Showing posts with label Solomon's seal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Solomon's seal. Show all posts

Monday, May 20, 2013

Solomon's Seal

A tall graceful plant, great in the shade, with arching stems; and looks remarkably like lily of the valley on steroids. I brought some into the house thinking about it's name and wondering how it's common name Solomon's seal came into being, Maybe you can make tea from the roots that makes you as wise as Solomon, maybe eating the stocks as you would asparagus, the leaves...actually all are edible but the name comes from  the fact that the roots bear depressions which resemble royal seals. Another is that the cut roots resemble Hebrew characters. 


Solomon's seal, leaves

Solomon's seal, flowers

Solomon's seal, more leaves

It's finally raining, hello studio!