about this superstition in his work <i>The Bible
in Spain</i> (1843). He first mentions meeting a traveler who had
adorned his hat with rosemary and later mentions a lady, who
concerned for Borrow's own safety, offered him some for his own hat.
Despite the promised protection provided by the Rosemary, Borrow met
with a series of misfortunes on his journey. He contemplates a return
visit to the lady to inform her of the failure of the protective
abilities of rosemary.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An old Spanish proverb says of rosemary that men
who are indifferent to the scent of rosemary are likely to be
insensitive about other pleasures:
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">...Who passeth by the rosemarie<br />And
careth not to take a spraye<br />For woman's love no care has he,<br />Nor
shall he though he live for aye...
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="en-AU">In
1235, The Queen of Hungary became paralysed and legend has it that a
hermit soaked a pound of rosemary in a gallon of wine for several
days and then rubbed it on her limbs. This treatment cured the Queen
Elizabeth of Hungary of her paralysis, and the rosemary-wine
combination became known as ‘</span><span lang="en-AU"><i>Queen
of Hungary’s Water<span style="font-size: large;"><b>.</b></span></i></span><span lang="en-AU">’
This concoction was used for centuries to treat dandruff, gout, skin
problems and to prevent baldness.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Rosemary
(Rosmarinus Officinalis)<span style="font-size: x-small;"> - <span style="font-size: x-small;">Unknown Italian A<span style="font-size: x-small;">rtist - <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">c</span>irca. 1500 - Public Domain</span></span></span></span></i></span></span>
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French hung rosemary in hospitals and sickrooms as healing incense.
It was referred to as ‘</span><span lang="en-AU"><i>incensier.<b>’</b></i></span><span lang="en-AU">
Rosemary was the favourite scent of Napoleon Bonaparte. </span></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="darkergreen12bold">How to make Rosemary Sugar:</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Clean and dry
well several sprigs of fresh rosemary. Place in a canister or
srew-topped jar and cover with 1 lb of sugar. Shake well and leave to
stand for 24 hrs. Shake well again and leave to stand for several days.
Remove the sprigs of rosemary and the sugar is ready for use in milk
puddings, egg custards etc. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gilded Rosemary can be found at Castle B<span style="font-size: large;">romwich Hall G<span style="font-size: large;">ardens <span style="font-size: large;">in <span style="font-size: large;">t<span style="font-size: large;">he edge-beds alongside <span style="font-size: large;">the Batt<span style="font-size: large;">y Langl<span style="font-size: large;">ey Kitchen G<span style="font-size: large;">arden.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rosemary <span style="font-size: large;">(</span>Rosmanus Offici<span style="font-size: large;">nalus) </span>can be found at very points in t<span style="font-size: large;">he </span><span style="font-size: large;">G<span style="font-size: large;">ardens<span style="font-size: large;">, so have f<span style="font-size: large;">un looking <span style="font-size: large;">for it!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This arti<span style="font-size: large;">cle has been <span style="font-size: large;">f<span style="font-size: large;">abr<span style="font-size: large;">icated from s<span style="font-size: large;">everal sources to who grateful th<span style="font-size: large;">anks are due</span>:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary">Wi<span style="font-size: large;">kipe<span style="font-size: large;">dia</span></span></a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wiki<span style="font-size: large;">m</span>edia Commons</span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ourherbgarden.com/rosemary.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Our Her<span style="font-size: large;">b</span> Garden.Com</span></span></span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Rosemary"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica </span></span></span></a></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Th<span style="font-size: large;">anks are also due to:</span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gordon <span style="font-size: large;">Sammons</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chris Hitchcock</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brian Jennings </span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">T<span style="font-size: large;">hank you to all those who attended <span style="font-size: large;">t</span></span>he Garden's Christmas event <span style="font-size: large;">on 9th December. Once again we were graced with t<span style="font-size: large;">he pres<span style="font-size: large;">ence<span style="font-size: large;"> of Father Christmas, who took time out from his very busy schedule </span></span></span></span>to meet <span style="font-size: large;">visiting</span> <span style="font-size: large;">c</span>hildren. He also agreed to a world exc<span style="font-size: large;">lus<span style="font-size: large;">ive piccy!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">His<span style="font-size: large;"> minder elves also showed up again, looking remarkably similar to ho<span style="font-size: large;">w they looked this time last year!