Choice': has been bred for high winter and early-spring growth activity, and lower amounts of lactucin and lactone, which are believed to taint milk. Use as a ground cover, in rock gardens, mass plantings, or underneath other winter bloomers such as witch hazel ( Hamamelis) or winter hazel ( Corylopsis). This is a vigorous but sometimes short-lived flowering shrub that grows well in Mediterranean-type climates. Annual larkspur, native to Western Europe, the Mediterranean, and Asia, is a charming cottage garden plant that adds grace to a garden with its tall spires of bright flowers and fine-textured, fernlike leaves.

The California poppy is a sun worshipper that opens its petals in the sun and closes them on cloudy days and at night. Dianthus is a large genus that includes carnations and various types of pinks (so named for their jagged-edged petals, which resemble the way fabric looks when cut with pinking shears). Most are highly hybridized, such as the popular Rieger begonias, which is a cross between wax and tuberous. Buttercups are amazingly diverse wildflowers popping up in temperate Asia, Europe, and North America.In 1766, Frederick the Great banned the importation of coffee into Prussia, leading to the development of a coffee substitute by Brunswick innkeeper Christian Gottlieb Förster (died 1801), who gained a concession in 1769–70 to manufacture it in Brunswick and Berlin.

You can grow it in a pot and bring it indoors for the winter if you have a bright southwest-facing window.

Plants can reach up to 6 feet tall, but there are also compact versions, some of which can grow in containers or window boxes. This mixture of “Berry Smoothie” and “Forever Purple” coralbells