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* The familiar large-flowered poppy with 3-6" flowers, usually red but sometimes orange or pale pink; foliage dies back in midsummer; long-lived; wants full sun, good drainage; native to Turkey and environs.

* The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus. * A refreshing tea is made from the flower petals. * The plants are easily grown from seed, and readily self-seed.

Leaves typically form a thick, slowly-spreading clump of foliage to 12" tall. Small dark pink flowers in dense panicles appear within or above the foliage on stout stalks to 16" tall in April.

* Veratrum nigrum ( Black Hellebore ) is a medicinal plant and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe . In China, it, and other false hellebore species are collectively called "li lu".

An infusion of the dried stalks has been used in the treatment of inflammation of the bladder. It is found in wetlands and along the riverine systems of the southeastern United States from Texas to the Atlantic states, its territory extending northward...

* The young seed heads are used as a condiment, they are hot and acrid. * Papaver orientale ( Oriental poppy ) is a perennial flowering plant native to the Caucasus, northeastern Turkey, and northern Iran.

Seed used by Aztecs as a hallucinogen. The leaves are spirally arranged, 3-7 cm long with a 1.5-6 cm long petiole. * Twining vine with 4 inch dark sky-blue flowers. * Ipomoea tricolor is a species of morning glory native to the New World tropics , and...

* A decidious Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 10 m (32ft) at a fast rate. * Foot-long clusters of yellow flowers in midsummer, followed by red or brownish "pods" that persist into fall; Dirr calls it a "beautiful dense tree of regular rounded outline,...

* Clusters of rosy-pink flowers are found at the tips of the branches. * Plants can be grown as a low hedge. It is naturalized throughout much of the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest areas of the United States, and parts of Canada.

* Spiraea tomentosa , commonly known as the Steeplebush , is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack ( S. * A vigorous plant, spreading by subterranean suckers and forming thickets.

An infusion of the dried stalks has been used in the treatment of inflammation of the bladder. It is found in wetlands and along the riverine systems of the southeastern United States from Texas to the Atlantic states, its territory extending northward...

The flowers are golden yellow and sweet scented, are grouped in pendulous racemes upto 25 cm long, and typically bloom in May. * Pendulous clusters of golden-yellow flowers; trifoliate leaves; bushy, usually low-branched and spreading; much grown throughout...

* Paeonia tenuifolia is sometimes called the fern leaf peony . * The narrow, divided leaves are almost thread-like and grow close together on the stems. The flowers are red and scented with numerous yellow stamens in the centre.

It flowers from mid-summer to the first frosts, makes an attractive backdrop in garden plots, and is very attractive to butterflies, bees, and other nectar-feeding insects. The upper stems are reddish or purplish.

* This is the familiar lilac seen next to every old farmhouse. * The plant is often used as a rootstock for the various ornamental cultivars of lilac. * The bark or leaves have been chewed by children as a treatment for sore mouth.

* The leaves are alternate, bipinnately compound leaves; with a ovate shape and a pinnate venation, they have a green color usually and turns yellow in fall, measuring between 5-10 cm long.The flowers are small and yellow with a touch of red at the base,...

Mild fragrance. Shiny, dark green foliage turns variable but attractive shades of deep red, purple in late autumn. * Prairie rose is a spreading, Missouri-native shrub (to 4' tall) or climber (to 15' tall with support) which typically occurs in moist...

* It grows well in full sun or partial shade, and prefers rich, well-drained soil. Quite a cold hardy one since it went through 14 F (unprotected). Mucilaginous, without very much flavour.

* The mildly fragrant, pinkish purple flowers grow on a naked stem and hang upside down. It provides good architectural height and framework for small gardens. It can be trained to climb a wall, trellis, fence, arbor, porch, lamppost or other stationary...

* Primula denticulata , commonly known as Drumstick primrose or the Himalayan Primrose is a species of primrose that is native to moist alpine regions and Afghanistan to China . However it is commonly cultivated in gardens away from its native range.

* A sprawling plant unless staked, perhaps best for romping through a semi-wild border; small blue flowers in considerable numbers in midsummer; full sun or part shade, persistent once established; native to China.

The flowers are golden yellow and sweet scented, are grouped in pendulous racemes upto 25 cm long, and typically bloom in May. * Pendulous clusters of golden-yellow flowers; trifoliate leaves; bushy, usually low-branched and spreading; much grown throughout...

* The whole plant is very poisonous, even one seed has been known to be lethal to children. * A horticultural annual grown for it big palmate (roundish) leaves, up to 3' wide; full sun, adequate drainage; can become a 40' tree in tropical areas.

Capsule oblong, (1-)1.2-1.7 cm, smooth. Corolla pale purple to purple-red, 1.2-1.8 cm; tube funnel-form, 1-1.4 cm; lobes oblong-ovate to ovate, upright or spreading. Calyx 2-3.5 mm.

* The oxeye daisy ( Leucanthemum vulgare , syn. It is one of a number of plants to be called by the common name daisy . * A distilled water made from the flowers is an effective eye lotion in the treatment of conjunctivitis.

Australian Beach Cherry (Eugenia reinwardtiana) Delicious to eat and pleasing to look at, the Australian Beach Cherry is a constant producer of bright shiny red cherries and a welcome addition to any gardener's potted fruit collection.

* Many people perceive Joe Pye weed to be nothing more than a roadside weed and have never seriously considered its outstanding ornamental attributes. * Eutrochium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in Asteraceae.