Very interesting plants and blooms you have going. I'm so jealous of your blooming trees. I would love to have blooming trees. Must be such a nice scene to see with all those flowers. I've never heard of moneywort. I love to get strange plants and have them do well. I can't wait to see your yarrow flower. That is a plant I need to try that does very well down here in south texas. Your plants are growing so fast!

I love that plum tree, June. Those flowers are really looking great. Is the damage you mentioned on those blooms from last year's hard Easter frost? That was a tough one that killed a new sapling in our front yard and cut short any enjoyment of our backyard dogwood tree blossoms. Hopefully any more frosts we get this year will be light.

I hope we make it! The average last frost data for our zone says end of April, but I'm almost certain we've had a frost in May every year since I've lived in Asheville (since 2004). Good luck. I want that tree to fruit too! It sounds yummy.

Vanillalotus - Yeah I'm kind of mixed on the blooming trees. They are very pretty but we received a hard frost last easter...so hopefully they won't get damaged this year!

Motherwort is in the mint family. The guy who sold it to me told me all kinds of good stuff about it, but I'm afraid I have forgotten the information. Its definitely a woman herb. My friend Maria, the herbalist, has done a nice little write up about it:
http://dirtundermynails.com/?p=213

Yarrow is coincidentally another good woman herb as well. I've made a couple tinctures of it. It can be good for cramps. Its also good for stopping the bleeding of cuts (for men and women). On the a side, the previous two sentences may be misleading right next to each other...yarrow doesn't necessarily reduce your menses.

But I'd definitely recommend growing some yarrow. Its easy to grow and good to have on hand.

Lance - I'll give you a plum if it ends up fruiting. :)