News for September 2026!

Hello everyone 🌿

In 1660, a certain Dr. Wolf would have won the jackpot thanks to… the hemorrhoids of poor Landgrave of Hesse 🤔 According to the story reported by Jacob Horst, the doctor sold the ultra-secret recipe of a miraculous ointment for this kind of small problem in exchange for a somewhat original life annuity… a fat ox every year. However, the famous miraculous recipe was nothing more than simple toadflax boiled in lard 😂

And besides treating hemorrhoids, what do we do with toadflax?

Adored by pollinators, it is frankly hated by livestock. It must be said that with its super acrid juice, we are far from a pleasant herbal tea. If it’s the only plant you have on hand, good luck with that. It is nevertheless an interesting plant, as long as it is mixed with other ones to soften its taste. And the good news is that it’s in abundance. With more than 30,000 seeds produced per plant, it quickly colonized the surrounding area and became invasive. We let you explore all its secrets on our site… for free, no need to pay us in rib steaks every year 😁

New plant 👏

• [Toadflax] (/en/plants/linaria_vulgaris/) (Linaria vulgaris)

News on our plant profiles 👏

You asked for it, we are working on it 🥰

To instantly know if a plant will thrive in your home, discover our new “Gardening Info” section, a concentrate of key information, such as origin, hardiness, size, lifespan, water and sun needs, as well as its impact on biodiversity or its conservation status.

Developed from botanical databases such as PFAF, Kew Gardens, Tela Botanica, or IUCN, you will have all the cards in hand to offer the best piece of land to your proteges. More info on our blog 🌱

Only two plants benefit from it at the moment: purple passionflower and toadflax. Don’t panic, our existing plant profiles will be updated gradually 🎉

Tracking pixel info 🧐

If you receive other newsletters, you have probably seen messages about the CNIL recommendation of 12 March 2026 on tracking pixels, in other words web beacons. You know, those tiny, invisible images that let the sender know when you open your messages, from where, and so on.

By digging a bit into the settings of Mailchimp, our newsletter tool, we noticed that they put trackers by default. No need to write to us to ask us to remove them, it is already done, we have deactivated everything. With us, no tracking on your openings or your clicks. It’s not that we don’t care… but a bit anyway. Your peace of mind comes before our statistics and if you have good tips for an open source mailing letter tool, we are in for it. With that, happy reading 🥰

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