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Music<span style="font-size: large;">al entertainment was provided by the wonderful Castle Bromwich Singers<span style="font-size: large;">. Here they are singing 'It was on a <span style="font-size: large;">S<span style="font-size: large;">tarry <span style="font-size: large;">N</span>ight':</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <span style="font-size: large;">Christmas </span>event took place in some rather fearsome Winter weather. Here's <span style="font-size: large;">how dramat<span style="font-size: large;">ic <span style="font-size: large;">it got at times:</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">However <span style="font-size: large;">t</span></span>he W</span>eather coul<span style="font-size: large;">d not put off the bizarre and minding-bending <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">(at times<span style="font-size: large;">) <span style="font-size: large;">improvis<span style="font-size: large;">ed </span>mumming play</span></span> performed by <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <span style="font-size: large;">Glorishears of Brummagem<span style="font-size: large;">. Here are a<span style="font-size: large;"> few pictures to give you a brief id<span style="font-size: large;">ea of the f<span style="font-size: large;">lavour</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> of the play</span>, although it's pro<span style="font-size: large;">bably </span>fair to say that the actual plot will remain forever<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>myster<span style="font-size: large;">ious</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">All this fu<span style="font-size: large;">n </span>took place th<span style="font-size: large;">anks to the <span style="font-size: large;">untiring </span>dedication of our staff and volunteers.<span style="font-size: large;"> Here are <span style="font-size: large;">some<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span>pictures of a few in acti<span style="font-size: large;">on. Take a bow folks<span style="font-size: large;">, it's about time you took some credit on this here blog!</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">So th<span style="font-size: large;">ere goes our last event of 2012, and it was fitting that it was so much fun. <span style="font-size: large;">Everyo<span style="font-size: large;">ne had a great time. </span>T<span style="font-size: large;">he Gardens lo<span style="font-size: large;">oked fantastic throughout</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>, and I managed to g<span style="font-size: large;">e</span>t some<span style="font-size: large;"> lov<span style="font-size: large;">ely pictures of <span style="font-size: large;">them</span>, but they are for a future post. In the meantime<span style="font-size: large;">...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our friends<span style="font-size: large;">, </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">volunteers<span style="font-size: x-large;">, a</span></span>nd supporters<span style="font-size: x-large;"> who keep this beautiful heritage site going.</span> <span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>hank you for all of your support! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"I found a yellow flower in the grass</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And yet, methought, more than a flower it was,<span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">-</span>-<span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span>More like a miracle."</span></span></i></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />Athough Lily of the Field (Sternbergia lutea) is also commonly called Winter or Autumn Daffodil for its daffodil-yellow color, its flowers actually much more resemble crocuses, so that it is sometimes called Autumn Crocus. It is neither a daffodil nor a crocus, however, it is of the amaryllis family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Sternbergia lutea can be found at Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens on the border past the Greenhouse next to the Box hedge also on the bottom border by the variegated Box Hedge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />The plant has a wide distribution from the Balearic Islands in the Western Mediterranean through to Tajikistan in Central Asia. It dies down to a bulb during the summer. Leaves first appear in the autumn (September to November in its native habitats), and are glossy green, up to 12mm wide; they remain through the winter. Deep yellow flowers with six yellow stamens appear soon after the leaves, with tepals around 3–3.5mm long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />Very little medicinal information is available on thsi plant, although research is ongoing into the plant's anti-fungal chemical derivatives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />Again I'm afraid there is next to none, with the obvious exception that some people don't like seeing it because the plant is a harbinger of Winter (well duh!).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br />Although it's a plant with not much of a story to tell, it's colour makes it one of the most delightful plants of the bleak midwinter. Come and say hello to it when visiting the gardens this December. Why not do so during the Christmas event this Sunday?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In 2013 we will be back with another monthly feature as chock full of facts as this year's features. More news of this nearer the time.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />In the meantime, many thanks Sue, Gordon, and the many volunteers who have voiced encouragement for this project during the past 12 months. Thanks also to my friends at Wikipedia, Wikipedia Commons, RHS, and various other sources of information that have assisted. </span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweet Gum Tree)</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have a prickle ball tree in my front yard.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">You may argue with me,</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">saying, “that is not its name.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">It’s a sweet gum tree,</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">in Latin, Liquidambar styraciflua L.”</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">A prickle ball tree by any other name</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">still makes a mess of the lawn.