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* The bulb is eaten cooked. A starchy and slightly sweet taste. * Lilium superbum is a species of true lily native to the eastern and central regions of North America . Common names include, Turk's Cap Lily , Turban Lily , Swamp lily or American Tiger...

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

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

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

Plants can be grown as a ground cover when planted about 1.2 metres apart each way. Hardy to about -20°c. Southwest China is the center for biodiversity of the species. * Clusters of rosy-pink flowers are found at the tips of the branches.

* A decidious Tree growing to 10 m (32ft) by 10 m (32ft) at a fast rate. * It is in flower from July to August, and the seeds ripen from September to October. * Foot-long clusters of yellow flowers in midsummer, followed by red or brownish "pods" that...

* A decidious Tree growing to 9 m. * Native to mountains from Alaska to California. * Yellow fall color. * It is in flower in April, and the seeds ripen in September.

* Veratrum album , commonly known as the False Helleborine (also known as White Hellebore , European White Hellebore , White Veratrum ; syn. ), is a medicinal plant of the Liliaceae (lily family) or Melanthiaceae which is native to Europe .

* 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 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.

* The flowers are demulcent, diuretic and emollient. They are useful in the treatment of chest complaints. * It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly before, the 15th century.

* 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 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.

Robustus has a stem six to ten feet high, with leaves as long as 48 inches, and 4 inches in width, the widest in its genus. * Eremurus robustus is a plant native to the Tien Shan and Pamir Mountains in central Asia that is often used as an ornamental...

* Twining vine with 4 inch dark sky-blue flowers. The leaves are spirally arranged, 3-7 cm long with a 1.5-6 cm long petiole. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre.

* Pendulous clusters of golden-yellow flowers; trifoliate leaves; bushy, usually low-branched and spreading; much grown throughout Europe; native to central ans southern Europe; poisonous! * This plant is often used as a rootstock for other members of...

* The large solitary flower head grows at the top of the stem and sometimes on branches. * Callistephus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Callistephus chinensis.

In the winter they drop their leaves to let warm sunlight shine through. Exclamation London Planetrees are referred to as one of the most popular urban trees because they are highly tolerant of smog and pollution.

The plant is seldom used medicinally, but is sometimes included in propriety medicines for chronic prostate and bladder disorders. * It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 10–25 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m diameter.

* Spreading cotoneaster is an upright, rounded, densely branched, deciduous shrub that matures to 5-6' tall and spreads to 6-8' wide. * Of spreading, mound-like habit; shiny dark green leaves; fall color can be long-lasting and impressive in purples,...

The tree gets its new leaves in spring, usually early to mid-September. * The rarely used name of parrot tree derives from the large numbers of parrots attracted to the tree during its flowering season.

The upper stems are reddish or purplish. Leaves appear in whorls of 3–5. 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.

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, curved stems among...

* The flowers are produced in early spring at the same time as or slightly before the new leaves appear. * The fruit falls from the tree in autumn and is then stored until fully ripe.

* An erect, clump-forming perennial which features pale pink to white flowers enclosed in spiny, reddish-purple bracts and arranged in vertical rows on substantial flower spikes rising well above the foliage to 3-4' tall.

Where it is colder in the winter it needs protection as it does not tolerate frost in containers. Prune in the summer and shape in the fall, not susceptible to pests or disease. Taxodium distichum grows best in wet/soggy conditions so need frequent watering.

They are very tolerant of trimming. Its common names in English are Snowberry and Waxberry . Bell-shaped, white flowers with a pink tinge appear in summer along the stems in axillary clusters and in spikes at the stem ends.