The new roundabout at Contintenal Road and Camino Del Sol is safer for drivers and cyclists. Photo by Jaime Richardson | Green Valley News Oct 28, 2009
Readers will find creative plant combinations for any home setting and learn the secrets of such combinations as French lavender and California fuchsia; prairie cornflower and hummingbird mint; and tall purple moor grass and dwarf Korean lilac. Calhoun explains that a favorite pairing can be the beginning of a larger garden design, or a five-plant grouping might be all it takes to fill a small urban garden. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Why are my beans purple, Daddy? Sep 13, 2009
Anthocyanins are also what make roses and geraniums red and cornflowers and delphiniums blue ... The particular anthocyanin that is red in the very acidic sap of a rose petal is blue in the less acidic sap of a cornflower petal. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
From brown to blooming May 30, 2009
Patchett said area residents can look forward to seeing black-eyed Susans later this summer, and even more color next year when plants such as purple cornflower take hold. Each summer, it will get better and richer, said Patchett. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Real Estate Records, 5/24 May 24, 2009
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Rikli, Laura J., 6353 Cornflower Drive, 156,500. Seuferer, Dorothy V., to Ohlrich, Andrea P., 4603 Tipperary Trail, 97,000. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
When it's Cold Outside, Bring Nature's Warmth Indoors Feb 12, 2009
Sometimes it takes just one wall with a contrasting outdoor color like cornflower, rose or tomato red to feel like you're closer to Mother Nature's gifts. There are dozens of colors in nature's palette that mimic bright sunshine, begonias, green pears, cut hay and more. (Pekin Times, IL)