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Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer.

Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer.

* The leaves are alternate, bipinnately compound leaves; with a ovate shape and a pinnate venation, they have a green color usually and turns yellow in fall, measuring between 5-10 cm long.The flowers are small and yellow with a touch of red at the base,...

It is frost hardy to about 14 F , and recommended to be in a sheltered area for the first few years. * Fall color is sensational. * Hardier than green-leaved types. Acer palmatum preers a sunny, airy spot except for in the midday heat where it needs shade.

It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white in some cultivars). Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows. All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August.

* A sprawling plant unless staked, perhaps best for romping through a semi-wild border; small blue flowers in considerable numbers in midsummer; full sun or part shade, persistent once established; native to China.

Common names include meadow buttercup and tall buttercup . * The bright yellow flowers are a common sight in summer meadows. It is a naturalized species and often a weed in parts of North America, but it is probably native in Alaska and Greenland .

* A small variety with deeply cut red leaves. * The crimson fall color is stunning.

Southwest China is the center for biodiversity of the species. A polymorphic species, it hybridizes freely with other members of this genus. * Spiraea japonica is a deciduous, perennial shrub native to Japan, China, and Korea.

The hirsute leaves are of variable morphology, but commonly found as deltoidal in form and sometimes having up to three lobes. Like many other plants in this family, they are demulcent and emollient and are used in the treatment of dysentery, lung ailments...

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

It is most easily removed in late spring to early summer. Occasionally one uses leafy, fragrant boughs of Silver Birch to gently beat oneself in a sauna. * An oil similar to Wintergreen oil (obtained from Gaultheria procumbens) is obtained from the inner...

If plants flop or otherwise depreciate in summer to the point where they look unsightly, consider cutting them back to the basal foliage. Salvia Caradonna reaches 18-24 inches tall, bearing flowers on sturdy stems during the summer months.

* A sprawling plant unless staked, perhaps best for romping through a semi-wild border; small blue flowers in considerable numbers in midsummer; full sun or part shade, persistent once established; native to China.

Southwest China is the center for biodiversity of the species. A polymorphic species, it hybridizes freely with other members of this genus. * Spiraea japonica is a deciduous, perennial shrub native to Japan, China, and Korea.

Like Blueberries and Spiraea, Abelias are tightly suckering shrubs producing new canes that eventually supplant the oldest ones and so will benefit from a periodic renewal of this type.

It is a herbaceous annual or perennial twining liana growing to 2-4 m tall. * Twining vine with 4 inch dark sky-blue flowers. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre.

It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen from Aug to September. * A deciduous Tree growing to 9 m (29ft 6in). It prefers moist soil. * A small tree grown for its ornamental red new growth and its red and yellow fall color.

* The familiar large-flowered poppy with 3-6" flowers, usually red but sometimes orange or pale pink; foliage dies back in midsummer; long-lived; wants full sun, good drainage; native to Turkey and environs.

Shrubs produce an explosion of fragrant deep lavender-purple flowers in spring, and a steady show of blooms right up till frost. Densely flowering 4-6 ft. Deer-resistant, easily managed shrubs prefer sunny locations with moist, well-drained soil.

* The specific epithet pungens means "sharply pointed", referring to the leaves. The blue color is quite intense and a high percentage of the seedlings will exhibit the lovely blue needles.

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.

* Grown for its beautiful red flowers in mid summer. * 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...

A member of the passionflower genus Passiflora , the Maypop has large, intricate flowers with prominent styles and stamens. * Maypops is a valuable sedative and tranquillising herb with a long history of use in North America.

Improved evergreen plant stands out for uniform flowering and fuller plant habit, with denser branching. An altogether striking and uncommon Iberis sempervirens, commonly known as candytufts.

It should not be used for residential plantings, or anywhere that formal landscaping is desired. It has the ability to fix nitrogen in the soil, and with light shade it does not inhibit growth of annual and perennial herbs.

* The wood is coarse grained,durable, dark coloured and very hard, it can be used as an ebony substitute. The leaves (made of three leaflets) have a long pedunculus, are smooth on the upperside and hairy on the underside.