Ferula

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Ferula

(fer'ū-lă),
A genus of plants of the family Umbelliferae. Ferula assa-foetida, Ferula rubricaulis and Ferula foetida furnish asafetida; Ferula galbaniflua and Ferula rubricaulis, galbanium; and Ferula sumbul, sumbul.
[L. giant plant]
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Finally in the drama department, there's Ferula communis, giant fennel - lots of yellow green umbels, growing metres tall.
DRAMA IN THE BORDER; Now that the sun is shining, it's time to raid the local garden centre for eye-catching specimens and get planting again; IN THE GARDEN
THE HERBACEOUS PLANTS: Columbine, wormweed, centranthus, dicentra, foxgloves, hesperis, irises, mullein, peony, bedstraw, plantain lily, masterwort, milkweed, giant fennel, fennel, anthriscus, onopordon, blessed mary's thistle, Jacob's ladder, mourning widow, mayflower, lily of the valley, geraniums, and cardoon.
pounds 1m Chanel garden that blooms for just a week

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