(Blackhaw)

Grown for its attractive flowers, handsome trouble-free foliage and showy fall color, this deciduous multi-stemmed shrub or small tree is native to the central and eastern United States. Some landscape selections have been made, but blackhaw tends to be more highly favored for planting in natural areas or more naturalistic wildlife gardens. Wild specimens inhabit drier, upland sites that are moderately open.

Dark green, oval, toothed leaves that resemble cherry foliage are borne on stubby, somewhat...

(Faba Bean)

Cultivated for thousands of years, broad beans - also known as horse, Windsor, English and fava beans - preceded snap beans in the human diet. In addition to being large, fava beans are nutritious, high in protein (approximately 23%) and plants are variable in habit. It is thought the area or origin or domestication is the Mediterranean Basin, though no wild species are present. Today broad beans are used for human consumption, dried or fresh, and as animal feed for horses and poultry.

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(Blackeyed Pea, Cowpea)

The humble cowpea is an essential world crop for food, forage and green cover. It is eaten dry or fresh. Even its new tender leafy shoots are edible. Its protein-rich seeds are a vital food source in developing countries. Wild forms are found throughout the tropical regions the world. The center of origin is thought to be Africa.

Easy vegetables to grow, cowpeas are bushy or somewhat vining herbaceous annuals with trifoliate (three-leaved) leaves, arranged in an alternate fashion on the stem....

(Asparagus Bean, Yardlong Bean)

An easy vegetable to grow successfully, yard long beans are a type of cowpea and not a bean. They are grown for their unusual long seed pods which are harvested before the peas or seeds inside fully mature and are snapped and eaten like beans. Wild forms of cowpeas are found throughout the tropical regions the world; however it is thought by some the center of origin is Africa. Yard long beans are popular in Asia.

This interesting vegetable is an herbaceous annual. The leaves are trifoliate...

(Helen Mount Viola, Tricolor Violet)

A relatively large-flowered version of the beloved Johnny jump-up, this Viola tricolor hybrid is a small short-lived herbaceous perennial sometimes used as an annual. Each tri-colored bloom has two erect purple petals, two horizontal yellow and white petals, and one broad down-pointing yellow petal. Purple streaks radiate from the flower's center. The edible flowers are singly borne on short stems above clumps of semi-evergreen oval leaves. Plants bloom year-round as long as weather is mild....

(Lord Primrose Viola, Starry Night Viola, Viola)

The fragrant, lavender-blue blossoms of this charming hybrid viola are kissed with sunny yellow centers, lending a fresh, appealing look to cool-weather beds and containers. Held on short stems, they bloom continuously atop tidy, dome-shaped mounds of scalloped green foliage as long as temperatures remain cool and moderate. ‘Lord Primrose’ is a patented variety which was selected from seedlings resulting from a cross between Viola hybrids ‘Etain’ and ‘Major Primrose’. Asexually propagated,...

(Viola)

The sweet-faced violas in the Endurio™ Series are relatively small-flowered, less day-length sensitive than most and have spreading, mounded habits. These cool season ornamentals come in lots of novelty colors, including the 2010 All-American Selections winner, Endurio™ Sky Blue Martien. In areas with relatively mild winters they will overwinter beautifully and may even tolerate light snow. The compact Endurio™ Series were bred for Syngenta by Martien Gutter, also the hybridizer of the popular Delta...

(Viola)

The sweet-faced violas in the Endurio™ Series are relatively small-flowered, less day-length sensitive than most and have spreading, mounded habits. These cool season ornamentals come in lots of novelty colors, including the 2010 All-American Selections winner, Endurio™ Sky Blue Martien. In areas with relatively mild winters they will overwinter beautifully and may even tolerate light snow. The compact Endurio™ Series were bred for Syngenta by Martien Gutter, also the hybridizer of the popular Delta...

(Viola)

The sweet-faced violas in the Endurio™ Series are relatively small-flowered, less day-length sensitive than most and have spreading, mounded habits. These cool season ornamentals come in lots of novelty colors, including the 2010 All-American Selections winner, Endurio™ Sky Blue Martien. In areas with relatively mild winters they will overwinter beautifully and may even tolerate light snow. The compact Endurio™ Series were bred for Syngenta by Martien Gutter, also the hybridizer of the popular Delta...

(Viola)

The sweet-faced violas in the Endurio™ Series are relatively small-flowered, less day-length sensitive than most and have spreading, mounded habits. These cool season ornamentals come in lots of novelty colors, including the 2010 All-American Selections winner, Endurio™ Sky Blue Martien. In areas with relatively mild winters they will overwinter beautifully and may even tolerate light snow. The compact Endurio™ Series were bred for Syngenta by Martien Gutter, also the hybridizer of the popular Delta...