WITCH IN THE CITY

Name : Spiderwort  Botanical Name : Tradescantia species  Common Names : Widow’s Tears, Wandering Bloom, Cow Slobber, Inchplant, Wandering Jew, Dayflower  Location : North America, Europe, Asia, Africa,  & Australia Element : Water  Planet : Moon & Venus  Magickal Purpose : Adaptability, Clarity, Cleanings & Purification, Communication, Emotional Healing, Peace & Harmony, Protection, Psychic Power & Intuition, , Revealing Hidden Truths There is something humble and peculiar about the Spiderwort. It does not arrive with the fiery drama of trumpet vines or the heavy perfume of jasmine. Instead, it appears quietly along fence lines, beneath old oaks, beside forgotten trails where the soil still remembers rain. Its flowers open with the morning light and close again by afternoon, as though the plant itself understands the fleeting nature of beautiful things.  The first time I noticed Spiderwort growing wild in Florida, it was tucked be...

Name : Sunshine Mimosa  Botanical Name: Mimosa strigillosa  Common Names: Sunshine Mimosa, Powderpuff Mimosa, Sensitive Mimosa Location : Southeastern United States  Element : Air & Earth  Planet : Venus  Magickal Purpose : Joy, Soft Protection, Emotional Healing, Attraction, Friendship, Gentle Boundaries, Heart-Opening, Grounded Happiness  The Sunshine Mimosa, Mimosa strigillosa, spreads like a soft green carpet across the sandy soils of Florida, adorned with delicate pink powder-puff blossoms that seem to glow with quiet happiness. Low-growing and resilient, this plant thrives in sun-drenched landscapes, weaving a living tapestry of softness and strength. Its fern-like leaves close gently when touched, a subtle reminder of sensitivity, awareness, and sacred boundaries. Blooming from spring through fall, the Sunshine Mimosa embodies grounded joy, emotional resilience, and the quiet magick of gentle persistence. Though small in stature, it spreads wid...

Name : Dollarweed  Botanical Name : Hydrocotyle umbellata Common Names : Pennywort, Water Penny, Marsh Penny, Manyflower, Water Pennywort  Location : Southeastern United States  Element : Water & Earth  Planet : Venus & Jupiter  Magickal Purpose : Prosperity, Abundance, Flow, Luck, Healing, New Opportunities, Road Opening  The humble Dollarweed grows where water lingers, along sidewalks, pond edges, lawns, ditches, and shaded gardens after rain. Its round leaves rise on slender stems like small green coins scattered across the ground, shining when the sun catches their waxy surface. Often dismissed as a weed, it is in truth a plant of quiet fortune. Wherever moisture gathers, Dollarweed follows, marking places of movement, seepage, and unseen pathways beneath the soil. It does not fight the land, it follows its own currents.  In magick, Dollarweed is worked to attract money, encourage business, remove financial stagnation, and restore natural e...

Name : Coastal Wolfberry, Southern Wolfberry  Botanical Name : Lycium carolinianum  Common Names : Carolina Wolfberry, Christmas Berry, Carolina Desert-thorn, Creeping Wolfberry  Location : Southeastern United States  Element : Water & Earth  Planet : Moon & Saturn  Magickal Purpose : Protection, Boundary Magick, Ancestral Memory, Resilience, Prosperity through Endurance, Liminal Strength, Saltwater Blessings, Survival, Ocean Magick  Along the salt-washed edges of the Southeast, where land dissolves into sea and wind sculpts the shoreline, Coastal Wolfberry takes root. It is not a showy plant, nor one that demands attention, but rather a quiet sentinel, thorned, watchful, and deeply adapted to survival. I first noticed it growing low and wide near coastal trails, its silvery leaves and bright red berries standing in calm defiance of harsh soil and salt air.  This is a plant that understands boundaries. It thrives at thresholds, between fre...

Name : American Beautyberry Botanical Name : Callicarpa americana Common Names: Beautyberry, French Mulberry Location: Southeastern United States Element : Water & Earth Planet : Venus & Moon Magickal Purpose : Abundance, Femininity, Healing, Resilience, Longevity, Protection Against Malevolent Forces & Misfortune, Attraction, Renewal, Youth & Beauty   American Beautyberry is one of Florida’s most enchanting and vibrant wild plants, an unassuming green shrub for most of the year, until late summer and fall when it erupts into brilliant clusters of purple berries. By December and into late winter, many of these jewel-toned drupes still burst on each branch, glowing against the quiet landscape like amulets strung along the stems.    Though modest in size, Beautyberry holds a powerful presence in Florida’s natural rhythms. Its fruits are beloved by birds and wildlife during the lean months, offering nourishment and color when much of the landscape rests. Th...

Name: Rayless Sunflower  Botanical Name: Helianthus radula  Common Names: Rayless Sunflower, Pineland Sunflower, Stiff Sunflower Location: Native to Florida and the Southeastern U.S.  Element: Fire & Earth  Planet: Sun  Magickal Purpose: Renewal, Strength, Movement, Vitality, Illumination, Hidden Truths, Balancing of Light and Shadow, Solar Magick, Renewal After Loss  The Rayless Sunflower, Helianthus radula, is one of Florida’s most striking and mysterious wildflowers. Unlike its bright, petal-ringed cousins, this sunflower blooms without outer rays, offering instead a dense, velvet-brown disc that seems to hold sunlight in its core. Found in sandy pine flatwoods and prairies, its upright stems and vibrant green leaves embody the steady strength of the Sun even as autumn’s cool winds begin to stir. Blooming from late summer into early winter, the Rayless Sunflower reminds us that light never truly fades, it only shifts. This flower represents the movem...

The Lammas or August Eve festivities bring laughter, joy and celebration. During this abundant occasion, many seek the power and magick of Lammas - to attract prosperity, love and protection. The following herbal charms can be easily employed to attract wealth, prosperity, love and protection from negative or otherwise unwanted forces and vibrations. Some of these plants, flowers and roots may be poisonous; they are not to be consumed or burned without the assistance of a qualified physician/herbalist. BARLEY LOVE DOLLS: On the night of August eve, gather two sheaves of barley, red and black ribbon and a bottle of Love Potion or Oil.   Begin by creating two small dolls with the barley sheaves - using the red ribbon to fasten each figure properly.   dd a few drops of the Love Potion/Oil onto the chest of each doll.   Using the black ribbon, tie the dolls together face-to-face. When tying the dolls together, you may state out loud a prayer or incantation focused...

The Yuletide occasion fills the mind with thoughts of joy, family and peace. The following list of herbal ingredients are attributed with the Yuletide season and are believed to attract love, healing, prosperity, good fortune and positive energy.  Enjoy. Apple: To attract new love and to heighten passion, place the following ingredients into a pink or red cloth bag - one teaspoon dried Apple Peel, one teaspoon rose petals, a large garnet and nine drops of juniper essential oil.   Carry this bag with you or present it as a Yuletide Gift. Balsam Fir:  Place the following ingredients into a clear two ounce glass bottle - one ounce of hazelnut oil, ½ ounce of sunflower oil, one milliliter of Balsam Fir absolute, one small oak stick, and three dried holly berries. This magickal blend can be worn as a perfume or anointed onto candles and tools - to heighten inner strength, to invoke the masculine forces of nature and to bring about good fortune and luck. C...