Seasons of Interest: Spring foliage is dark green and attractive. Echinacea blooms all summer long and into the beginning of fall as well. Some gardeners choose to leave the coneflower seed heads on the plant at the end of the season to provide winter interest and food for native songbirds. Uses in the Garden: Coneflowers make excellent cut flowers and do well in butterfly gardens, prairie or native gardens, water wise xeroscapes, and full sun gardens.
Henry Blair was the second black inventor issued a patent. Blair was born in Montgomery County, Maryland around 1807. He received a patent on October 14, 1834 for a seed planter and a patent in 1836 for a cotton planter. Henry Blair was the second black inventor to receive a patent the first was Thomas Jennings who received a patent in 1821 for a dry cleaning process.
Cotton seeds were brought to Australia with the First Fleet, which arrived on 26 January 1788. This was initially grown just as an ornamental plant, as the conditions around P â¦ ort Jackson weren't suitable for creating an entire cotton crop. They were tricked by white setters into coming to Australia. 2  They were considered cheap labour and not treated at all well. 3  Some were willing slaves but the majority were either brought here under false pretences or blatantly stolen from their families to work mainly in the cane fields of this nation.