On one of the trips with the PAN-Founder Group, we have a kind of winter greens met. The tail-like growth (proliferating) Gaultheria Shallon now bears her delicious dark blue berries, the bright fleshy blueberry culture similar way to confuse. The foliage certainly know many of you as a decorative addition of flower bouquets.
The much smaller leaves of the ground cover " bill berry Niederkriechende ( Gaultheria procumbens and G. fragrantissima) Many garden owners as a decorated red autumnal berries bearing plant familiar, the supplier may be the "medical" essential oil, which some have Ölefirmen in the range. It consists of up to 98 percent of the anodyne aromatic esters methyl salicylate, which is converted to the skin in an aspirin-like substance.
-percent fat in a good oil this scent is a boon for sore / inflamed muscles and joints. This little plant is increasingly being offered in the fall in garden centers and flower shops as grave decoration and embellishment autumn beet plant. It may change over the years transformed into a beautiful leaf carpet.
In July 2010, I had to experience the joy of lavender flowers in France. It was interesting to see the visual differences between LAVENDER FINE / MOUNTAIN LAVENDER and LAVANDIN. 
