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	Sweet Pea Availability: Summer Colour: Red, Pink, Blue Desc : Sweet pea, Lathyrus odoratus, a climbing or nonclimbing annual herb in the pea family, Leguminosae, is grown for its range of petal colors, fragrant flowers, and long-lasting qualities. It grows only in cool temperatures. A native of Italy, it was introduced into northern Europe about 1700 and developed genetically into strains or varieties after 1870.
	TEASEL Availability: June through October Colour: Brown - Purple Desc :Teasel refers to any of about 15 species of biennial or perennial plants of the genus Dipsacus in the family Dipsacaceae. They are native to the temperate regions of Europe, western Asia, and North Africa. The plants are spiny, with opposite leaves, and bear cone-shaped heads of small purple flowers encased in prickly bracts.
	TANSY Availability: July through September Colour: Yellow Desc : Tansy is the common name for about 50 species of annual or perennial herbs of the genus Tanacetum, family Compositae. Common tansy, T. vulgare, has a pungent odor and aromatic juice, which is used as a flavoring but can be toxic in high doses. The dried leaves once were used for medicinal purposes.
	TUMBLEWEED Availability: July Colour: Pale Yellow Desc :Tumbleweed is a common name applied to several plants that are dislodged and rolled along by the wind when mature or dead, dispersing seed as they are tumbled across dry flatlands. The most common tumbleweed in western North America is the Russian thistle, Salsola kali, belonging to the family Chenopodiaceae.
	Tulips Availability: Spring Colour: Variety of solitary or variegated colors except blue. Desc :Tulip is the common name for between 50 and 150 species of the genus Tulipa in the lily family, Liliaceae. These prize garden flowers, native to Asia, historically have been associated with one major producer, the Netherlands, although they are now grown throughout the temperate regions of the world. Tulips are hardy perennial herbs grown from bulbs, which produce long, broad leaves from the base or stem.
	VANILLA Availability: Summer Colour: Yellow or Off-White Desc :Vanilla is the name given to a genus of pantropical orchids (those which occur in tropical climates) and to the flavor extract obtained from the fruit pods of several of its species. The best and most important commercial extract is obtained from Vanilla planifolia, which, like other members of the genus, is a climbing vine with aerial roots and fragrant, greenish yellow flowers. The Aztecs introduced (early 16th century) Spanish explorers to vanilla, and soon afterward it became popular in Europe.
	Vervain Availability: Late Summer Colour: Blue or Purple Desc :Flower Common Name: Blue Vervain . Flower Latin Name: Verbena hastata .Blue vervain is native of North America. BLUE VERVAIN is common in the eastern part of the U.S. and rare west of the Mississippi. Its range includes all of Ohio. The species is found in meadows, pastures, ditches, and shores. It prefers gravelly or heavy loam soils and grows mainly on low ground and other moist places.
	Viburnum Availability: Late Spring Colour: Yellow Desc :Viburnum, or arrowwood, is an important genus of about 225 species of ornamental shrubs and small trees in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. Native to America, Europe, and Asia, these plants produce simple deciduous or evergreen leaves, small white or pink flowers in flat-topped clusters, and small drupes.
	Violets Availability: Summer Colour: Blue Violet Desc :Violets are about 500 species of temperate-zone flowers, genus Viola, in the violet family, Violaceae. They are low-growing herbs or subshrubs, and species bloom either annually or perennially. Violets may be stemmed--flowers and leaves growing on the same stem--or stemless--flowers and leaves growing on separate stalks.
	WATER LILY Availability: Spring Colour: White, Yellow, Pink,Red, Scarlet, Blue, or Purple Desc :Water lily is the common name for more than 40 species of aquatic plants of the water lily family, Nymphaeceae. Some species are known as LOTUSES. Found throughout temperate and tropical regions, water lilies are characterized by large, nearly circular, leathery floating leaves and by white, yellow, pink, red, scarlet, blue, or purple flowers that float or are supported by stems above the water surface.
	WATER HYACINTH Availability: Spring to Summer Colour: Yellow Desc :Water hyacinth is the common name for the aquatic herb Eichhornia crassipes of the family Pontederiaceae. Native to tropical America, it has become naturalized to the ponds, quiet streams, and ditches of the southeastern United States. The plants have ovate leaves with large inflated petioles that aid in flotation, and long, trailing, feathery roots. The large, showy violet flowers have conspicuous markings.
	Wisteria Availability: Late spring/early summer Colour: Violet blue Desc :Wisteria is the generic and common name for 9 or 10 species of woody lianas in the pea family, Leguminosae. Native to temperate Asia and North America, they are grown extensively as ornamental vines. The twining stems support alternate leaves and small, attractive, pea-shaped flowers.
	WINTERGREEN Availability: Summer Colour: Yellow Desc :Wintergreen is the common name for 8 species of evergreen herbs of the genus Chimaphila and 12 species of Pyrola, both genera of the family Pyrolaceae, and most notably Gaultheria procumbens of the family Ericaceae
	YUCCA Availability: Spring Colour: White or Violet Desc :Yucca is the common name for about 40 species of herbaceous plants in the genus Yucca of the century-plant family, Agavaceae. Native to arid regions of North America and the West Indies, yuccas require a well-drained sandy loam. Plants may be stemless, with large clusters of thin, pointed leaves rising directly from the soil, or they may produce woody trunks that reach heights of 12 m (40 ft).
	Zinnias Availability: Late-Summer Colour: Reddish Desc :Zinnia is the generic and common name for about 17 species of flowering plants in the daisy family, Compositae. Native to North, Central, and South America, they are grown extensively as annuals. The most popular garden forms are hybrids of Zinnia elegans. Zinnias flower outdoors during summer and autumn. Modern varieties are plain and variegated.