by HollyBeth Anderson | Mar 30, 2014 | Garden, gardening, home and garden
My redbud trees are another harbinger of spring alongside daffodils and Lenten roses. Indigenous to North America and High in Vitamin C Native Americans ate the flowers, seeds and pods. Medicinally they used the bark for whooping cough, vomiting, fevers and...
by HollyBeth Anderson | Apr 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
It is Redbud time in my backyard! Also known as Judas tree as it was thought that Judas Iscariote hanged himself on the tree and that is the reason the flowers turned from white to red for his shame and blood. Native to the South, the bark of the tree was used by...
