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Top Rated Medicinal Shrubs

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MEDICINAL SHRUBS

       
Crataegus laevigata

Midland Hawthorn
A decidious Shrub growing to 6 m (19ft) by 6 m (19ft) at a medium rate
fully hardy moist soil wet soil shade semi-shade full sun
 		 Crataegus monogyna

Hawthorn
A decidious Shrub growing to 6 m (19ft) by 6 m (19ft) at a medium rate
 fully hardy moist soil wet soil semi-shade full sun		 Eleutherococcus senticosus

Siberian Ginseng
A decidious Shrub growing to 2 m (6ft 7in) at a slow rate
 fully hardy moist soil semi-shade full sun		 Hamamelis virginiana

Witch Hazel
A decidious Shrub growing to 5 m (16ft) by 5 m (16ft) at a slow rate
 fully hardy moist soil semi-shade full sun
     
Hippophae rhamnoides

Sea Buckthorn
A decidious Shrub growing to 6 m (19ft) by 2.5 m (8ft) at a medium rate
 fully hardy well drained soil moist soil wet soil full sun		 Hippophae rhamnoides turkestanica

Sea Buckthorn
A decidious Shrub growing to 6 m (19ft) by 2.5 m (8ft) at a medium rate
fully hardy well drained soil moist soil wet soil full sun
 		 Melaleuca alternifolia

Tea Tree
An evergreen Shrub growing to 6 m (19ft) by 4 m (13ft)
 half hardy moist soil full sun		 Salvia officinalis

Sage
An evergreen Shrub growing to 0.6 m (2ft) by 0.6 m (2ft in)
 fully hardy well drained soil moist soil full sun
       
Vitex agnus-castus

Agnus Castus
A decidious Shrub growing to 3 m (9ft) by 3 m (9ft) at a medium rate
fully hardy well drained soil moist soil full sun
 		      

 

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Now available: PLANTS FOR YOUR FOOD FOREST: 500 Plants for Temperate Food Forests and Permaculture Gardens.

An important new book from PFAF. It focuses on the attributes of plants suitable for food forests, what each can contribute to a food forest ecosystem, including carbon sequestration, and the kinds of foods they yield. The book suggests that community and small-scale food forests can provide a real alternative to intensive industrialised agriculture, and help to combat the many inter-related environmental crises that threaten the very future of life on Earth.

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