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Szechuan Buttons on glass

Rock Star of the Garden- Szechuan Buttons or Toothache Plant

One of our best selling herbs is the Toothache Plant or Szechuan Buttons. Spilanthes oleraceais a low-growing plant with bronze-purple leaves hosting yellow/red “gumdrop” flowers that bloom repeatedly summer through fall. The medicinal uses of spilanthes have been around for a long time. A mouth rinse of spilanthes extract can be used daily to promote [...]

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Herbes de Provence

The Versatility of Herbes de Provence

We are back from the Red Rock Lavender Festival, having met some wonderful people and loving the lavender scents for 4 days. While we were there, we picked up some Herbes de Provence and Herbes de Concho that are made at Red Rock Ranch. The high altitude, sparse soil and dry Mediterranean climate play a major part [...]

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