I'mwilling to venture that you have never seen this purple plant with white berries before. That's because it's actually two herbs dancing together in my back yard (or perhaps I should say "overgrowing" together).The berries are from a Washington native: Snowberry. Native Americans used to employ these little edible white gems for shampoo. They even taste like soap (so are not very pallatable).
The purple flowers belong to Russian Sage. I love observing this very aromatic herb grow so abundantly along my fenced-in-strawberry patch. The bees LOVED the sage flowers as well!
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IN OTHER NEWS: I'll be teaching "Pendulum Dowsing & Divination" at 3 p.m., October 25th, at the Crescent Moon Gifts store in Tacoma. {Cannot wait!}
5 comments:
How beautiful and have a great time at the Cresent moon gift store!
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Clairedulalune ~ Thank you for your kind sentiments. :D
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These are two of my favorite plants. I remember childhood days of washing hands with snowberries with my cousin. Sage on the other hand became a very special herb to me after listening to a native storyteller. I have often used it for smudging. :-)
I have never tried washing my hands with snowberry . . . bet it would work though with its reputation for being very sudsy.
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