Botanical sheets

If you happen to walk in the woods, a Fraxinus excelsior walking stick may be useful to keep snakes away.

Did you know that the Gallic name of “Betula alba” is linked to bitumen? Because it was used as an adhesive since Neanderthals.

Today’s botanical profile is the “Cercis siliquastrum” or Judas Tree. So much beauty in this small (but not always) tree.

Among the most beautiful and ancient plants that we can put even in small gardens is the Pomegranate, or Punica granatum: beautiful to look at, to eat, and easy to take care of.

Beautiful, fragrant, changeable, usable and resistant: what more can we ask of a tree? Tilia cordata responds to requests.

Do you know what Prunus serrulata Kanzan is? But it’s the Japanese Cherry! Even if you don’t know her name, we’re sure you’ll recognize her when you see her.

Il Crataegus monogyna, Hawthorn, even just from its name, evokes a splendid and well-known plant. Harry Potter has a Hawthorn wand.

Il Corniolo – Cornus mas – è un arbusto o piccolo albero che si trova nei giardini ma anche nei boschi come pianta spontanea.

If I ask you if you know Japanese Maple you all say yes. Maybe some of you have it in the garden or on the balcony and even complain that it doesn’t give you satisfaction.

Pittosporum tobira is a plant that often goes unnoticed, even though it is full of quality. Rustic, evergreen, fragrant and with red berries.

“Lagerstroemia indica” comes from India in the second half of the 1700s and today is available in many colors.

What a pleasure to be able to talk about a plant as famous and acclaimed as the camellia! Romantic plant and flower that smells of an elegant and passionate past.

A large shrub famous for its long, powerful thorns and colorful berries. It adapts to many climatic situations and offers, if well pruned, very colorful winters. Let’s go and meet it.

A semi-evergreen plant with multi-colored leaves, two blooms a year and an orderly habit: what more could you want?

The Weigelia florida. Many of its varieties are used and few know that it can make two blooms a year and even more in the right climatic situation.

Prunus laurocerasus is so distributed and so generous in not giving us problems: why not get to know it better?

It is said, but it is probably truer than true, that Ruta graveolens, the kitchen aromatic, makes internal and external sight more acute.

Rosmarinum officinalis is the plant of immortality for Greeks and Egyptians. Magical in many cultures, it actually has stimulating properties.

Does the name “Hypericum perforatum” mean nothing to you? But it’s St. John’s Wort, the devil buster! herbaceous with a thousand therapeutic properties.

Did you know that the “Thymus vulgaris” was embroidered by ladies for knights in battle because it was a symbol of courage?

Oregano: aromatic with an unmistakable scent and irreplaceable ingredient of Pizza margherita! Did you know that in nature it is alpine?

In nature, Euphorbia milii uses thorns not for defense but to attach itself and support itself to other trees. Did you know?

Sedum is a battle plant! It resists frost, sun and, thanks to its habit, often low to the ground, even wind.

What did the Indians smoke without pejote? Don’t go looking for it in nature because you won’t find it as it is refractory to looks.

Texas glory is the common name of a cactus that we know well but whose scientific name few know. Elvia Speranza helped us choose it.

Today we talk about Crassula ovata. This beautiful succulent plant is easy to find, easy to grow, and easy to reproduce.

Have you ever found yourself in a Gingko biloba avenue in autumn? It is a unique experience that fills your eyes and mind with luminous beauty.

Recognizing Taxus baccata by passing is so easy! Dark green foliage and a dense, evergreen grain made up of very elegant needles.

Did you put up a tree this year? If so, whether real or fake it certainly resembled a Caucasian fir, a “Norman Abies”

And here we are at our first conifer: the Araucaria araucana or Monkey-puzzle Tree. A plant that comes straight from the Mesozoic into our gardens.

Do you have a small hoe? We suggest you go to the lawn under the house to collect the Oxalis acetosella to plant it on the balcony.

Today we talk about “Silybum marianum” the Milk Thistle. A plant with great beneficial properties for the liver, even for dogs!

How many children happened to touch the nettle? How annoying she was! In the botanical card “Urtica dioica” we will discover that it is also worth collecting.

The Glycyrrhiza glabra, Liquorice is known and used since the ancient world. But did you know that it supplies nitrogen to the soil?

Do you know what Allium schoenoprasum is? But it’s chives! Very useful in the kitchen, it can be easily grown in pots.

Do you know what Taraxacum officinale Weber is? But it’s the Dandelion! Even if you don’t know her name, we’re sure you’ll recognize her when you see her.

“Lonicera caprifolium” is the most rustic on the market and in nature. Writers and poets cite it as synonymous with an enveloping embrace

Can a plant called Rincospermum jasminoides be very intelligent? Jokes aside, it is beautiful, fragrant and evergreen.

“Clematis jackmanii” is the most rustic clematis on the market. With this botanical sheet we help you understand all its needs.

Another of the numerous plants that we will tell you about is perhaps not known by name but we know it well on the street: the “Campsis radicans”

Today we talk about Wisteria sinensis. What plant is it?? But it’s the Glicine!! We know its beauty and unmistakable scent.