HERB - Cove-July-Flowers?
Jenne Heise
jenne at tulgey.browser.net
Wed Jun 7 08:27:36 PDT 2000
> > The recipe lists 38 botanicals in all, and one of the plants is called
> > "Cove -July -Flowers".
> > Does anyone have a clue what this might be?
> Based on nothing other than a similarity in names, my guess would be clove
> gillyflowers, otherwise known as Carnations or Dianthus Caryophyllus. (I think
> I spelled that right.) They've been used in food, drink, and perfumes for
> centuries. I'm currently trying to grow enough to make mead. ;>
Yup. Hill calls them Clove-July-Flowers. Clove pinks, if you are looking
for them in a nursery.
Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise jenne at tulgey.browser.net
disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me.
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the
subject." -- Sir Winston Churchill
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