Wintergreen

[Dahlia]

My newest potted plant! Wintergreen! I heard the berries are edible! I love how Christmassy it looks!

 

[Alasgun]

As a child, 70 years ago i can remember my Grandfather picking some for us on a camping/fishing trip with me and my mother, in West Virginia.
It was much stronger than the Beemans Wintergreen gum!

 

[Dahlia]

As a child, 70 years ago i can remember my Grandfather picking some for us on a camping/fishing trip with me and my mother, in West Virginia.
It was much stronger than the Beemans Wintergreen gum!

Wow, that's cool. People used to forage a lot more in those days. My great grandmother used to take my mom mushroom hunting. She knew how to tell which ones were safe to eat.

 

[flowerbug]

wintergreen grew wild in a field behind our house along with the small bush wild blueberries and other berries too like wild raspberries.

 

[digitS']

I wrote a paragraph about methyl salicylate from Wintergreen oil use as an effective topical pain relief. "Wintergreen essential oil is usually obtained by steam distillation of the leaves of the plant following maceration in warm water." Result: methyl salicylate, says Wikipedia. I, now and then, use a methyl salicylate ointment for pain.

After writing about it as being safe, I read that there have been poisonings for the same reasons that aspirin has sometimes caused some serious problems. I guess that they are nearly the same in that regard.

Well, anyway –– I will continue to use it, now and then.

Steve

 

[Dahlia]

I wrote a paragraph about methyl salicylate from Wintergreen oil use as an effective topical pain relief. "Wintergreen essential oil is usually obtained by steam distillation of the leaves of the plant following maceration in warm water." Result: methyl salicylate, says Wikipedia. I, now and then, use a methyl salicylate ointment for pain.

After writing about it as being safe, I read that there have been poisonings for the same reasons that aspirin has sometimes caused some serious problems. I guess that they are nearly the same in that regard.

Well, anyway –– I will continue to use it, now and then.

Steve

Thanks for sharing that interesting fact about wintergreen! Oh, don't you love plants and talking about plants!?

Here is a little plant info I'd like to share with y'all -- I have discovered over the last 6 years the best flowers to hang off the back of your sailboat in a macrame type plant hanger:

African daisies
Sunfininty sunflowers
Mums

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

Dahlia… There is wintergreen Gaultheria planted by my pond . It’s in a sheltered area next to the home patio area.
It’s a real trooper plant . Tough plant that has survived severe winters as well as super hot summers. Been bloomin right on que for many years. Enjoy !

 

[Dahlia]

Dahlia… There is wintergreen Gaultheria planted by my pond . It’s in a sheltered area next to the home patio area.
It’s a real trooper plant . Tough plant that has survived severe winters as well as super hot summers. Been bloomin right on que for many years. Enjoy !

It's beautiful! I read on the plant ID tag that the plant can do ok in temps down to -30 - -40!!! I have been covering my potted plant at night because I just barely transplanted it into a larger pot so I want to baby it a little!