Indoor Gardening and Houseplants:Incense sticks in house plants None of my house plants are currently blooming so I am burning incense to keep a nice atmosphere indoors right now Too cheap to buy an incense stick holder, I merely stick them vertically in various house plant pots
Passiflora, Passion Flower, Passion Vine Incense The Passiflora 'incense' was able to completely hide the tree debris from sight My backyard looks like one huge undulating passion vine The scent is very heady -- smells like warm honey fresh from a beehive to me
Aloysia Species, Incense Bush, Sweet Almond Bush Aloysia Species, Incense Bush, Sweet Almond Bush Aloysia virgata 2 vendors has this plant for sale Upload Image Print Version View Gallery 22 photos
Focus on Encelia farinosa (Brittle Bush) - Daves Garden Due to the sweet aroma of the syrup-like resin contained in the stems, E farinosa is still used in churches in some parts of Mexico as incense Native American people are known to have used this same substance as glue and chewing gum
Saffron Crocus - Daves Garden Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativus) Man's use of Saffron dates all the way back to around 1600 B C E Popular in kitchen garden, it's harvested for food coloring or flavoring Commercially, saffron is used to dye textiles and finds applications in manufacture of incense, cosmetics and perfumes In medicine, prescriptions used by Rheumatologists to treat gout contain the potent chemical colchicine
A Holy Wood Ending - Daves Garden The sanctum in the Latin name may have derived from that fragrant resin also being added to incense Once the species had been overharvested, its slow growing habit made it difficult to bring back—or at least to bring back quickly!
The Twelve Plants of Christmas - Daves Garden Frankincense was used as incense throughout the Middle East from ancient days through to today Myrrh was and is used as an antiseptic, and would have been worth many times its weight in gold Both of them epitomize Christmas to anyone who grew up singing We, Three Kings of Orient Are Let me remind you, no singing required, although humming is