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This peony is unique in that it is a fully double flower on an Itoh.
The double characteristic is on mature plants.
First flowers may not be fully double?

This is a rock garden delphinium.

Why is the Black Beauty Lily described as an Orienpet ?
Is it not an inter species hybrid of L. henri and L. speciosum ?

Or are there several cultivars with this name ?

Chervil is most often grown as an annual herb.
It is biennial at least to zone 5, and seeds would be produced in the second year.
It has a parsley flavour with a slight note of liquorice.

I am wondering if this plant is also known as White Turmeric ?

Edible or Ornamental ?

While these are often called Fall crocus, they are actually NOT crocus , but members of the Lily family.

Pelargonium mollicomum has pineapple scent.

I have Lewisia nevadensis as a winter sow.
It also gives white flowers.
I hope they are as nice as yours are!

I did not know that the roots are edible !

The first leaves are not the typical navel shaped.

This plant can be confused with a Plectranthus , the Swedish Ivy plant.
They are both referred to as Creeping Charlie.

I did not know that the common name for Epimediums was Barrenwort-----
searching for Epimediums does not give me the Barrenwort data?
Is there a way to have the Latin names searchable too?

I would question that they are suitable for bog gardening.
I think they do like peat, but with good drainage.

This was the Tulip for the 2006 Olympic Games in Torino.
The package that I just bought calls it a Darwin Hybrid?

The database entry says it is perennial in milder climates, but it is monocarpic?
Does this mean it does NOT flower in the first summer? or does it behave more like an annual?

Nicola potato is a low glycemic index potato variety.

Is the root part edible too?

The only way I have obtained these is from seeds. Parks Seed sells the seeds. The seedlings do not get dark until the sun hits them directly.

Swertia seeds (unkown species ) germinated in 11 to 12 days.
Seeds were on vermiculite soaked with about 330 ppm GA3
and at 20 ºC or 70 ºF.

This is an interesting plant as it forms its own "greenhouse" out of its own almost translucent leaves.
The temperature inside the plant, where the true flowers grow, is 10 º C higher than the outside of the plant. Some call this the glasshouse plant.
The warmth inside the plant attracts fungus gnats, which pollinate the flowers.
The reference for this is an article by Henry Nicholls in the October 2013 edition of New Scientist.
The article is entitled "Peak Performers".