Lovage Plant
Levisticum officinale
A lovely herb to grow in your garden with many uses.
- Perennial.
- Can reach 6 feet (2 metres) high.
- Prefers shade.
Supplied as a pot grown plant grown in a 7cm pot.
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Description
A flavoursome useful plant that gives a very pleasant taste to the palate if a few crushed leaves are added to Whisky! A yeasty celery aroma arises which is quite delightful. Lovage also makes a pleasant cordial.
It is a member of the carrot family.
- Perennial.
- Umbels of yellow flowers July - August.
- Reaches 4 - 6 foot 6" (1.2 - 2 metres) tall.
- Likes deep, rich soil but will tolerate stony soil.
- Prefers some shade.
- Not suitable for growing indoors.
- Dies back completely in Winter.
- Culinary Uses.
- Stems can be used as you would celery with cheese, in soups, stews or as a roast vegetable to accompany the Sunday joint.
- Good in salad and cream cheese.
- Stems can be candied.
- Used to make liquers.
- Medicinal Uses.
- Used for treating upset stomachs and tummy ache.
- Roots can be used to treat ulcers, bronchitis.
- Can be used for menstrual pain and cystitis.
- Can be used in the bath to relieve skin irritation.
- Apparently if you chew the dried root it will increase your level of alertness.
- Can be used to treat colic (including young children), indigestion.
- Can increase appetite.
- It is said to be a blood cleanser.
- Can be used to treat bad coughs as it will loosen phlegm.
- Can be used as an eye bath to treat sore eyes.
- Other Uses.
- Is used in perfume making.
- Attracts beneficial insects.
Disclaimer
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