What is Immortelle?

Immortelle is a plant originating in Mediterranean coastal regions in southern Europe and North Africa. It bears the scientific genus the name helichrysum , but in this family it contains a wide range of different species. They are all closely related and are valued both in gardening, culinary and cosmetic use. These plants are characterized by bright yellow flowers that bloom for a better part of each year.

The exact reason why plants in the Helichrysum family are called "Immortelle" or sometimes "eternal" is not known, but there are two predominant theories. One of them is that the flowers will last an unusually long time. Flowers usually bloom at the end of winter and remain fragrant and colored through the first frost in the fall. After the cut, the flowers are also almost perfectly preserved. Dried arrangements may look fresh for months or more.

Another theory concerns the cosmetic use of the plant. Immortelle essential oils have a long bee valuation to restore the elasticity of the skin and have been used sinceNikum skin for the treatment of wounds and scratches. Flower oils have long been believed to restore a youthful appearance. Many cosmetic products containing oils of immortal oils are launched as an aging or age, often with the service of promises of renewed youth.

flowers of flowers make it a favorite garden around the world. In most environments, the cultivation of immortal and plants are rooted in different soils and climate. Plants generally prefer a dry, dry environment with thin to rocky soil, but can relatively easily adapt to most conditions. Planting Immortelle is common both in the interior and outdoors and is generally known as a resistant plant that is difficult to kill.

Immortelle also has a number of culinary uses. His leaves smell clearly from Indian curry powder, many lead to the belief that these leaves form the base of curry food. In fact, this is not the case: the smell is the usualCage does not take the real taste and no plants in the genus Helichrysum are not originally from the Indian subcontinent. However, the leaves are popular ingredients for many meals in other parts of the world.

Cooks on the island of Sicily, south of Italy, are one of the most greedy consumers of culinary immortality. The variety of plants that grows there is known as helichrysum Italicum . Like most other variations, it lends a strong taste, but rarely consumes. It is more often used as a boiled agent or baked taste and removed just before serving.

Almost all parts of the plant are edible, no matter which species is controversial. However, even though it is cooked, the plant generally carries a bitter taste and it was known that the stomach would upset in large doses. For this reason, it is usually used for cooking, tslepice discarded before serving and sharing.