Garden Pic Wednesday: Virginia Spiderwort
Yesterday I weeded along the south side of the house behind the Strawberry bed, along the block wall border and cleaned up the rain garden area. Today, I continued working on the bed behind the rain garden, raking out leaves, mulching them with the mower, then replacing them. I moved some of the Canna root clumps. They tend to spread and I like them to form a back row. Today's Garden Pic is a recent photo of a really beautiful Spiderwort in my garden: Turns out, this pretty weed is edible. Virginia Spiderwort is what is most common throughout Canada and the Eastern U.S. and is easily found growing in the wild, in your beds, in your grass, everywhere. It acquired the name "Spiderwort," because the roots could be used medicinally to treat spider bites. The plants other names included " Lady's Tears," & "Indian Paint." I literally have tons of it. Everywhere. It is perennial and blooms cute bluish flowers. Here in the South, ...