http://www.allaboutherbs.org Medicinal Herbs,Growing Herbs,Organic Herbs,Healing Herbs and Herb Gardens Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:15:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Clove tree - Syzygium aromaticum Clove tree is a evergreen tree , 20 m in ehight , it has soft grey bark and dark green ovate leaves with shiny , leathery texture. At the beginning of the rainy season fragrant, green buds appear at the end of the branches. They ... http://www.allaboutherbs.org/clove-tree-syzygium-aromaticum Chickweed - Stellaria media Chickweed is a spreading , mat forming annual the branched stems grow upto 40cm long, but most are decumbent and creep along the ground. It has small ovae leaves and tiny white star shaped flowers. It propagates quickly reappearing throughout the year and is often seen in ... http://www.allaboutherbs.org/chickweed-stellaria-media Milk thistle- Silybum marianum Milk thistle is a tall annual or biennial which grows upto 1.2m in height , it has large deeply lobed spiny leaves with white veins and purple thistle flowers in summer. Milk thistle grow in any well drained soil in a sunny position . It is propagated  by ... http://www.allaboutherbs.org/milk-thistle-silybum-marianum Purslane - Portulaca oleracea Purslane is a half hardy annual, with pink prostrate, much branched stems and rounded fleshy bright green leaves. It grows to around 30cm. It has small yellow flowers in late summer which soon fade to reveal the seed capsules with opening lids and filled with numerous ... http://www.allaboutherbs.org/purslane-portulaca-oleracea Evening Primose - Oenothera biennis Evening primose is an erect biennial which grows upto 1.5m tall, with a thick, yellowish taproot and a rosette of basal leaves from which the flowering stems arise. These have alternative , lanceolate to ovate leaves and are topped by bright yellow flowers which ... http://www.allaboutherbs.org/evening-primose-oenothera-biennis Lemon Balm - Melissa officinalis Lemon Balm is a vigorous , bushy perennial which grows to  30-80cm tall. It has a strongly lemon scented , rough, ovate, toothed leaves. In  late summer inconspicuous clusters of pale yellow flowers appear in the leaf axis. Lemon Balm gorws in any soil in sun ... http://www.allaboutherbs.org/lemon-balm-melissa-officinalis Tea tree - Melaleuca alternifolia Tea tree is a half hardy to tender evergreen tree, 15-40m tall with thin peeling corky bark and narrow pointed leathery leaves. Its flowers are bottle brushed shaped. Tea tree grows in moisture retentive to wet soil in full sun. They must be grown as conservatory ... http://www.allaboutherbs.org/tea-tree-melaleuca-alternifolia Lavender- Lavandula Lavender has short , fat spikes of dark purple flowers topped by butterfly wing cracts and grows upto 90cm tall. Lavender requires very well drained soil and plenty of sun. Lavenders hybridize easily , most do not come true from seed and they are propagated through heel cuttings taken ... http://www.allaboutherbs.org/lavender-lavandula Elecampane - Inula helenium Elecampane is a hardy perennial, with tall erect hairy stems which grow upto 2m in height.It has ovate,pointed leaves which are toothed at the edges and terminl yellow flower heads, shaped like shaggy daisies, in late summer. Elecampane grows in rich ,moist soil in a sunny position. It ... http://www.allaboutherbs.org/elecampane-inula-helenium Hops- Humulus lupulus Hops is a hardy twining, herbaceous climber. Hops has clinging hair stems with 3-7 lobed palmate leaves.Male and female flowers are borne in different on different plants. The male flowers are in small inconspicious clusters. The female flowers are conelike, pale green inflorescences which are the hops used ... http://www.allaboutherbs.org/hops-humulus-lupulus