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.
Sir Henry Parkes is considered to be the Father of Australian  Federation. Parkes was first elected to the New South Wales  Parliament in 1854, and was Premier of New South â¦ Wales several  times between 1872 and 1891.ir Henry Parkes had 17 children in his life, along with 3 wives.  His children's names were Varney, Cobden, Mary, Thomas, Clarinda,  Mary, Milton, Lily, Aurora, Clarinda, S â¦ ydney, Gertrude, Annie,  Lily, Henry, Lily, Kenilworth and Robert.