Santolina

This spring, I made a trip out to a local herb garden to see what I could add to my herb garden.  I found this lovely, feathery plant in the Aster family, Santolina.  When I got home I researched and found that it has been used through history as an insect repellant.  The dried plants were and still are used in sachets in clothing drawers to repel moths and hung in pantries to protect food from insect infestations.

One interesting use in history was to make a tea from it to cause the body to expel internal worms.  UGH!  Who knew?

Til Tomorrow,  Tweetles,

Sandra