Blue and Purple Asters or Starworts
Aster
Evolution teaches us that thistles, daisies, sunflowers, asters, and all the triumphant horde of composites were once very different flowers from what we see to-day. Through ages
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Tall or Giant Sunflower
Tall or Giant Sunflower
Helianthus giganteus
Flower-heads–Several, on long, rough-hairy peduncles; 1-1/2 to 2-1/4 in. broad; 10 to 20 pale yellow neutral rays around
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Witch-hazels Conifer foliage and cones Hollies in fruit Japanese apricot Wintersweet, Sweet-box Winter jasmine
Coleus are prized for their colorful foliage which may combine shades of green, yellow, pink, red and maroon. New introductions of this popular annual have been selected for increased sun and heat tolerance.
Larger Image (166 Kb) A coleus collection shows a variety of color and leaf shape. Karen Russ, ©2007 HGIC,
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Orange or Tawny Hawkweed; Golden Mouse-ear Hawkweed; Devil’s Paint-brush
Hieracium aurantiacum
Flower-heads–Reddish orange; 1 in. across or less, the 5-toothed rays overlapping in several series; several heads on short peduncles in a terminal cluster. Stem:
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