Showing posts with label ragwort. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ragwort. Show all posts

Friday, May 28, 2010

How about some Stinking Nanny?

Ragwort has all sorts of enemies and all kinds of strange sounding names. It also goes by St. James-wort, staggerwort, and stammerwort.

It was once believed to cure horses of staggers and people of stammers; quite a colorful past.

Google ragwort and you can find all sorts of ways to destroy it and reasons you should. Apparently it is also a slow acting poison.

Some places have even imported a moth to destroy it. Such prejudice for such a bright and sunny wildflower.