</span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><a href="http://kellyrfineman.livejournal.com/197662.html" target="_blank">by Kelly R. Fineman</a></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This striking tree can be located at the Gardens in the first bed past My Lady's Border in the Upper Wilderness:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Description and History:</b><br /><br />A Spanish naturalist by the name of Hernandez was the first European to discover the liquidambar or sweet gum tree in the early 16th century. It was given its botanical name because of its aromatic gum, which he described as 'liquid amber'. However, it wasn't until 1681 that it was finally introduced to Britain by the missionary plant collector John Bannister.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />It was almost certainly amongst the collections made by the famous early botanist and explorer Mark Catesby, in the south-eastern United States in the early 18th century, and in cultivation in Europe by the time it was described by Linnaeus. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The tree is named for the reddish resin that exudes from the bark known as storax .</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />In the UK it is planted solely for the magnificent colours of its autumn foliage but in its native habitat, especially in Mexico, it is cultivated for this liquid amber. The pleasant smelling gum is routinely used in adhesives, perfumes and in incense.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> is native to the eastern part of the United States, particularly the south-east, as well as Mexico and Guatemala. It is often found in swampy regions. In these conditions it can grow as tall as 45m (150ft) but is often much shorter and rarely grows to half that height in Britain. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />While it prefers warm and wet conditions, it is reasonably hardy and can survive as long as there is sufficient moisture in the soil. It has certainly become increasingly popular in the south of England, which is perhaps a sign that the climate really is changing. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Often mistaken for a maple, <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> has similarly-shaped five-lobed leaves. However, while the leaves on the maple are arranged in opposite pairs, those of the liquidambar appear alternately on the leaf shoots. In autumn, these leaves turn brilliant shades of purple, crimson, orange and yellow, making it a popular ornamental tree. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is not only the maple-like leaves of <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i> that can cause confusion in its identification. The fruits of the tree are known as 'monkey balls' and are green when immature but ripen to spiky brown globes that hang on the tree throughout the winter. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In this regard, they closely resemble the London plane (<i>Platanus x hispanica</i>) but while the fruit of the sweet gum appear singly, those of the London plane are generally in bunches. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />Although the wood of the tree is dense and fine-grained, it rots easily and so is of no use in construction. However, it is easily worked and has been known to be used for veneers and furniture.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Growing:</b><br /><br />The tree enjoys full sun ,and part shade and does well in lime-free soil (Loam, Clay or Sand). Soil must be well drained, may be acid or neutral. Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings. <br /><br />Liquidambar was formerly placed in the witch-hazel family, <i>Hamamelidaceae</i>, but, on the basis of recent research, is now placed in the family <i>Altingiaceae</i>, along with the genus <i>Altingia</i>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Medicinal Uses:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />Note: The information below is for entertainment purposes only, and may be dangerous in practise. Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens Trust accepts no responsibility for any consequences of self-medication using this information.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />The sweetgum tree's liquid-amber is an aromatic substance. When made into a balsam or salve, it is used for skin conditions, hemorroids, ringworm scabies and frostbite. Sweetgum salves have a minor antiseptic value, and can be used as an anti-inflammatory. It has also been used internally for sore-throats, coughs and colds. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />The odorous resin "Storax" is obtained from the trunk of the sweetgum. It forms in the conclaves of the bark and exudes naturally. Harvested in autumn, the production of this resin is often stimulated by pounding on the trunk months before. The common medicinal use for Storax is as a parasiticide. Storax oil is often used in combination with ingredients to create medicinal oils and balms. These mixtures are used to treat acne, skin-sores, as an astringent, or as a healing lubricant for dry and itchy skin.<br /><br /><b>Folklore:</b><br /><br />The only piece of interesting folklore I can find for the Sweet Gum Tree involves Owls. It is described in a bizarre little folk-rhyme, the quality and content of which I will leave for you to judge:</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">‘When you hear the screech owl, honey, in the sweet gum tree,</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">It’s a sign as sure as you’re born a death is bound to be;</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Unless you put the shovel in the fire mighty quick,</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">For to conjure that old screech owl, take care the one that’s sick.’</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So that's <i>Liquidambar styraciflua</i><span style="font-size: large;">;</span> Another fascinating Plant for you to visit at Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens. Why not come and see it for yourself?<br /><br /><b>Thanks to:</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Gordon Sammons<br />Wikipedia</span></span><br />
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