Lobularia maritima
Sweet Alyssum
Brassicaceae (Cruciferae)
Annuals
Mediterranean native. Low, branching, trailing plant to 1 ft. high and wide, with narrow or lance-shaped leaves 1/2 to 2 in. long. Crowded clusters of tiny, four-petaled white flowers have a sweet honey fragrance. In cold-winter regions, blooms from spring until frost; in mild climates, blooms all year from self-sown seedlings. Seeds are sometimes included in wildflower mixes or erosion-control mixes for bare or disturbed earth.
Physalis alkekengi
From Europe, Asia. Grows 1 1/2 to 3 ft. tall. Angular branches are set with long-stalked, light green,...
Cleome hasslerana
Shrubby, branching South American native topped in summer and fall with many open, fluffy clusters of ...
Onion
Botanically, the onion is Allium cepa, a species not known in the wild. More so than for other vegetab...
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