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* Western snowberry is grown for use in native plant and wildlife gardens, and as a bird food plant in habitat landscapes. An infusion of the root has been used to cleanse the afterbirth and aid in convalescence.

It is low to the ground with some of the lower branches rooting in the soil and others extending more outward than upward. It can be dried, ground into a powder then used in making cakes etc.

The flowers are fragrant and range in colour from pink to mauve, sometimes with a white base; they are produced in early summer on panicles 4-25 cm long and are attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds.

Tallowwood is drought and frost tender. It has many commercial uses. It grows in forests near the coast on moderate to fertile soils in a protected, sunny position. * Tallowwood ( Eucalyptus microcorys ) is a native Eucalypt species common in New South...

* Leaves to 6"; branches brown and fuzzy; small clusters of 7-10 flowers; rounded fruit; native to northeast Asia.

Hairy red drupes are produced, which can be brewed into a tea. * The fruit is small with very little flesh, but it is easily harvested and when soaked for 10 - 30 minutes in hot or cold water makes a very refreshing lemonade-like drink (without any fizz...

* Established plants are drought tolerant. * Thistley plants for full sun and poor dry soil; the half-inch flower heads, also like thistles, can be a fine metallic blue or blue purple; flowers in mid to late summer; in rich soil the plants grow too fast...

The flowers are pink, borne in summer. * Rosa palustris is a shrub with alternate, pinnately compound leaves , on thorny stems.

* The young shoots are eaten cooked. It is by no means a disagreeable vegetable. It is hardy to zone 6 and is not frost tender. * Eremurus spectabilis is a PERENNIAL growing to 1 m (3ft 3in) by 0.6 m (2ft).

It is low to the ground with some of the lower branches rooting in the soil and others extending more outward than upward. It can be dried, ground into a powder then used in making cakes etc.

* It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in September. * Native to the southern and eastern parts of the United States , found from Illinois to Virginia in the north and from Texas to Florida in the south.

As a pioneer plant it quickly binds the erosion-prone soil following the bushfires that are common in its Australian habitats. This plant is now known as one of the worst invasive species in the world.

* Parkinsonia florida, the blue palo verde (syn. * The flowers are bright yellow, and pea-like, which cover the tree in late spring. * The Irish botanist Thomas Coulter was the first to categorize Parkinsonia florida.

* Sabal palmetto , also known as Cabbage Palm , Palmetto , Cabbage Palmetto , Palmetto Palm , and Sabal Palm , is one of 15 species of palmetto palm (Arecaceae, genus Sabal ). In the United States .

* ANNUAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in July. It is native to Europe but has been introduced elsewhere, such as the western and eastern parts of the United States.

* The plant bears pink flowers and bright red spiny fruits which contain red seeds. * Bees collect nectar from its flowers to make honey. * Annatto, obtained from the oily arils of the seeds is the world's second most important (after caramel) natural...

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico .

A tapped trunk yields up to ½ litre a day. The essential oil found in the leaves is a powerful antiseptic and is used all over the world for relieving coughs and colds, sore throats and other infections.

* A flowering, fruit-producing tree, member of the rose family; flowers resemble those of hawthorn, white or light pink; 1 1/2"; 1" fruits, hard and brownish, inedible until aged or frosted, used in jellies; old trees may be thorny; of rounded habit;...

Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)]. * Native to forests; 100-800(-1600) m.

It has large, alternating, cordiform leaves that have a long petiole and are pubescent on the underside. * It is naturalized almost everywhere and is usually found in disturbed areas, especially in soil rich in nitrogen.

It differs from other similar species in that it has 4 lobed flowers, whereas Small Scabious and Field scabious have 5 lobes and hence it has been placed in a separate genus in the same family .

* The wood of the roots is sometimes used for making floats instead of cork. Many kinds of wildlife eat the fruits and it is a favored honey tree. It has a swollen base that tapers to a long, clear bole and its root system is periodically under water.

* Buddleja davidii , (old spelling Buddleia davidii ); also called summer lilac , butterfly-bush or orange eye ) is a shrub in the Buddlejaceae family . * It is native to northwestern China and Japan .

* Blooms in late summer, with dark blue-violet, hooded flowers borne in tall spikes. * Aconitum napellus (Monkshood, "aconite", "Wolf's Bane", Fuzi , "Monk's Blood", or "Monk's Hood") is a species of Aconitum in the family Ranunculaceae , native and endemic...

* Native to Southeast Australia. * The scientific name of the species honors the botanist Frederick Manson Bailey. * A shrub or tree in the legume family. * Grows very fast with masses of tiny yellow flowers, blue leaves and delicate textures.

The seed is used as a spice. * Nigella sativa is an annual flowering plant, native to south and southwest Asia. * Nigella sativa oil contains an abundance of conjugated linoleic (18:2) acid, thymoquinone, nigellone (dithymoquinone), melanthin, nigilline,...