According to my Jekka book, all 4 of the common variants of meadowsweet (f. vulgaris being one) can be used for making black dye, medicinally to treat a couple of digestive problems or as a tea if you have flu and culinary uses are generally as a flavouring for vinegar & wine, the flowers in stewed fruit (almond flavour) or the young leaves in salad though she does caution the leaves as being 'not for the faint hearted'.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
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In my mothers garden it grew well in full sun and very dry, hard soil.
Mine is in much the same and has just sat there without expanding for years. Maybe I'll move it
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grows like a weed round here. I should have recognised it.
It will definitely appreciate the move, nut
it's not culinary B3, probably got some old medicinal use
I wish mine would behave like a weed Hosta
In the sticks near Peterborough
Mine does but I have it in rich damp soil. Excellent ground cover here and attractive foliage with frothy creamy white flowers.
According to my Jekka book, all 4 of the common variants of meadowsweet (f. vulgaris being one) can be used for making black dye, medicinally to treat a couple of digestive problems or as a tea if you have flu and culinary uses are generally as a flavouring for vinegar & wine, the flowers in stewed fruit (almond flavour) or the young leaves in salad though she does caution the leaves as being 'not for the faint hearted'.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
I'm faint stomached raisingirl, but thanks for the information.