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Welcome to the Willow
Oak product catalog. Inside is a wide variety of fresh and
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| Lamb's Ear |
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A large and diverse genus in the Mint family that includes a number of valuable garden plants. One of the best is Lamb's Ear, Stachys byzantina, a creeper with leaves that are so densely felted with white hairs that they appear gray or silver. This species does flower, throwing silver wands capped with small, pink or purple blooms, but its soft, woolly foliage is really the main attraction.
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$3.50 (3 inch pots) |
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| Large Full Twig Backing Wreath |
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Large Full Twig Backing Wreath
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| Larkspur |
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It is an annual, with upright, round stems a foot high or more, pubescent and divided into alternate, dividing branches. The leaves are alternate, the lower ones with petioles 1/2 inch long, the upper ones sessile, or nearly so. The plant closely resembles some of the species commonly cultivated in gardens.
The flowers are in short racemes, pink, purple or blue, followed by glabrous follicles containing black, flattened seeds with acute edges and pitted surfaces. The seeds are poisonous, have an acrid and bitter taste, but are inodorous.
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| Lavender |
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Types: French, Spanish.
Lavender is a shrubby plant indigenous to the mountainous regions of the countries bordering the western half of the Mediterranean, and cultivated extensively for its aromatic flowers in various parts of France, in Italy and in England and even as far north as Norway. It is also now being grown as a perfume plant in Australia.
The fragrant oil to which the odour of Lavender flowers is due is a valuable article of commerce, much used in perfumery, and to a lesser extent in medicine. The fine aromatic smell is found in all parts of the shrub, but the essential oil is only produced from the flowers and flower-stalks. Besides being grown for the production of this oil, Lavender is widely sold in the fresh state as 'bunched Lavender,' and as 'dried Lavender,' the flowers are used powdered, for sachet making and also for pot-pourri, etc., so that the plant is a considerable source of profit.
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$4.50 (3 inch pots) |
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| Lavender |
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Types: True English, Jean Davis (Pink), Hidcote, Irene Doyle, Two Seasons, Dutch, Grosso, Provence, Intermedia, Compacta.
Lavender is a shrubby plant indigenous to the mountainous regions of the countries bordering the western half of the Mediterranean, and cultivated extensively for its aromatic flowers in various parts of France, in Italy and in England and even as far north as Norway. It is also now being grown as a perfume plant in Australia.
The fragrant oil to which the odour of Lavender flowers is due is a valuable article of commerce, much used in perfumery, and to a lesser extent in medicine. The fine aromatic smell is found in all parts of the shrub, but the essential oil is only produced from the flowers and flower-stalks. Besides being grown for the production of this oil, Lavender is widely sold in the fresh state as 'bunched Lavender,' and as 'dried Lavender,' the flowers are used powdered, for sachet making and also for pot-pourri, etc., so that the plant is a considerable source of profit.
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$3.50 (3 inch pots) |
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| Lavender Hidcote |
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Hardy Perennial
Flowers: May to August
Height: 24 inches
Position: Full Sun
Description: Unquestionably the epitome of a tranquil English garden with its powerful aroma and timeless beauty. Lavender is invaluable for edging paths and borders, for attracting butterflies and bees, and its dried flowers have a plethora of uses.
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$3.50-$3.95 |
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| Lemon Balm |
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The root-stock is short, the stem square and branching, grows 1 to 2 feet high, and has at each joint pairs of broadly ovate or heart-shaped, crenate or toothed leaves which emit a fragrant lemon odour when bruised. They also have a distinct lemon taste. The flowers, white or yellowish, are in loose, small bunches from the axils of the leaves and bloom from June to October. The plant dies down in winter, but the root is perennial.
The genus Melissa is widely diffused, having representatives in Europe, Middle Asia and North America. The name is from the Greek word signifying 'bee,' indicative of the attraction the flowers have for those insects, on account of the honey they produce
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$3.50 (3 inch pots) |
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| Lemon Verbena |
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Lemon Verbena likes warm moist conditions with plenty of sunlight. In frost free areas, it is an evergreen perennial. When exposed to frost, it becomes deciduous. Mature plants well mulched in the field can survive brief temperatures as low as 6 degrees, at which point it becomes herbaceous (dies back to the ground). Cold area planting should be done at the earliest possible time in spring so it can become well established deep in the soil and develop the largest caliper trunk possible.
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$4.50 (3 inch pots) |
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| Lemongrass |
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This sweet-scented grass was mainly used to season food in India, the African Congo, the Seychelles, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Its main constituent, citral, was discovered to be a strong, cleansing antiseptic, and used to deodorize clothing and footwear. Dried leaves were burned to keep the mind alert. Lemongrass is a tall-stemmed, grass-like tropical plant. Its oil is steam-distilled from the fresh or partly dried grasses, and has a refreshing, lemony smell. It is used in low-cost citrus soaps, perfumes and cleaning agents.
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$4.50 (3 inch pots) |
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| Lily of the Valley |
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Hardy Perennial
Flowers: March to May
Height: 8 inches
Position: Partial Shade
Description: The natural beauty of Lily of the Valley is timeless, Its miniature woodland bells in subtle white, emanate a cool smooth fragrance - a real feast for the senses. Both the pink and traditional white varieties thrive in shady areas, under trees and shrubs, or simply in beds and borders, and spread rapidly to replicate a carpet of emerald foliage. Wonderful for naturalising in drifts, and enchanting as a cut flower. Flowering size pips supplied. Toxic if eaten.
Caution: Toxic if eaten
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$5.95 (4 inch pots) |
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| Lily of the Valley |
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Cherished and revered in many countries for it's symbolism and folklore, lily of the valley has been extensively used for medicinal purposes. It was believed to strengthen memory, to restore speech to those who could not speak, to treat gout, and, as a liquor smeared on the forehead and the back of the neck, to make one have good common sense. All parts of the plant are considered poisonous, despite it's alleged powers.
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$3.50 (3 inch pots) |
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| Lovage |
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The Garden Lovage is one of the old English herbs that was formerly very generally cultivated, and is still occasionally cultivated as a sweet herb, and for the use in herbal medicine of its root, and to a less degree, the leaves and seeds.
It is a true perennial and hence is very easy to keep in garden cultivation; it can be propagated by offsets like Rhubarb, and it is very hardy. Its old-time repute has suffered by the substitution of the medicinally more powerful Milfoil and Tansy, just as was the case when 'Elecampane' superseded Angelica in medical use. The public-house cordial named 'Lovage,' formerly much in vogue, however, owed such virtue as it may have possessed to Tansy. Freshly-gathered leafstalks of Lovage (for flavouring purposes) should be employed in long split lengths.
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