We spent 13 years building an abundant fruit forest, annual veggie beds, perennial medicinal herbs, and a healthy mixed hardwood-coniferous forest and now we’ve sold our property to the next stewards so that we can begin a new homesteading project in Vermont closer to our best friends and their kids.
Don’t worry - we plan to keep this website up and running so that our customers can reference what we’ve written about our plants!
We’ll let you know once we re-start a farm in Vermont!
St. Joan's Wort
St. Joan's Wort
Hypericum perforatum
Hardy perennial
Adapted to heavy clay soil
Attracts pollinators
Deer resistant
Drought tolerant
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NE
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Although some refer to it as St. John’s Wort, Susan Weed conjures up the bravery of Joan of Arc in reference to the healing properties of this herb. It is listed as a noxious weed in many western states, so it’s no surprise that St. Joan’s Wort is easy to grow and tolerant of poor soils and drought. However, to produce the profusion of yellow flowers that contain the healing properties, it will require lots of sun. The tincture of the flowering tops is a wonderful antidepressant, antiviral, and nerve tonic. Flowers infused in oil soothe skin and sore muscles.
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