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It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers. * Asclepias tuberosa is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America .

Growing only 20'' tall, you will be able to find several places for it in your garden. The Purple D'Oro daylily prefers full sun. The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily.

Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47. Its showy, yellow, pea-like flowers occur in upper axillary clusters.

It has 18-20% crude protein, is quite heat, cold and drought tolerant, and fast growing. * The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Added to salads or used as a potherb. * Rapeseed ( Brassica napus ), also known as rape , oilseed rape , rapa , rappi , rapaseed...

* Securigera varia , commonly known as Crown Vetch or Purple Crown Vetch , is a low-growing legume vine. It is native to Africa , Asia and Europe and is commonly used throughout the United States and Canada for erosion control , roadside planting and...

The flowers attract bees , butterflies , and hummingbirds . It has sharply-toothed, lance-shaped green leaves and bears large, showy, bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped flowers . It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates.

The species is often smaller, stunted and twisted in coastal exposures. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * Of symmetrical conical habit; needles stiff, often twisted, dark green, to 7"; cones 2-4 1/2"; native to California, where it is used...

The tree is found only in the Santa Ana Mountains of Orange County and in San Diego County within Southern California, and in northern Baja California state of Mexico. * The northernmost stand, in Orange County, which comprises a large area on the upper...

* Easily grown in a rich strong loam enriched with leafmold and sand. * It is a fan palm (Arecaceae tribe Corypheae), with the leaves with a long petiole terminating in a rounded fan of 10-20 leaflets; each leaf is up to 1-1.5 m long, with the leaflets...

* Lonicera xylosteum , commonly known as Fly honeysuckle , European Fly Honeysuckle , Dwarf Honeysuckle or Fly Woodbine is a deciduous shrub. It is one of two honeysuckles native to Britain, the other being the Common Honeysuckle ( Lonicera periclymenum...

Tolerant of dry chalk soils, it also succeeds in maritime gardens. * A very ornamental plant. * In its native habitat, the flowers are eaten fresh, and the leaves are smoked like tobacco for its euphoriant properties.

It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers. * Asclepias tuberosa is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America .

In the wild, trees grow best in areas where summer temperatures average 24 - 30°c and the humidity is high. Wild collected seed will produce smaller harder shelled nuts. * Trees are probably much hardier when grown in areas with hot summers.

Prune in early spring. Also tolerates some drought. Also useful for stabilizing embankments. Can be grown as a hedge. Blooms on new growth. * Garden Uses Mass or group in the shrub border or native plant garden.

* Wood - coarse and straight-grained, soft, not strong, moderately high in shock resistance, very durable in the soil. It also multiplies readily from cuttings. The tree is fairly free from fungal diseases and has few insect enemies.

* t is a deciduous shrub, growing to 1.5 m tall. The leaves of the plant are linear to lanceolate, 3-15 cm long and 0.3-3 cm broad, with a modified dentate, pinnately lobed margin; they give off a sweet odor, especially when crushed.

* Oregano is an important flavouring herb in Mediterranean cookery,and is often used dried rather than fresh. * A variable species found in dry soil and full sun from Europe to China; stems to 3' with purple bracts and very attractive purple, pink, or...

The plant forms thickets and spreads easily when birds and other animals consume the fruits. This plant, one of several exotic bush honeysuckles present in North America, was introduced as an ornamental plant in 1752 .

* These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges. * Hippocrepis emerus or the scorpion senna is a species of perennial plant belonging to the genus Hippocrepis in the Fabaceae family.

* A blue dye is obtained from the inner bark. * The "blue" refers to a substance secreted by the inner bark when exposed to air, not to the leaves, which are dark green, pale yellow in fall, or to the bark, which is gray, platelike, and sometimes shaggy;...

Besides mescaline, it also contains varying phenethylamines and other substances in minimal proportions * Today it is still used by Curanderos (medicine men) of northern Peru. They prepared a brew called "achuma" , "huachuma" or "cimora" which was used...

* The wood is heavy, strong, close-grained, splits easily. * An evergreen tree with compound leaves to 14", leaflets to 6"; flowers in small pendulous clusters to 8"; native to coastal areas, South Carolina to Florida.

* Requires a well-drained sandy soil and a sunny position. * The leaves are used for flavouring rice dumplings. Established plants are drought tolerant.

* Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle or back of border; wants full sun and good drainage; can be dried for winter arrangements.

* Carpinus orientalis (Oriental Hornbeam) is a hornbeam native from southeastern Europe to northern Iran and occurs usually on hot dry sites at lower altitudes in comparison to the European Hornbeam.

The tree is restricted to hills, mountains, and valleys at elevations of 200-1500 m. Plants require a hot dry site if they are to flourish, with at least 4 months of temperatures above 25°c.

Pines make an amazing bonsai because the rough bark on their trunks makes them look old early on. * It is one of the classic bonsai subjects. * Because of its resistance to pollution and salt, it is a popular horticultural tree.