1.   And of primary importance, they are not likely to produce flower spikes.

2.   It now produces nonmetal spikes, and has marketing and public relations people to help sell them.

3.   Mexican sage produces long spikes of bloom, each up to two feet long with furry purple calyxes and white corollas.

4.   They produce flower spikes after only six to eight weeks, so temperature deviations and overwatering are unlikely to prevent gratification.

5.   This easy-care plant has aromatic gray-green foliage and produces purple spikes during the summer.

6.   But Sen. Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, said there is strong evidence that oil companies work to maintain tight markets that produce price spikes.

7.   Gasoline futures hit the highest level since October on Wednesday after news of dwindling reserves renewed jitters that a supply crunch will produce price spikes again this summer.

8.   Gasoline futures hit the highest level since October after news of dwindling reserves renewed jitters that a supply crunch will produce price spikes again this summer.