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It is the only species in the genus Sanguinaria , and is included in the family Papaveraceae and most closely related to Eomecon of eastern Asia. Caution is advised. * A red dye is obtained from the sap of the root.

A mild flavour,though the texture is a bit tough. * The young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked as a potherb, added to soups etc. Picked when first opened, the flowers are fermented with waterand sugar to make a very pleasant and intoxicating wine.

Thrives in the light shade of trees. Dormancy is shorter in cooler climates. * The plant is dormant during the summer and grows during the cooler half of the year. * Prefers a cool habitat and a well-drained humus rich soil.

Seeds with whitish elaiosomes are borne in long pods .The plant often goes dormant in summer after blooming. * Compound leaves with leaflets in threes grow on fleshy green to pink stems up to 3 feet (0.9 m).

* Plants are reliably perennial if they are prevented from setting seed. * Angelica atropurpurea is a species of plant that can be found in moist and swampy woodlands , mostly by riverbanks.

* Cherry Belle is an Heirloom Variety that can be planted in the spring or fall and is ready to eat 5 weeks after sowing. * It can be grown indoors in the winter. * It preferes cool growing temperatures and will tolerate some shade.

The genus name is Greek - rhapis, meaning "needle"; and the species name is Latin for "tall", an ironic name choice as R. * Rhapis excelsa also known as Broadleaf Lady Palm is a species of fan palm (Arecaceae subfamily Coryphoideae, tribe Corypheae) in...

Stored seed can be sown in late winter in a cold frame. * In traditional herbalism columbine was considered sacred to Venus; carrying a posy of it was said arouse the affections of a loved one.

* A good ground cover plant, succeeding in dense shade but rather slow to spread. Plants should be spaced about 60cm apart each way. * Heart-shaped shiny dark green leaves with prominent veins, 9" x 5"; dark violet flowers in August; a 2' mound, flowers...

* Hibiscus syriacus is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to much of Asia (though not, as Linnaeus thought, Syria, in spite of the name he gave it). Shoots make interesting indoor vase cuttings, as they stay green for a long...

* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide. * It is native to tropical Africa and southern India. It can also be found growing abundantly in much of Latin America and the West Indies.

Blooms late summer to early fall. It is native to Europe and western Asia . * The flowers are often used for dried flower displays. * Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle .

* Although floriferous and attractive in early spring, it basically plods though the rest of the growing season as a somewhat nondescript shrub. * Native to China, common pearlbush is a loose, upright, early-blooming, deciduous shrub with a broad rounded...

Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff.

Each leaf has 6 to 9 narrow leaflets. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in the summer. Grown in gardens, fields and roadsides.

* The leaves are alternate, 50–100 mm long, with a 15–20 mm petiole ; they are of two types, with palmately five-lobed juvenile leaves on creeping and climbing stems, and unlobed cordate adult leaves on fertile flowering stems exposed to full sun,...

* Parent has an abundance of pinkish plumes. * Noxious weed in California. * This is an outstanding ornamental that can be used as an effective screen or accent plant.

* Numerous flower stems rise in summer from the foliage mound to a height of 3' bearing wide, airy panicles (to 20" long) of tiny, variably-colored flowers (tones of gold, silver, purple and green) which form a cloud over the foliage that is particularly...

Plant the roots out very shallowly. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. A very ornamental plant. * Iris sibirica , the Siberian Iris , is a flowering plant in the genus Iris , native to eastern and central Europe...

It can cause irritation of the mouth and digestive system, and on rare occasions the swelling of the mouth and throat may be severe enough to affect breathing.If the plant is properly dried or cooked it can be eaten as a root vegetable.A preparation of...

The berries also have a black dot on them. * These open woodland plants grow 40 cm (16 in) to 80 cm (31 in) tall.The leaves that are coarsely toothed with deeply lobed margins. * Seeds In mid to late simmer, the berries turn bright red .

Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy. It is a perennial plant growing to 0.6-2 m (1 -2 feet) tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early fall.

* Modern research has shown that it contains the substance 'taxol' in its shoots and bark. * It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree, growing 10-15 m tall and with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter, rarely more.

* Native to SE United States * Requires a light porous sandy soil in full sun. * Andropogon virginicus is a species of grass known by several common names, including broomsedge bluestem and yellowsedge bluestem .

* Crotalarias are grown in the tropics as green manure cover crops due to their nitrogen fixing capabilities and drought tolerance. * They are occationally grown as ornamentals for their yellow flowers and interesting rattling seed pods.

* The stem is erect in young plants, but becomes creeping or trailing with age. * Grown mostly as a curiosity, for the compound leaflets fold up promptly along the midrib when touched.