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It thrives in full sun in ordinary garden soil. * The plant is said to be extremely efficacious when used as a local application in the treatment of sore throats and gonorrhoea. * Liatris spicata , the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather , is an...

* This peony can reach between 30 and 60 centimeters in height. * Paeonia tenuifolia is sometimes called the fern leaf peony . The flowers are red and scented with numerous yellow stamens in the centre.

* Good tree for striking yellow late summer flowers in upright clusters as large as 2' x 1 1/2'; seed "pods" pinkish, very attractive, good for dried arrangements; bipinnate leaves; upright habit; flowers when young; needs sun; native to China.

It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots...

It is frost hardy to about 14 F , and recommended to be in a sheltered area for the first few years. Japanese Maple produces magnificent fall color and is very hardy and flexible branches making it an ideal specimen for bonsai.

It prefers sandy, well-drained soil and full sun. * The plant was introduced from Central Asia in 1874 and is popular in gardens. Robustus has a stem six to ten feet high, with leaves as long as 48 inches, and 4 inches in width, the widest in its genus.

In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu". * Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe .

Common names include, Turk's Cap Lily , Turban Lily , Swamp lily or American Tiger Lily . A starchy and slightly sweet taste. Used like potatoes or as a thickener in soups. * The bulb is eaten cooked.

Good pest resistance and low maintenance make these plants invaluable assets in the garden and landscape. For a low maintenance planting select an Abelia that grows to the appropriate size for the space given them and periodically remove the oldest non-productive...

* The seeds have been used in making cough syrups. * A tincture of the plant is somewhat astringent, demulcent, laxative and tonic. * Penthorum sedoides is widely distributed in the United States and Canada.

Nudicaule has been shown to contain the benzophenanthidine alkaloid, chelidonine . In particular, P. Papaver croceum, P. Native to subpolar regions of northern Europe and North America, Iceland poppies are hardy but short-lived perennials ,grown as biennials...

It should not be used for residential plantings, or anywhere that formal landscaping is desired. It is useful for vegetating acid soils with a pH of 3.5 to 4.0, as well as alkaline soils of a pH 8.0. Bristly locust is especially adapted to stabilizing...

* A very ornamental plant. * Lobelia cardinalis ( Cardinal Flower ) is a species of Lobelia native to the Americas , from southeastern Canada south through the eastern and southwestern United States , Mexico and Central America to northern Colombia .

Fruit may be used in sauces, jellies and preserves, however. 'Schubert' is best known for its purple foliage: elliptic to obovate leaves (to 5" long) emerge green in spring, gradually maturing to dark purple by early summer.

* The bark and the leaves are mildly diuretic, expectorant and stimulant. * It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 10–25 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter. The plant is seldom used medicinally, but is sometimes included in propriety medicines...

It prefers sandy, well-drained soil and full sun. * The plant was introduced from Central Asia in 1874 and is popular in gardens. Robustus has a stem six to ten feet high, with leaves as long as 48 inches, and 4 inches in width, the widest in its genus.

The bark fibres are also used in making paper. * Leatherwood was employed medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes who used it to treat a wide variety of ailments.

Thus it can be used for making tubs for storing food items. * The crushed leaves have a strong lemony scent. * It is popular as an ornamental landscaping tree and as a Christmas Tree.

* A warm infusion of the root has been used as a wash on sores and snake bites. * Rudbeckia hirta (common names: Black-eyed Susan, Blackiehead, Brown Betty, Brown Daisy, Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba), Gloriosa Daisy, Golden Jerusalem, Poorland...

* This is an annual or biennial herb with one erect, mostly unbranched stem growing 20 to 100 centimeters tall. * Callistephus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Callistephus chinensis.

* The seeds provide food for birds. * This grass grows in disturbed, wet habitat types such as ditches. The leaf blades are up to 52 centimeters long and may be hairless to hairy, with a dense coating of hairs behind the ligules.

* In September, H. * Considered rare, the species is threatened by habitat loss, and only nine populations are known to remain in the wild, all of them in Anhui and Zhejiang provinces.

It prefers moist soil. * A deciduous Tree growing to 9 m (29ft 6in). * A small tree grown for its ornamental red new growth and its red and yellow fall color. It is hardy to zone 6.

* Foot-long clusters of yellow flowers in midsummer, followed by red or brownish "pods" that persist into fall; Dirr calls it a "beautiful dense tree of regular rounded outline, sparingly branched" * It is popularly grown as an ornamental tree in temperate...

* Papaver orientale ( Oriental poppy ) is a perennial flowering plant native to the Caucasus, northeastern Turkey, and northern Iran. * The young seed heads are used as a condiment, they are hot and acrid.

It was believed that, so long as the root was handled occasionally to ensure the scent permeated the person and their clothes, rattlesnakes would not bite them. * A fine blue infusion is obtained from the flowers and this can be used as a litmus substitute...

* Castor seed is the source of castor oil, which has a wide variety of uses. * The whole plant is very poisonous, even one seed has been known to be lethal to children. * It is used extensively as a decorative plant in parks and other public areas.