Pass Along Plants in West Texas after 1881 - from El Llanero and Burr Williams
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Passalong plants in west Texas
These plants were used when the area was settled after 1881
ANNUALS
Blue morning glory
Larkspur
Standing cypress
Orache
Snow on the mountain
Bachelor buttons/corn flower
California poppy
Lady in red salvia
Gaillardia
BULBS
Crinum
Spring star flower
Canna
Pink oxalis
Garlic chives
Dividing onions
Daylily
Iris
Red-hot poker
Jerusalem artichoke
HERBS medicinal and culinary
(this list is incomplete -- both Anglo and Hispanic settlers used many plants for medicine…and many were grown in pots for easy use…these are species I have seen growing here in gardens) (some are listed elsewhere)
Chilipiquin
Rue -- stimulate menstruation
Yarrow -- fever, asthma
Rosemary
Sage
Oregano
Mint - several varieties
Horehound
Lavender
Chives/Garlic chives
Dill
Epazote - stomach gas
Thyme
Basil
Cilantro/coriander
Tree of heaven - ringworm
Aloe
Chinaberry - fruit pulp - lice
Brazilian Senna - laxative
Mountain Pink -- sedative
Willow -- aspirin
Purple nightshade -- asadero cheese
Bouncing bet - soap
Yucca - soap
Soapberry -- soap
Arrowhead - soup thickener
Tall grass -- diuretic
Tomatillo - salsa verde
Estafiate -- artemisia --settle stomach
Popotillo - ephedra -- tea
Gobernadora -- creosote bush -- tea for cancer and wounds
PERENNIALS
Turk's cap
Mexican petunia
Cast iron plant
Autumn joy sedum?-
Thrift
Short aster
Medium aster
New england aster
Red valerian
hollyhocks
Purple heart
Oxeye daisy
Autumn sage
Goldenrod - tall
Golden rod short
Bouncing bet
Pokeberry
Four o'clock
Pink and yellow lantana
VINES
Cardinal vine
Honeysuckle
Trumpet vine
Silkvine
Passionflower
English ivy
Balsam apple
Dewberry
Grapes
Coral wreath vine
Virginia creeper
Alamo vine ( a perennial white morning glory)(plant species unknown as of yet -- have seen references in books)
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Passalong plants in west Texas
These plants were used when the area was settled after 1881
ANNUALS
Blue morning glory
Larkspur
Standing cypress
Orache
Snow on the mountain
Bachelor buttons/corn flower
California poppy
Lady in red salvia
Gaillardia
BULBS
Crinum
Spring star flower
Canna
Pink oxalis
Garlic chives
Dividing onions
Daylily
Iris
Red-hot poker
Jerusalem artichoke
HERBS medicinal and culinary
(this list is incomplete -- both Anglo and Hispanic settlers used many plants for medicine…and many were grown in pots for easy use…these are species I have seen growing here in gardens) (some are listed elsewhere)
Chilipiquin
Rue -- stimulate menstruation
Yarrow -- fever, asthma
Rosemary
Sage
Oregano
Mint - several varieties
Horehound
Lavender
Chives/Garlic chives
Dill
Epazote - stomach gas
Thyme
Basil
Cilantro/coriander
Tree of heaven - ringworm
Aloe
Chinaberry - fruit pulp - lice
Brazilian Senna - laxative
Mountain Pink -- sedative
Willow -- aspirin
Purple nightshade -- asadero cheese
Bouncing bet - soap
Yucca - soap
Soapberry -- soap
Arrowhead - soup thickener
Tall grass -- diuretic
Tomatillo - salsa verde
Estafiate -- artemisia --settle stomach
Popotillo - ephedra -- tea
Gobernadora -- creosote bush -- tea for cancer and wounds
PERENNIALS
Turk's cap
Mexican petunia
Cast iron plant
Autumn joy sedum?-
Thrift
Short aster
Medium aster
New england aster
Red valerian
hollyhocks
Purple heart
Oxeye daisy
Autumn sage
Goldenrod - tall
Golden rod short
Bouncing bet
Pokeberry
Four o'clock
Pink and yellow lantana
VINES
Cardinal vine
Honeysuckle
Trumpet vine
Silkvine
Passionflower
English ivy
Balsam apple
Dewberry
Grapes
Coral wreath vine
Virginia creeper
Alamo vine ( a perennial white morning glory)(plant species unknown as of yet -- have seen references in books)
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These plants continue to be good choices in our gardens.
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