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* 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.

* A fibre obtained from the stems is used in papermaking. * The plants are easily grown from seed, and readily self-seed. * The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus.

* 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.

* The plant has one simple erect stem, which is green with purple dots or longitudinal dashes. * Eutrochium fistulosum (Eupatorium fistulosum), also called Joe-Pye weed, Trumpetweed, or Purple thoroughwort, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae,...

Eupatorium has recently undergone some revision and has been broken up into smaller genera. Border rears, cottage gardens, meadows, native plant gardens, wild/naturalized areas or water margins.

Japanese Maple produces magnificent fall color and is very hardy and flexible branches making it an ideal specimen for bonsai. * Hardier than green-leaved types. * Fall color is sensational.

Papaver croceum, P. Native to subpolar regions of northern Europe and North America, Iceland poppies are hardy but short-lived perennials ,grown as biennials , that yield large, papery, bowl-shaped, lightly fragrant flowers supported by hairy, 1-foot,...

It is a naturalized species and often a weed in parts of North America, but it is probably native in Alaska and Greenland . * Ranunculus acris is one of the more common buttercups across Europe and temperate Eurasia .

* The peeled roots are cut up and added to soups. * The hardy plant can grow to a height of 60 cm.Comfrey has been used in folk medicine as a poultice for treating burns and wounds.

Mucilaginous, without very much flavour. If growing them as annuals, plant them out into their permanent positions in early summer and protect them with a frame or cloche until they are growing away well.

* It is used extensively as a decorative plant in parks and other public areas. * 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.

* A fine yellow dye is obtained from the juice of the plant, it is very durable. It grows in moist soil, full sun to part shade, and grows up to one meter tall. * Serratula tinctoria , commonly known as Saw-wort , is a species in the genus Serratula .

* Opium poppy , Papaver somniferum , is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. The Latin botanical name means, loosely, the "sleep-bringing poppy", referring to the sedative properties of some of these opiates.

* 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.

Eupatorium has recently undergone some revision and has been broken up into smaller genera. Border rears, cottage gardens, meadows, native plant gardens, wild/naturalized areas or water margins.

* 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,...

The seeds are legumes with large numbers of black seeds that contain cytisine (an alkaloid extremely poisonous to humans but also goats and horses, especially when not ripe. * A shrub with smooth bark, dark green spreading branches and pendulous and pubescent...

The plant is seldom used medicinally, but is sometimes included in propriety medicines for chronic prostate and bladder disorders. The adult leaves , produced on branches of mature trees, are nearly round, slightly wider than long, 2–8 cm diameter,...

A starchy and slightly sweet taste. * Lilium superbum is a species of true lily native to the eastern and central regions of North America . * The bulb is eaten cooked. Used like potatoes or as a thickener in soups.

Prefers a moist heavy soil. Hardy to at least -20°c. Does well in a bog garden. * An easily grown plant, so long as the soil does not dry out. * The Globe-flower ( Trollius europaeus ) is a perennial plant of the family Ranunculaceae .

* 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".

* The seed remains viable for several years. Mirabilis jalapa is said to have been exported from the Peruvian Andes in 1540. * Mirabilis jalapa (The four o'clock flower or marvel of Peru ) is the most commonly grown ornamental species of Mirabilis , and...

* Early America settlers boiled parts of the plant to make into candy and they also used it as an ingredient in cake . * In Europe it was believed that the plant could cure alcoholism .

* It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they would love each other again.

It is useful for vegetating acid soils with a pH of 3.5 to 4.0, as well as alkaline soils of a pH 8.0. Bristly locust is especially adapted to stabilizing soils with active rill and gully erosion.

In Missouri, it is found only in certain swampy areas in the far southeastern corner of the state (Steyermark). * Swamp leather flower (also known as curly clematis or blue jasmine) is a semi-woody twining vine that is native to floodplain forests, marshes...

Hardy to about -20°c. * Tolerates most soils, but prefers a good loamy soil, abundant moisture and full sunlight. Plants can be grown as a ground cover when planted about 1.2 metres apart each way.