Echinacea â Purple Coneflower. Echinacea is also widely known as the purple coneflower. This gorgeous flower is a hardy perennial native to North America. They become quite tall in the right environment; up to 1.5 m (5ft) tall. The Echinacea make great cutting flowers and are very decorative.
15 Things You Probably Didn't Know About HBO. With over 100 million subscribers worldwide, Home Box Office (HBO) has come a long way from the 365 Pennsylvania-area households it originally signed up during its debut in 1972.
The group became part of Lloyds Banking Group through a takeover by Lloyds TSB on Monday 19 January 2009 after both sets of shareholders approved the deal. HBOS continues to operate as a separate organisation within the new group, although over time it is likely to be restructured.lthough officially HBOS is not an abbreviation of any specific words, it is widely presumed to stand for Halifax Bank of Scotland. The corporate headquarters of the group were located on The Mound in Edinburgh, Scotland, the former head office of the Bank of Scotland.