Now, many medicinal and aromatic plants are blooming in the beds of the Red Garden. One of them is common tansy. This perennial herbaceous plant with leaves, with large shields of bright yellow inflorescences is not only a weed.

Interesting facts:

🌕 In Russia, tansy began to be grown in apothecary gardens in monastery and royal gardens since the middle of the 16th century.

🌕 Tansy, as a medicinal plant, was known in the Middle Ages.

🌕 Tansy leaves replace cinnamon and nutmeg and are used in the USA to flavor liqueurs and preserve meat.

🌕 The leaves also have a pleasant ginger taste and are used in food to flavor salads, puddings and muffins.

🌕 Tansy has insecticidal properties: the inflorescences and powder of the plant are used against moths, bedbugs, fleas and other insects.

🌕 At Easter in medieval England, tansy pancakes were baked, with tansy juice added to the dough.

🌕 In some countries, tansy is cultivated as an essential oil plant.
Green dye for fabrics is obtained from tansy roots.