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A 2 to 3 inch layer of mulch is sufficient but remember to take care not to cover any part of the stem of the plant with mulch. Cut back just above ground-level in mid-spring after the first flush of blooms.

Both foliage and flowers are highly aromatic. Grow in average, dry to medium, well-drained, alkaline soil in full sun. Leaves are evergreen in warm winter climates. It is a semi-woody plant that typically grows in a shrubby mound to 2-4' tall.

* Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance. * They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods.

* The name of this species is based on the cultivated form, the true wild form is A. Flabellata pumila. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist but not wet soil and a sunny position.

Grown mostly for its warm orange color and dense clump forming habit. * It is native to New Zealand where it grows on sand dunes proving its drought and salt tolerance. * This is a popular "ornamental grass" even though it is technically a sedge.

Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. Grows well in heavy clay soils. * Prefers a humus-rich soil, succeeding in a moist border or by water.

Follow this up with another early summer application of , this will again provide the necessary nutrients to promote a flush of beautiful flowers. Remove the brown stems and leaves to give your plant a healthier and more attractive appearance.

* Native to forest margins, grassy slopes; 400--2700 m. (Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mong) all in China.

It is native to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States from far eastern California to southwest Colorado , Rio Grande New Mexico , to west Texas , where it grows in woodland, chaparral , forest, and other habitat.

* Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century. * The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in very poor soil in full sun.

* Flowers and fruit are conspicuous. * Common names in other Namibian language groups Oshiwambo Otjiherero Kavango languages Omuwombamenje Caprivi languages Setswana Afrikaans Lemoendoring Deutsch Khoekhoegowab Bushman languages Gruenhaarbaum ?Khas

It is the natural symbol of the island of Tenerife, together with the Blue Chaffinch. Soon a crown of terminal buds appears and the plant starts branching. The specimen called "El Drago Milenario" (the thousand-year-old dragon) growing at Icod de los...

* Seed - sow the seed thinly in early spring in a cold frame in light shade. Grow the seedlings on in the pot in light shade in the greenhouse for their first growing season, giving occasional liquid feeds to ensure they do not suffer nutrient deficiencies.

* The Interior Live Oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect. * It is a large shrub or tree growing to 22 m tall. * The Interior Live Oak ( Quercus wislizeni ) is an evergeen oak , highly variable and often shrubby, found in areas of California...

* Fraxinus quadrangulata ( Blue Ash ) is a species of Fraxinus native primarily to the Midwestern United States , as well as the Bluegrass region of Kentucky and the Nashville Basin region of Tennessee.

Young leaves - raw, have a mint-like flavour, they make an aromatic flavouring in salads. Cataria is used as a recreational substance for pet cats' enjoyment, and catnip and catnip-laced products designed for use with domesticated cats are available to...

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

Plant seeds in the fall and deep soil evenly moist in deep well-drained soil. Mugo pine is most attractive with its natural shape. * Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge...

* Common names for this species include Poinciana , Peacock Flower , Red Bird of Paradise , Mexican Bird of Paradise , Dwarf Poinciana , Pride of Barbados , and flamboyan-de-jardin .

* Parent has an abundance of pinkish plumes. * Noxious weed in California. * This is an outstanding ornamental that can be used as an effective screen or accent plant.

A warm-season grass, big bluestem begins growing in mid to late spring, several weeks after cool-season grasses. * Seed germination appears to be dependent on about a 2-week period of moistened seed at a time when soil temperatures have reached 60 degrees...

The Purple D'Oro daylily is a wonderfully colored reblooming daylily. You'll be thrilled with the first flush of 3'' purple blooms from June to October. The Purple D'Oro daylily prefers full sun.

For the densest cover plants should be cut to ground level each April. Very vigorous, it can swamp out small plants. * It is a low, creeping, woody shrub to about 1 m tall and 1–2 m wide but often smaller.

Pallida is similar to E. Plants normally grow with one unbranched stem in the wild, but often produce multi-stemmed clumps in gardens. * Succeeds in ordinary garden soil but prefers a deep rich loam with plenty of leafmold and a sunny position.

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

* Lawson's Pine (Pinus lawsonii) is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. It is found only in Mexico. * Climate is warm-temperate to temperate with 600-1500 mm annual precipitation and a November to May dry season.

Grow them year round in your kitchen! * The leaves are eaten raw or cooked. The stems can be tinted purplish, they are upright or lax, and produce flower heads that are held as tall or taller than the foliage.