Herbology Notes
NOTE: These notes alone won't get you an E or O, you do need to look over the actual lesson. Use these notes as a study tool for studying or completing OPEN book quizzes. Y3 L1-L9 notes are in the progress of being taken. For now, they are unedited so do expect some spelling and grammar mistakes until I fully revise them.
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Y2 L6: The Dark Side of the Moon Flower
Chapter 16
Gloomy Growths:
Greenhouse number two is home to various dangerous plants such as Shadowmoss, Devil's Snare and Vampire Vines. The room has been enchanted with artifical moonlight, meaning they can be sustained year round, which enables a lot of opportunities.
Livin' After Midnight:
Growing nocturnal plants requires expertise using the Darkening Charm. To make them continue blooming throughout the day, use the Charm to block out most of the moonlight. Alternatively, you can grow them in a dark room such as the dungeons. Provide artificial light such as moonlight or Luminescent Liquid. However, in doing this the nocturnal plants will only grow at night. To care properally for these plants, regular watering and repotting should be done. Harvested plants will might require tinted vials.
Creatures of the Night:
- Evening Primrose: Cwnothera biennis grows best in full darkness but can tolerate sunlight. It prefers well draining, moist soil with an acific pH level betweem 5.5 to 7.0. It blooms in spring or early summer and is used in liver potions, contraception, eczema creams, salads and flavouring in certain candies.
- Moonflower: The moonflower is a nocturnal plant which blooms for a short period of time within each moon cycle. Daily watering is required during its growth stage and prefers acidic soil with a pH level between 6.1 to 6.5. It has a short life and grows in a variety of colours, but usually white which resembles the moon.
- Night Flowering Catchfly: Night flowering catchfly is both an agressive and invasive perennial which thrives in night time conditions. This plant tolerates multiple pH levels. It blooms from July to September. It is used within perfume based potions, insecticides and herbicides.
- Shadowmoss: Byophyta umbranea is a magical plant which is not able to tolerate sunlight. It grows within quite dense evergreen forests, where sunlight cannot reach the ground. Shadowmoss is able to grow in various pH levels. Shadowmoss is used in potions which obscure objects from sight, sunscreen and as diuretic when dried.
