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The colour is yellow when mixed with alum. * A blue dye is obtained from the dried plant, an indigo substitute. * Fuller's teasel is occasionally cultivated for its seed head, which is used for carding cloth.

The underside of each leaf has two broad yellow stripes and is densely covered with minute projections. The leaves are up to 4 centimeters (11?2 inches) long—broader than those of most other yews—and often end in a very small, sharp point.

* Marsh mallow is a very useful household medicinal herb. * The German Commission E Monographs, a therapeutic guide to herbal medicine, approve Althaea officinalis Marsh Mallow for irritation of mouth and throat and associated dry cough/bronchitis .

The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular in form. It should not be used by pregnant women. Use with caution, internal consumption can cause damage to the kidneys and uterine bleeding.

Typically the first year of growth produces a mound of foliage and flowering occurs the second year, plants are normally biennials but a number of races can be short lived perennials .

The high fiber content of parsnips may help prevent constipation and reduce blood cholesterol levels. * The parsnip is native to Eurasia. Seed can be slow to germinate, especially from the earlier sowings, it is best to mark the rows by sowing a few radishes...

The nodding, blue to reddish-purple flowers are solitary on short branches from the axils of three-parted leaves. * The seed floss makes an excellent tinder for starting fires, a spark from a flint will quickly ignite it.

* Forms mats of small green leaves and stemless sky-blue flowers, as large as 3"; wants good soil, cool, moist conditions; native to Swiss Alps. Most species will grow well in the rock garden.

* Trifolium campestre , commonly known as Hop Trefoil and Low Hop Clover , is a species of clover native to Europe and western Asia , growing in most areas, but specifically thriving on dry, sandy grassland habitats, as well as in fields, woodland margins,...

* The thornapple is a bitter narcotic plant that relieves pain and encourages healing. There are also traces of scopolamine, a potent cholinergic-blocking hallucinogen,which has been used to calm schizoid patients.

* The seed contains arctiin, this excites the central nervous system producing convulsions an increase in respiration and later paralysis. The dried root of one year old plants is the official herb, but the leaves and fruits can also be used.

Plant the roots out very shallowly. A very ornamental plant. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. Grows well in heavy clay soils. The plants are very cold tolerant, but they can be damaged when dormant if the...

The leaves are heart shaped and the flowers are pale yellow and tubular in form. It should not be used by pregnant women. Use with caution, internal consumption can cause damage to the kidneys and uterine bleeding.

Last updated: 09-Mar-2004 * The fruit and its capsule are antiasthmatic, antiseptic, antitussive and expectorant. The root is used as a purgative in the treatment of rabies and also has sedative properties.

It is common in Middle Eastern , European , and American cooking . It is also a good detoxifier, helping the body to get rid of toxins via the urine and therefore helping in the treatment of a wide range of diseases such as rheumatism.

It is a shrub or small tree , very variable and often a low spreading shrub, but occasionally reaching 10 m tall. A tea made from the berries has a spicy gin-like flavour. It is dioecious , with male and female cones on separate plants, which are wind...

* The common name of bugbane is in reference to the odoriferous insect repellant properties of this plant. * This plant is an anti-infective herb that lowers fevers and reduces pain.

* A perennial weed, to most, with long curly leaves; develops a deep taproot; seed turns brown and remains conspicuous in winter; birdfood, native to Europe and Asia and common in North America.

The wild species blooms in white or yellow, and is hardy from USDA Zones 3a-10b. Papaver croceum, P. Native to subpolar regions of northern Europe and North America, Iceland poppies are hardy but short-lived perennials ,grown as biennials , that yield...

* It is cultivated for a spice obtained from the seeds inside the cherry stones. * Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.

* Sow the seed in March/April in a greenhouse only just covering the seed. * A perennial grown for its 2" bright red-orange inflated husk in fall, which encloses an edible red berry; the plant itself is rather lax and weedy, spreading by underground stems;...

* A delicious tea is made by steeping the green or dried twigs inboiling water until they turn an amber or pink colour. * The stems of most members of this genus contain the alkaloid ephedrine and are valuable in the treatment of asthma and many other...

The very fragrant flowers are used by the Chinese to impart a pleasant aroma to tea, wine and sweet dishes such as lotus seed soup, pastries and steamed pears. * Osmanthus fragrans ( Sweet Osmanthus ; Chinese : ??

The bark also contains fraxetin.This has an inhibitory effect on the central nervous system, is a stronger and safer anodyne than aspirin and has some antibacterial activity. * It can grow in very alkaline soils, but not in the shade.

* An essential oil obtained from the plant is antiseptic. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots as soon as they are large enough to handle and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter.

It is named after William Kerr , who introduced the cultivar 'Pleniflora'. * A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and women's complaints. * Kerria japonica , the sole species in the genus Kerria , is a deciduous shrub...

Plants are not very cold-tolerant, but they can beoverwintered outdoors in areas where winter temperatures do not fall below about -5°c. This species is cultivatedas a vegetable in China.