Summer flowers that our Grandmothers loved to grow so much, and for some reason we Forgot about them

Once I came to visit my grandmother Katya. At 76, she is a real dacha activist. All season she disappears in the dacha cooperative, digging in her favorite beds and looking after flowers.

This time the reason for the meeting was weighty: Baba Katya decided to uproot the old raspberry tree, and I volunteered to help her with this.

We went out into the garden at dawn, while it's chilly, talking at work about the latest news. Suddenly my gaze caught on an inconspicuous flower on a thin stalk. I asked my grandmother what kind of plant it was.

Baba Katya put aside the secateurs and told a whole lecture about the undeservedly forgotten, little-used, but very useful plants that grow in abundance on her site. It should be mentioned that my grandmother is an ardent opponent of drugs and a fan of all kinds of herbs and decoctions from them.

I decided to share with you information from an authoritative summer resident - Baba Katya.

So, my grandmother's top 5 rating

Sweet peas

This flower is small, but incredibly charming and delicate. It is better to plant it along the hedges, because it is quite high - about 2 meters.

Perhaps that's why he's been unpopular in recent years. Flowers differ in a variety of colors, and the aroma is able to turn the head of romantics.

Sage

The second name is salvia. Now it is rarely grown in dachas, considering it more a weed than a cultivated plant. It has been growing on my grandmother's plot for about 7 years. Sage has healing properties and is an excellent anti-inflammatory agent.

Oregano

Baba Katya is very fond of tea with this plant. Oregano looks very modest and pretty, but its healing properties are impressive. It calms the nervous system and has a beneficial effect on the intestines.

Elecampane

A very beautiful flower, somewhat reminiscent of a miniature sunflower. Grandmother makes a remedy for the treatment of bronchi on its basis.

Chamomile

This is truly the queen among medicinal plants, who reigned in the flower beds of our grandmothers for many years, but overthrown by more popular flowers.

Its delicate inflorescences served as a beacon in the affairs of the heart of many generations. Remember the phrase "loves, loves not"? It was on chamomile that girls, and sometimes romantic boys, used to guess. Chamomile relieves inflammation well, on its broth they take baths and lotions.

It also helps well with intestinal disorders. Baba Katya necessarily prepares chamomile for future use, and in spring and summer she enjoys its modest splendor.

The next evening I drove home, carrying with me a full bag of sorrel pies and a bouquet of yarrow in my hands.

P.S. It was the yarrow that caught my attention in the garden and started this article.