I am creating a beautiful new garden, full of love and light. This lovely flower, Evening Primrose, is going to be added soon. It is the one that Martha Graham used to go meditate to, in her yard, as a child. It blooms at night...
Young roots can be eaten like a vegetable (with a peppery flavour), or the shoots can be eaten as a salad. The whole plant was used to prepare an infusion with astringent and sedative properties. It was considered to be effective in healing asthmatic coughs, gastro-intestinal disorders, whooping cough and as a sedative pain-killer. Poultices containing O. biennis were at one time used to ease bruises and speed wound healing. One of the common names for Oenothera, "Kings cureall", reflects the wide range of healing powers ascribed to this plant...
