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* Sarracenia minor , also known as the Hooded pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia . Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World .

* A beautiful very vigorous variety well know for its extreme cold hardiness.

It is found as far south as the Palomar Mountain area in southern California , with reports that it is found in Baja California , Mexico . * Fragrant white or slightly pink flowers with a yellow blotch, to 2 1/2"; 4" deciduous leaves, yellow and scarlet...

Extremely winter hardy (grows in the wild as far north as Quebec) and is one of the parents of the Northern Lights hybrids developed by the University of Minnesota. Flowers (to 1.5" long) are in trusses of 5-9 flowers each and have a pleasant, clove-like...

The fruit is a dry capsule 15-25 mm long, containing numerous small seeds .There are two subspecies : Rhododendron ponticum subsp. Rhododendron ponticum subsp. Bulgaria east to Georgia.

It is a deciduous flowering shrub or small tree growing to 5 m tall, with smooth, flaking grayish-orange bark. The flowers are camellia-like, 6-12 cm diameter, with five white petals and numerous white, yellow or purple stamens; they appear in early to...

The shoots are orange-brown, glabrous or with scattered pubescence. * It is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to 30 m tall, and with a trunk diameter of up to 0.8 m. The cones are cylindric-conic, 4-8 cm long and 2 cm broad, maturing pale brown 5-7...

The uppermost part of the leaf is flared into a lid (the operculum), which prevents excess rain from entering the pitcher and diluting the digestive secretions within. The red petals are long and strap-like, and dangle over the umbrella-like style of...

* Small, delicate plant forms a rounded mound, often loose and open; evergreen; 3" flowers in May, parents of this strain have flowers in variations of pink and purple; acid soil, good drainage; in the U.S. needs light shade in the North, more shade in...

It is also called the “rose of winter.” * An edible oil is obtained from the seed. It is a flowering shrub or a small tree native to Japan , Korea and China . It is also the official state flower of Alabama .

* Rhododendron atlanticum ( Dwarf azalea or Coastal azalea ), is a species of Rhododendron native to coastal areas of the eastern United States , from New Jersey south to Georgia .

* The plants tolerate clipping and make an attractive informal hedge. * An oval shrub with pleasing dark green leaves and very fragrant white flowers in upright terminal racemes in late summer; does well in heavy shade; yellow or golden brown fall color;...

* Rhododendron catawbiense ( Catawba Rhododendron ) is a species of Rhododendron native to the eastern United States , growing mainly in the Appalachian Mountains from Virginia south to northern Alabama .

Fragrant, funnel-shaped, white or pink-tinged flowers with protruding, red stamens cluster in subtle groups of 3 to 6 after the leaves appear. * Smooth azalea is a large, loosely-branched shrub, 8-12 ft.

* In 2006, production of wild blueberries in Quebec has reached 70 million pounds. * The Vaccinium angustifolium plant is fire-tolerant and its numbers often increase in an area following a forest fire.

* Mayo or Mayu (Sophora macrocarpa) is a small tree that inhabits the Chilean Matorral.

Bell-shaped, fragrant, white flowers with showy yellow stamens appear in pendulous, terminal racemes (to 8" long) in May-June (somewhat late for trees). * Styrax obassia is a species of flowering plant in the Styracaceae family.

A carpeting plant, growing fairly fast and carpeting as it spreads. One report says that it is unclear whether this was for medicinal purposes or for the intoxicated state it could produce.

* A beautiful very vigorous variety well know for its extreme cold hardiness.

* This perennial blooms late in the season and makes a great transition along shady edges.

As plants take several years to flower in the wild, it is very sensitive to too-frequent burns and has been eliminated in some areas where this occurs. * Flowering is in autumn, or in winter in cooler areas; the inflorescences are flower spikes 7–22...

Needs pruning and needs to be protected from frost. Rhododendron schilippenbachii, a popular species for bonsai, these flowering shrubs are beautiful bonsai. * Rhododendron schlippenbachii ( Royal Azalea ) is a species of Rhododendron native to the Korean...

They were first collected by the Japanese for Tokugawa shogunate palaces, then popularity spread to Europe, and later to America where its low light and humidity requirements make it a common feature in malls and offices.

Pinky-purple flowers, 1 1/2"; a deciduous species that blooms before leafing out, the earliest of all to bloom; site to protect from late freezes; leaves to 4" x 1 1/4", light green, yellows and reds in fall; needs acid soil; parent of several cultivars;...

* Ilex glabra is one of the very few evergreen shrubs (broadleaf or narrowleaf) to thrive in wet sites, noted for its evergreen foliage and upright, spreading, and suckering shrub growth habit when in species form.

Farther south, plants are nearly evergreen. * Cyrilla racemiflora , the sole species in the genus Cyrilla , is a flowering plant in the family Cyrillaceae , native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas , from the southeastern United States...

The scientific genus name is also used as a common name Kerria . * A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and women's complaints. * Bright green stems in winter, bright yellow 1 1/2" flowers in spring, bright green leaves...