September – Page 9 – Quiet Nature

A tall plant with large leaves and dark red stems. The small white flowers give way to berries that mature to a shiny dark purple.

Solitary dark pink to purple flowers with 8-21 drooping petals surrounding a purplish-brown center dome.

Fragrant flowers in whorls clustered at the end of branches. This particular variety has a red/purple color on leaf veins and flower corolla.

Clusters of large yellow flowers with a purple/brown center. The leaves are mostly at the base of the stem.

A lacy, flat-topped cluster of tiny white flowers that is 2-5 inches wide. The middle flower might be purple/maroon.

Green male flowers are cup shaped and arranged in a spike. The tiny female flowers are in clusters between the leaves.

Pink flowers with a green star-shaped center.

Bending spikes of yellow flowers, often on one side of the branch. The leaves are wrinkled.

Red funnel-shaped flowers with a yellow throat.

There is one funnel-shaped flower per stalk. Flower petals are spoon-shaped and slightly creased.