Garden Plants

Hyacinthus orientalis (Hyacinthaceae) is a plant native to North Africa and Eurasia, and commonly known as hyacinth. A search for polyhydroxylated alkaloids in species of the Hyacinthaceae family by GC-MS led to isolation and characterization of eleven 

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The plants do more for their ants than strengthen the nests. The most prevalent ant-garden plants bear moist, pulpy fruits and produce generous amounts of nectar from special glands. The ants can exploit these nourishing foods without leaving home. In return, the ants offer their plants a secure, well-tended site. They protect their... 

Resistant roses Roses are often thought to be terribly prone to diseases, such as black spot and powdery mildew. The trick is not to grow roses all together In a "rose bed," where disease can spread choose resistant roses (see also p.l69) such as Buff Beauty, above, and mingle them in with other garden plants. 

Foliage and flowers While trees and shrubs form the permanent structure of most garden plantings, herbaceous plants bring a wealth of seasonal variety. 

Enhance the garden Fruit trees and bushes can be attractive garden plants in their own right... 

Susceptible plants Adults eat flowers and skeletonize leaves of a broad range of plants the plants may be completely defoliated. Larvae feed on roots of lawn grasses and garden plants. 

Ricin is a potent cellular protein toxin contained in the beans of the castor been plant (Ricinus communis), which is extensively cultivated for oil production and is also a common ornamental garden plant. Ricin is able to inhibit ribosomal protein synthesis eventually causing cell death, and owing to these properties it has been allegedly used in terrorist and criminal activities. After trypsin digestion of castor bean crude extracts, Ostin et al. [105] were able to unambiguously... 

DDT was not the only synthetic chemical to find a use in private and commercial gardens. Plant physiologists in the 1930s had accidentally discovered a way of selectively killing weeds in cereal crops (the dominant source of food for humans— wheat, barley, maize and rice). The plant physiologists interested in how plants controlled their growth had discovered a plant hormone—auxin (indole-3-acetic acid). Chemists soon found that, not only was it easy to make this compound, but they could also easily make... 

This is a well-known, subcosinopolilan family especially of warm temperate regions. Many of our common fruits, fragrant oils, and popular garden plants are found in this family. 

This is a cosmopolitan family but it is found especially in north temperate areas and the Andes of South America. Most are garden plants though some are edible, and Valeriana is medicinally used. 

The violets are cosmopolitan with Viola temperate. They include a few sources of medicinals and perfume oils, but most are valued as garden plants. 

FIGURE 27.1 Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus. Daffodil. Narcisse des pres Porillon, Fr. Gelbe Narcisse, G. (Nat. ord. Amaryllidaceae). Both the bulb and the bright yellow flowers of this common garden plant have been used in medicine. The flowers have a feeble peculiar odor, and both have a bitter mucilaginous taste. They are an uncertain emetic. It is probable that the flowers of the wild European plant are more powerful than those of the cultivated. 

Plants (including algae) are uniquely self-sufficient in that they are able to harvest and transform radiant energy into the chemical energy required to transform chemically simple molecules and elements (COz, HzO, and nutrient elements) into substances (including carbohydrates, fats, proteins, alcohols, and hormones) needed for the garden plants to complete their fife cycle, and to produce harvestable products. 

Material Roots of fairly common garden plant. 

Thomas, G.S., Perennial Garden Plants, J.M. Dent Sons, London, 1990. 

Anise or aniseed (Pimpinella anisum L.) is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the eastern Mediterranean region and South-west Asia. It is widely cultivated in southern and central Europe, the former USSR, North Africa and, to a lesser extent, Mexico and South America (Ross, 2001). In India, it is grown to a small extent as a culinary herb or as a garden plant. The spice aniseed is the fruit of P. anisum. 

Antirrhynum majus is a common cultured garden plant, the snapdragon. The normal typus or wild type of A. majus is defined to be the Sippe 50 strain. 

The term myrtle, a common name for some species in the genus Myrtus, is also used as a common name for numerous other plants. These are not to be confused with species from the Myrtaceae. The best known plant called a myrtle, which is not a member of the Myrtaceae, may be the popular garden plant, crepe myrtle, (Lager-stroemia indica), of the Lythraceae or loosestrife family. 

Other species in the nightshade family ate grown as garden ornamentals. Well-known night ade flowers include Browallia and Petunia, and the Chinese lantern is often found as an outdoor garden plant and sometimes as a potted house plant. 

The soft lavender, blue, or pink flower dusters of ageratum are a beautiful addition to the flower garden. Plants grow 6 -36 high and about 1 wide. They bloom from early summer to first frost. Ageratums also make good container plants. 

Favored as rock garden plants, sedums endure poor, dry soil, but perform well in most well-drained soils. Full sun is best sedums tolerate some shade, but resulting stems will be weaker. Although drought-tolerant, sedums bloom better if watered regularly. Excess moisture encourages rots, especially in winter. Sedum stems and leaves form roots readily. 

Damage Larvae feed on corn, field crops, and garden plants at night, hiding during the day in the center of corn plants or under stones or leaf litter. When food supply is depleted, they move en masse to a new location. Larvae can consume whole plants in 1 night. First generation larvae (June) usu-... 

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