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* 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.

The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre. * Ipomoea tricolor is a species of morning glory native to the New World tropics , and widely cultivated and naturalised elsewhere.

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. * The plant was introduced from Central Asia in 1874 and is popular in gardens.

* It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5–3 m (5–10 feet) tall, found in moist, rich soil alongside ditches and marshes, or in wet forests. Leaves appear in whorls of 3–5.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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".

Hardy to about -20°c. * Spiraea japonica is a deciduous, perennial shrub native to Japan, China, and Korea. * Clusters of rosy-pink flowers are found at the tips of the branches. Japonica has been used as traditional medicine by native people, and extracts...

It can also be planted to sprawl over and through large shrubs, over old tree stumps or simply as a ground cover. * Grow in fertile, medium to wet soils in full sun to part shade. It can be trained to climb a wall, trellis, fence, arbor, porch, lamppost...

The erect lower portion of the stem is smooth, but the curved branching inflorescence is covered in glandular hairs. * Penthorum sedoides is widely distributed in the United States and Canada.

Eupatorium has recently undergone some revision and has been broken up into smaller genera. They are commonly referred to as Joe-Pye weeds. It includes all the purple flowering North American species of the genus Eupatorium as traditionally defined.

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

* 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 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.

The erect lower portion of the stem is smooth, but the curved branching inflorescence is covered in glandular hairs. * Penthorum sedoides is widely distributed in the United States and Canada.

It should not be used for residential plantings, or anywhere that formal landscaping is desired. 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...

* 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 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,...

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.

* 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.

* This rhizomatous perennial grass has stems which can exceed two meters in height. The leaf blades are up to 52 centimeters long and may be hairless to hairy, with a dense coating of hairs behind the ligules.

Leucophylla produces crimson flowers in the spring before its characteristically small spring pitchers. * Sarracenia leucophylla , also known as the white pitcher plant , is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia .

* White, pink, or rose flowers to 6", usually with a crimson base; a swamp plant; very salt tolerant; flowers in late summer; native to eastern U.S. to Michigan, south to Alabama, * The leaves and roots abound in mucilage.

It is also a good source of lecithin. However, although the seeds contain no narcotic alkaloids, analysis of the urine following their ingestion may produce similar results to the analysis of the urine of morphine or heroin addicts.

The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 4-9 cm diameter, most commonly blue with a white to golden yellow centre. * Ipomoea tricolor is a species of morning glory native to the New World tropics , and widely cultivated and naturalised elsewhere.

* A very ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -20°c. * Parent plant is identical to the species except it has yellow flowers instead of red. * The Trumpet vine or Trumpet creeper ( Campsis radicans ), also known as "Cow itch vine" and (in horticulture...

Mountain maple ACSP2 Summary Duration Perennial Growth Habit Tree, Shrub Native Status L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N) Federal T/E Status National Wetland Indicator FACU-, FACU Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth...