2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
For many Russians, the word "tansy" is associated with an unpretentious, tall plant with spectacular carved leaves and numerous corymbose inflorescences of yellow flowers, similar to chamomile, in which girls guessing "loves or dislikes" cut off all white petals. However, the genus Tansy has more than 160 species of plants, many-faced and beautiful, with healing powers and completely edible leaves and flowers
Common tansy or golden buttons
The most common and easily recognizable species of the genus, looking at the reader from the main photo. Strong stems grow taller than human height, looking from a height with their "golden buttons" at earthly inhabitants. A very unpretentious plant among many gardeners is listed in the list of weeds. Although today, when information about everything in the world has become more accessible, the attitude towards the picturesque Tansy is gradually changing.
It turns out that our ancestors treated Tansy with greater respect than the modern inhabitants of the planet. In ancient Greece, common tansy was cultivated as a medicinal plant. In the eighth century AD Common tansy was grown in man-made medicinal gardens, the creation of which is associated with the name of Charlemagne, who was considered the "Father of Europe" for the creation of a powerful European empire. The Benedictine monks, who cultivated the plant on the lands of the monastery of St. Gall, also respected Tansy. The herb Tansy was used for digestive problems, including, to get rid of intestinal worms, treat rheumatism, fever, measles, heal ulcers and cleanse the skin by washing with the herb infusion. In medieval Great Britain (in the sixteenth century AD) Tansy was considered "a necessary plant for the garden." Although modern scientists have somewhat discredited the medicinal properties of Tansy, in the United States, for example, it is included in medicines for the treatment of fever, colds and jaundice.
Previously, Tansy was actively used in cooking, flavoring omelets, puddings, cookies. Jasper Newton Daniel (1850 - 1911), an American businessman whose distillery became the first officially registered distillery in the United States, is said to enjoy enjoying his whiskey with sugar and crushed tansy leaves.
Eating tansy in large quantities is fraught with adverse consequences, since the volatile oil, which gives a specific smell to the plant, similar to the aroma of camphor with a slight hint of rosemary, contains toxic substances that can damage the human liver and brain. But in a duel with harmful insects (flies, ticks, Colorado potato beetle), Tansy is a good ally of man. Research carried out by enthusiasts has shown that Tansy planted next to potatoes reduces pests by 60 to 100 percent.
Sneezing-flowered tansy or Silver lace bush
Since I doubt the Russian name, I quote the botanical name of this species - "Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum". In the wild, this species of the genus Tansy is found only in the Canary Islands and is rated as an “endangered species”. The pubescence of small hairs, covering the stem and lacy leaves of the plant, gives the bush a silvery velvety appearance. For its spectacular appearance, the plant is widely used by gardeners around the world, especially in dry climates, since it loves a lot of sun and dry soil. From late spring to autumn, graceful silver leaf feathers are abundantly decorated with beautiful white daisies. The irritating scent released by the plant protects the area from pests.
Red tansy or Persian chrysanthemum
A spectacular ornamental plant with traditional lace leaves and inflorescences-baskets, the petals of which can be white, pink, red. The scent of the plant repels many harmful insects, including aphids, cabbage caterpillars, ticks and bedbugs. However, the persistence and strength of the smell of this species is inferior to the common tansy. So, to protect vegetable beds, it is better to use the usual Tansy, and to decorate flower beds with Persian chrysanthemum.
Maiden Tansy or Bachelor's Buttons
A traditional medicinal herb used by the Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides in the first century AD to treat the wounds of Roman soldiers, using Tansy as an anti-inflammatory agent.
Cute daisies and beautiful lobed leaves are very decorative, and therefore maiden tansy is used to create flower beds.
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