St. John's Wort | Hypericum perforatum

🌱 Overview:
Bright yellow flowering tops with delicate green leaves, St. John’s Wort carries a light, grassy aroma tinged with faint floral warmth — like sunlit meadows woven into gentle bundles.

🍽 Uses:
Traditionally steeped into teas or infused into oils, valued more for folk preparations and ritual blends than everyday culinary use.

✨ Lore & Myth:
Named for midsummer harvests around St. John’s Day, this humble plant was hung over doors to ward off ill spirits and gathered to capture the sun’s protective power.

🌍 Origin & Sourcing:
Wild-harvested at peak bloom and carefully dried to preserve their bright color and subtle meadow fragrance.

🧭 Notes:
Grassy, mildly floral, and lightly bitter, carrying a sun-warmed quality that whispers of open fields and age-old summer festivals.