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* 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 and need staking; may make a big clump of...

* Wild Prairie Rose is the state flower of the U.S. states of Iowa and North Dakota. * The name Rosa arkansana comes from the Arkansas River in Colorado. * 1" flowers in large or small clusters.

The leaves are 10~15 cm wide, and are three-lobed unlike five- to seven-lobed leaves of most American Liquidambar species. It forms in cavities of the bark and is harvested in autumn.

Grows poorly on any very dry or very wet soil. Fragrant, pale yellow flowers in 3-20 flowered pendulous cymes bloom in late spring to early summer (June). Succeeds in sun or semi-shade.

* Echinacea paradoxa ( Bush's purple coneflower , Yellow Coneflower ) is a perennial species of flowering plant in the genus Echinacea . * The yellow rays are strongly downturned and the disk is dark brown.

A fast-growing tree, especially in its first few years from seed. Tolerates light shade, though it fruits better in a sunny position. * Succeeds in most reasonably good soils in an open sunny position.

* A blue dye is obtained from the dried plant, an indigo substitute. * Not known in a truly wild condition. * Fuller's teasel is occasionally cultivated for its seed head, which is used for carding cloth.

The fruits dry and harden to brown capsules. * Not only was the dye used anciently to color food, but also to dye cloth and paint the skin (which is still done today). * Achiote ( Bixa orellana ) is a shrub or small tree from the tropical region of the...

* Used as understock for hybrid tea roses. * During World War II in the United States Rosa canina was planted in victory gardens. * It can be used in making delicious jams, syrups etc.

The stems can be glabrous or are sparsely covered with short hairs. * Taraxacum officinale grows from generally unbranched taproots and produces one to more than ten stems that are typically 5 to 40 cm tall but sometimes up to 70 cm tall.

It is generally confined to soils derived from limestone . * Lilac or rosy-purple wonderfully fragrant 1/2" flowers in early spring; red fruit in June; may be evergreen or nearly so; native to Europe and western Asia.

Prefers a moist soil. * Phacelia tanacetifolia is a species of phacelia known by the common names lacy phacelia, blue tansy or purple tansy. * It is planted in vineyards and alongside crop fields, where it is valued for its long, coiling inflorescences...

A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. * Tolerant of dry alkaline soils. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby.

* Bearsfoot root was used by the North American Indians as a stimulant and laxative remedy. * The root is said to have a beneficial effect on the liver, stomach and spleen and may be taken to relieve indigestion and counteract liver malfunction.

* Syringa komarowii is a species of lilac native to central China, commonly called Nodding Lilac. The leaves are oval-oblong, 5-19 cm long and 2-7 cm broad. It is a shrub growing to 3-6 m tall, with erect branches.

* 3" grayish leaves; in early summer, bell-shaped 1/4" pink flowers, with protruding stamens and style; white fruit; native from British Columbia to New Mexico, east to Illinois and Michigan .

* 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 white flowers in July and August; likes calcaric soils; spreads via suckers; aromatic leaves; widely used in...

* 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 white flowers in July and August; likes calcaric soils; spreads via suckers; aromatic leaves; widely used in...

* Rubus odoratus ( Purple-flowering Raspberry , Flowering Raspberry , or Virginia raspberry ) is a species of Rubus , native to eastern North America , from Nova Scotia west to Ontario , and south to Georgia and Alabama .

Known for its 1/2-3/4 in. * A deciduous Tree growing to 15 m (49ft 3in). A lime substitute. * Edible Uses: Fruit - cooked. Long, dark-green leaves are velvety beneath. It is used in preserves.

The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, flies. The flowers are white, borne in fall. If given support, it will climb rapidly with the aid of tendrilous leaf petioles to 20-25' in length.

* Plants can be grown as a medium-size hedge. * Berberis thunbergii ( Japanese barberry or Thunberg's Barberry , also Red Barberry ) is a species of Berberis , native to Japan and eastern Asia .

It is found in Argentina , Bolivia , Colombia , Costa Rica , Ecuador , Guatemala , Mexico , Panama , Peru and Venezuela . * Alnus acuminata (also called Alder is a species of tree in the Betulaceae family.

The fruit contains about 20% sugars and can be used to make delicious and nourishing jams and preserves. When fully ripe it falls from the tree and so it is advisable to grow the plant in short grass in order to cushion the fall of the fruit.

* Passiflora incarnata , commonly known as Maypop , Purple passionflower , True passionflower , Wild apricot , and Wild passion vine , is a fast growing perennial vine with climbing or trailing stems.

* A perennial mint with lemon-scented foliage and clusters of small white flowers in whorls in the leaf axils; the leaves are used in cooking--teas, soups--toilet water, soaps, and medicine; sun or part shade, grows well in dry sites; native to southern...

A fast-growing tree, especially in its first few years from seed. Tolerates light shade, though it fruits better in a sunny position. * Succeeds in most reasonably good soils in an open sunny position.