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* Its common names include China aster and annual aster. * Callistephus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Callistephus chinensis.

It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family.

* The flowers are demulcent, diuretic and emollient. * A refreshing tea is made from the flower petals. They are useful in the treatment of chest complaints. * A nutritious starch is obtained from the root.

* The bulb is eaten cooked. Used like potatoes or as a thickener in soups. A starchy and slightly sweet taste. Common names include, Turk's Cap Lily , Turban Lily , Swamp lily or American Tiger Lily .

* 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.

Quite a cold hardy one since it went through 14 F (unprotected). * When it does not freeze, the Confederate rose can reach heights of 12 to 15 feet with a woody trunk; however, a much bushier, 5 or 6 feet plant is more typical and provides more flowering.

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World and inhabits moist and low-nutrient longleaf pine ( Pinus palustris ) savannas along the United States Gulf Coast , generally west of the Apalachicola River on the Florida Panhandle .

* One of the all around largest sunflowers available to growVery Impressive! * Flower heads are 18-24 inches across.

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World and inhabits moist and low-nutrient longleaf pine ( Pinus palustris ) savannas along the United States Gulf Coast , generally west of the Apalachicola River on the Florida Panhandle .

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 to southern Ontario . An infusion of the dried stalks has been used in the treatment of inflammation...

* The seedcoat contains an extremely lethal poison that was once used by the KGB to dispose of their enemies. * The whole plant is very poisonous, even one seed has been known to be lethal to children.

* A perennial herb with 8" leaves covered with prickly hairs; flowers to 1/2", yellowish white, pink, or purplish, in summer, in nodding clusters; rather coarse; likes rich, moist, limestone soils; native to Europe, where it is used medicinally; a weed...

It is smaller in size than the Giant Hogweed ( Heracleum mantegazzianum ). * The roots and the leaves are aphrodisiac, digestive, mildly expectorant and sedative. The plant is little used in modern herbalism but has been employed in the treatment of laryngitis...

* Sarracenia flava , the Yellow pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae . This conflicts with the hardiness rating of 7 (temperatures down to between -5 and -10°c) given in .

The flowers are golden yellow and sweet scented, are grouped in pendulous racemes upto 25 cm long, and typically bloom in May. * The wood is coarse grained,durable, dark coloured and very hard, it can be used as an ebony substitute.

* A small variety with deeply cut red leaves. * The crimson fall color is stunning.

* A perennial herb with 8" leaves covered with prickly hairs; flowers to 1/2", yellowish white, pink, or purplish, in summer, in nodding clusters; rather coarse; likes rich, moist, limestone soils; native to Europe, where it is used medicinally; a weed...

* Uncommonly cultivated, but nonetheless handsome, this 30-45' Asian hornbeam has relatively broad, deeply-veined leaves with a heart-shaped (the cordata in its name) base & long pendulous green "pagoda" seed clusters * A slow growing small landscape...

Leaves typically form a thick, slowly-spreading clump of foliage to 12" tall. * Leaves are often used in floral arrangements. * Also commonly called pig squeak because of the noise produced by rubbing a leaf between thumb and finger.

It is native to the Caucasus Mountains of Ukraine , as well as areas north of the Black Sea and westward into Romania . * Paeonia tenuifolia is sometimes called the fern leaf peony .

* Lacy leaves of a deep red in the spring but foliage color fades to light green in early summer. * Fall color is sensational. * Hardier than green-leaved types.

* Its common names include China aster and annual aster. * Callistephus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Callistephus chinensis.

* Bristly Locust ( Robinia hispida ) is a shrub or small tree in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae , native to the southeastern United States . It has the ability to fix nitrogen in the soil, and with light shade it does not inhibit growth...

It is hardy to zone 6. * Clematis serratifolia is a deciduous Climber growing to 3 m (9ft 10in). It is in flower from Aug to October, and the seeds ripen from Oct to November. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated...

* Grown in moist woods; greenish-white flowers, bright red 1/2" fruit; grown for export or the domestic herb market; native from Quebec to Minnesota, south to Georgia and Oklahoma.

* Lacy leaves of a deep red in the spring but foliage color fades to light green in early summer. It is frost hardy to about 14 F , and recommended to be in a sheltered area for the first few years.

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