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* White flowers in long clusters; may be a tree or shrub; egg-shaped fruit with five "wings"; prefers moist sandy loam; native to Japan and China. * Pterostyrax corymbosa is a deciduous Tree growing to 12 m (39ft 4in) at a fast rate.It is hardy to zone...

* Tolerant of dry alkaline soils. A very ornamental plant, it prefers a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby.

* 2" pinkish-purple flowers; scarlet hips to 1/2"; red branches; spreads into dense thickets by suckering from roots. * The fruit contains about 2.8% dry weight vitamin C.

* The fruit is small with very little flesh, but it is easily harvested and when soaked for 10 - 30 minutes in hot or cold water makes a very refreshing lemonade-like drink (without any fizz of course).

* It is also attractive to hoverflies (family Syrphidae), which are useful as biological pest control agents because they eat aphids and other pests. * This is an annual herb which grows erect to a maximum height near 100 centimeters.

The deciduous leaves are each made up of several widely-spaced sharp-toothed leaflets up to 5 centimeters long. It is native to North America including much of Canada and Alaska and the western and central United States.

* The yellow rays are strongly downturned and the disk is dark brown. Echinacea paradoxa is native to Missouri , Arkansas , Oklahoma , and Texas , and is listed as threatened in Arkansas.

The flowers are pink, borne in summer. * Rosa palustris is a shrub with alternate, pinnately compound leaves , on thorny stems.

* It is especially popular in Korea and Japan, where it is often seen in mass plantings along roadsides, following an initiative pursued by the Korean-Japanese botanist Woo Jang-choon.

It grows in sandy soils and appreciates lots of sunlight. * The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked. They are used like broccoli. * Asclepias syriaca , commonly called Common Milkweed , Butterfly flower , Silkweed , Silky Swallow-wort , Virginia Silkweed...

It is frequently planted as an ornamental tree in parks, or as a shade tree or a lawn tree. The common name Large-leaved Linden is in standard use throughout the English-speaking world except in Britain, where it has largely (but not universally) been...

* Red clover is commonly used to make a sweet-tasting herbal tea. It has become naturalised in many temperate areas, including the Americas and Australasia as an escape from cultivation.

Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)]. * Native to forests; 100-800(-1600) m.

* New England American-aster is large and showy, growing to 6 or more ft. The perennial's hairy, clasping leaves are arranged densely on its stout stems. Showy, bright, rose-purple flowers with orange-yellow centers bloom in profusion at the tips of the...

* Lilac or rosy-purple wonderfully fragrant 1/2" flowers in early spring; red fruit in June; may be evergreen or nearly so; native to Europe and western Asia. It is generally confined to soils derived from limestone .

* Attractive compound leaves, gray-green when young, olive green when mature; white flowers in 5" erect clusters in June and July, "smell like new mown grass" (Dirr); attractive bark, "peeling with maturity, rich shining amber to brown, developing a curly...

The foliage is thin, and strap like. They contain sulphur compounds (which give them their onion flavour) and when added to the diet on a regular basis they help reduce blood cholesterol levels, act as a tonic to the digestive system and also tonify the...

* It is widely used as an ornamental plant. * It is native to northwestern China and Japan . * Buddleja davidii , (old spelling Buddleia davidii ); also called summer lilac , butterfly-bush or orange eye ) is a shrub in the Buddlejaceae family .

All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August. It thrives in full sun in ordinary garden soil. Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows. Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies.

* A low growing, persistent, perennial, cool season legume. It has been widely introduced worldwide as a pasture crop, and is now also common in most grassy areas of North America and New Zealand.

* Siberian Wallflower makes a dramatic vibrant addition to a wildflower meadow. * Its height of 10-18 inches makes it ideal for the front or closer portion of the meadow. * It tolerates a wide range of soil types and will grow in full sun or partial shade.

* Dark purple or purplish blue flowers in spikes; fast, coarse growth, good for dry, poor soil. Fruticosa grows as a glandular, thornless shrub which can reach 5 or 6 meters in height and spread to twice that in width.

It is frequently planted as an ornamental tree in parks, or as a shade tree or a lawn tree. The common name Large-leaved Linden is in standard use throughout the English-speaking world except in Britain, where it has largely (but not universally) been...

They are native to Eastern North America and have non-dissected foliage and pigmented flowers. Eupatorium has recently undergone some revision and has been broken up into smaller genera.

* The plant bears pink flowers and bright red spiny fruits which contain red seeds. * Annatto, obtained from the oily arils of the seeds is the world's second most important (after caramel) natural colorant (Mercadante and Pfander 1998), yielding yellow...

Fruit from the typical species is about 1cm in diameter, though there are sub-species and cultivated forms with considerably larger fruits. It is often dried for winter use and also makes an excellent jelly.

Ducks and other water birds and shorebirds consume the seeds. * The inner bark has been chewed in the treatment of toothaches. * An easily grown plant, it prefers an open position in a moisture retentive or wet neutral to acid humus-rich soil.