It's a hardy perennial down to zone 7, but can be grown as an annual just about everywhere else. The leaves from this plant have a sweet anise like flavour, and they make an excellent tea or tonic.

A hot cup of echinacea tea a few times a week can help prevent winter colds and flu. If taken at the first sign of sickness, many people believe that echinacea helps them get better faster or prevents the illness from developing altogether.

Bring water to a boil using a stove-top pan or a tea kettle.

Once boiling, turn the heat down to medium and add in the echinacea.

Place a lid on the pot and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. ...

Strain the loose flowers, roots, or leaves from the pot and pour into a teacup.

Heirloom. Very sweet flavor. 

Grows up to 1 ft long. 

This old-fashioned cultivar of the species has a mounding habit and grows up to 18 inches tall and a foot wide. From summer to frost, it bears blossoms in shades of yellow, red, and orange which are held clear above the foliage.

Noteworthy Characteristics

These annuals are native to South America. They are suitable for garden edges, herb gardens, covering banks, hanging baskets, and other containers. The leaves and flowers are edible.

Care

Provide moist, well-drained soil in full sun. T. majus flowers best when grown in lean soil.

Butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata), known in Australia and New Zealand as butternut pumpkin or gramma,[1] is a type of winter squash that grows on a vine. It has a sweet, nutty taste similar to that of a pumpkin. It has tan-yellow skin and orange fleshy pulp with a compartment of seeds in the blossom end. When ripe, it turns increasingly deep orange, and becomes sweeter and richer. It is a good source of fiber, vitamin C, magnesium, and potassium; and it is a source of vitamin A.

12" fruits with deep orange flesh. 95 Days.

Although botanically a fruit (specifically, a berry), butternut squash is used culinarily as a vegetable that can be roasted, sautéed, toasted, puréed for soups such as squash soup, or mashed to be used in casseroles, breads, muffins, and pies. It is part of the same squash family as ponca, waltham, pumpkin, and calabaza.

Very vigorous variety for spring and autumn crops as well as overwintering. It produces long glossy green leaves with a delicious tender mild minty flavour.

Onion Barletta. Small white onion, no more than 3/4 inch in diameter. Early. Great with peas in the spring. Pickle, use on skewers, whole in soups and roasted. Direct seed and use thinnings in salads or use transplants.