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Tall, occasionally growing taller. A favorite of bees they make good honey from the nectar. Broadly oval leaves sometimes change to yellow in fall but often turn brown and become somewhat unsightly.

It is used in the treatment of persistent cough with blood, chronic diarrhoea, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, bloody stool, urorrhoea and bloody sputum. * An excrescence produced on the leaf by an insect Melaphis chinensis or M.

These are followed by cylindrical pods that are 3 to 5 cm in length. * The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in 1812 in Hortus Kewensis. * Kennedia prostrata, commonly known as Running Postman or Scarlet Runner, is a species of flowering...

* It is an annual plant capable of rapid plant movement—its leaflets fold together when touched. * It is similar to Chamaecrista fasciculata except that the leaves are smaller. * Chamaecrista nictitans (Sensitive Partridge Pea, Small Partridge Pea or...

The plant often self-sows. * The seeds are "negatively photoblastic", or photodormant, and will only germinate in darkness. * This is an annual herb which grows erect to a maximum height near 100 centimeters.

Many kinds of wildlife eat the fruits and it is a favored honey tree. A good mature tree will produce commercial timber used for furniture and crates. * The wood of the roots is sometimes used for making floats instead of cork.

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

* The fruit can be eaten raw, cooked in pies, cakes etc or fermented into cider. * The leaves contain up to 2.4% of an antibacterial substance called 'phloretin'.This inhibits the growth of a number of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria in as low...

American snowbell's showy, white, bell-shaped flowers are borne in pairs from leaf axils. When in bloom, they cover the plant creating a fragrant, white cloud. * A small delicate shrub with 1" white bell-shaped flowers in small clusters from the leaf...

* The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked. It grows in sandy soils and appreciates lots of sunlight. * The latex in the stems is a suitable replacement for chicle and can be made into a chewing gum.

The root is harvested in early autumn and dried for later use. * A blue dye is obtained from the dried plant, an indigo substitute. * By the 20th century, teasels had been largely replaced by metal cards, which can be made uniformly and do not require...

* 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;...

Contains chufas and grains that allow turkeys to scratch and feed all year round. Covers 5,000 sq. Consists of: 20% Japanese Millet 20% White Proso Millet 20% Buckwheat 20% Sudan Sorghum 15% Chufas 5% Ladino Clover 10 lbs.

They are useful in the treatment of chest complaints. * It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century. * A refreshing tea is made from the flower petals.

The fruit can also be dried and ground into a powder then mixed with corn meal and used in cakes, porridges etc. * The leaves and stems of fragrant sumac have a citrus fragrance when crushed, and it inhabits mostly uplands areas, while poison ivy has...

* A very ornamental plant, the fruit is a good wildlife food source, especially for birds. The fruit is abundantly produced and hangs on the tree well into winter. * An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most fertile soils, preferring a moisture retentive...

Unlike many other members of the genus, it has no prickles. * The flowers support pollinators, including of special value to Native bees, honeybees, and bumblebees. The fruit is attractive to birds.

* The leaves contain up to 2.4% of an antibacterial substance called 'phloretin'.This inhibits the growth of a number of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria in as low a concentration as 30 ppm.

Fruit from the typical species is about 1cm in diameter, though there are sub-species and cultivated forms with considerably larger fruits. A sour taste, but the fruit is palatable.

* In Great Britain it is most valuable in the south, though less successful in northern regions. It grows rapidly in spring, and yields an abundant crop of green food, particularly palatable to live stock.

The bulb is dried and powdered and then used for sizing cloth, bookbinding etc. Considered to be a delicacy in Siberia, the flavour is intermediate between purslane and spinach. It is by no means a disagreeable vegetable.

* Red-brown bark, pink flowers, bright green leaves. * The fully ripe fruit is pleasantly acid with a flavour resembling green apples. It can be dried, ground into a powder then used in making cakes etc.

It may still take another 18 months to germinate. Scarifying the seed before stratifying it might reduce this time. * Wood - heavy, hard, tough, close-grained. * A very easily grown plant, it prefers a well-drained moisture retentive loamy soil but is...

* Forestfarm states on their website: "Polished green leaves and red & yellow fruits" (Hillier) distinguish this small (10-20') tree/shrub; "good street or park trees, often with picturesque crowns & attractive fall foliage" (Krussmann).

Its typical habitat is rough grassy places, broad-leaved woodland, forest margins, hedgerows and banks. * Lathyrus tuberosus is native to Europe and parts of western Asia. Taste trials consistently place this root very highly, it is certainly one of our...

The common name Large-leaved Linden is in standard use throughout the English-speaking world except in Britain, where it has largely (but not universally) been replaced by the name Large-leaved Lime .

* The most distinctive feature of Teucrium species is the seemingly 1-lipped corolla. Scorodonia), with yellow flowers, and Cutleaf Germander (T. * A tea made from the leaves is diaphoretic, diuretic and emmenagogue.