Papaver somniferum
The familiar flowers of this poppy make it a cottage garden favourite. It is an attractive plant with its hairy, blue-green foliage making neat clumps that suddenly erupt into bloom in mid-summer. The flowers are quite extravagant - enormous ... [... more]
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Amelanchier lamarckii
A very beautiful, small, North American tree that is attractive in all seasons, even in winter when its spreading crown of fine shoots makes a satisfying, dense, shrubby shape. In March the branches erupt with a froth of star-shaped flowers in ... [... more]
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Briza media
Although it's a native grass, this easily-grown perennial is worthy of a place in any border when its large quaking seed heads erupt over the foliage in summer. When first open, the seed heads are green but they gradually take on golden shades as ... [... more]
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Ellen J. Prager
How do volcanoes erupt? What is lava and what happens when it cools? Where are the worldÕs biggest volcanoes? Just stay cool—and let Volcano Vulcan, Dragon Explorer, take you around the hot-spots! What causes earthquakes? Where do they happen ... [... more]
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Steven Wolf
Beneath the social mask we wear every day, we have a hidden shadow side: an impulsive, wounded, sad, or isolated part that we generally try to ignore, but which can erupt in hurtful ways. As therapists Connie Zweig and Steve Wolf show in this ... [... more]
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