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* Succeeds in a sunny position in most good soils tolerating a pH range from 6 to 8 but disliking acid soils. It is the wild ancestor of the garden Carnation . * Remove dead flowers to extend the flowering period.

* In its native habitat, the flowers are eaten fresh, and the leaves are smoked like tobacco for its euphoriant properties. It is also used where it grows in Pakistan and Balochistan for dysentery.

'Northern Pearls' is a compact cultivar that grows to 6-8' tall and features racemes (3-5" long) of 5-petaled white flowers (to 2" diameter) which bloom in early spring. Elliptic, serrate, pale green leaves (to 3" long) turn yellow in fall.

Livestock such as cattle and sheep readily browse it. * Snowberry was commonly employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who valued it especially for the saponins it contains.

This hardy pine species is relatively disease free and tolerates poor soil conditions, making it a good choice for all levels. Easily grown from seed in the early spring, the seeds are soaked in water to start germination.

* The European nettle tree also known as European Hackberry or Lote tree ( Celtis australis ), is a deciduous tree that can grow 20 or 25 meters in height. * An excellent fuel. * A large specimen planted in 1550 stands before the church in the village...

* This tree is remarkable for the number and length of the spines growing on its trunk, which makes it the most formidably armed of temperate trees. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing...

It is native to southern Europe ( Sicily ), southwestern Asia ( Lebanon , Syria , Turkey ) and eastern Asia ( China ), with two well-separated populations. Fortunei, but is shorter, broader, and more densely branched; small whitish flowers; native to...

* Native to southern Italy (including Sardinia ) and Corsica. * An excellent windbreak for maritime areas, it grows quite quickly and establishes well even in very windy sites. * Shiny green leaves.

* A bluish-green dye is obtained from the berries, it is more permanent than most greens. A black dye can also be obtained from the fruit as well as an ink. * Ligustrum vulgare ( Wild Privet , also sometimes known as Common Privet or European Privet ),...

* Of open, wide-spreading habit, with several main branches ramifying into small branchlets; grows quickly, but wood may be brittle and susceptible to ice and snow damage; resistant to Dutch elm disease, and so used by breeders; drought tolerant, used...

* This species is unusual in having alternate leaves whilst almost all other members of this genus have opposite leaves. * The tree is regarded as attractive because of its wide spreading shelving branches and flat-topped head, and is often used in ornamental...

It is largely used for fence posts and rails, telegraph poles etc, it is also occasionally used for making furniture, the interior finish of buildings etc. * Catalpa speciosa , commonly known as the Northern Catalpa , is a species of Catalpa that is native...

* A teaspoon of crushed seeds has long been used as a form of natural birth control; its use for this purpose was first described by Hippocrates over 2,000 years ago. The dried roasted roots are ground into apowder and are used for making coffee.

They keep their blue color well after drying. * This is an excellent plant to use for cut flowers and dried flowers. * It is very cold hardy, coming from Siberia, and will also tolerate drought and saline conditions.

* It is fast growing and usually has nice red fall colors, much more reliably so than the more popular Pin Oak. * Its previous scientific name was Quercus nuttallii , but it is now known as Quercus texana ; this has created much confusion with Texas Red...

* It is widely planted for timber, both in its native area (it is the most important tree in forestry in Turkey) and elsewhere in the Mediterranean region east to Pakistan. Cones from the battlefield were taken home to Australia, and plants sourced from...

* The Bishop Pine ( Pinus muricata ) is a pine with a very restricted range: mostly California , USA , including some offshore islands, and a few locations in Baja California , Mexico , and always on or near the coast, from Trinidad Head in Humboldt County,...

Where it is colder in the winter it needs protection as it does not tolerate frost in containers. This Bonsai should be in full sun during the growing season. Tolerates atmospheric pollution.

* In its native habitat, the flowers are eaten fresh, and the leaves are smoked like tobacco for its euphoriant properties. It is also used where it grows in Pakistan and Balochistan for dysentery.

This plant is a very commonly used folk treatment in China and Russia where it is used as a ginseng substitute. * The roots are harvested in the autumn and dried for later use. Regular use is said to restore vigour, improve the memory and increase longevity.

* A bluish-green dye is obtained from the berries, it is more permanent than most greens. A black dye can also be obtained from the fruit as well as an ink. * Ligustrum vulgare ( Wild Privet , also sometimes known as Common Privet or European Privet ),...

* An excellent hedge plant, tolerating hard clipping and maritime exposure and forming a dense stock-proof shelter. Noxious weed in California * Ilex aquifolium ( Holly , or European Holly to distinguish it from related species, may also be called Christmass...

The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout southern and eastern Ontario; in northern Ontario it occurs farther north than the alternateleaf dogwood, but does not extend past 50°N (Soper and Heimburger...

Inside are black seeds in a bed of resinous pulp. The fruit is a hairy, woody capsule about a centimeter wide divided into three valves. The leaves are oval in shape with edges that curl under and measure up to 10 centimeters in length.

In recent times it has extended its range as competing broadleaf forests are logged (Farjon 1984, Li 1997, Richardson and Rundel 1998). Tabuliformis, and S into N Burma, where it intergrades with P.

In the coldest portions of their range, zone 5-6, Vitex are grown as die back perennials that regrow each spring to flower in summer. In late spring once growth begins prune away any growth that doesn't show any signs of resprouting or has freeze damage.