Butterfly Attracting Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Grand Rapids

Rose of Sharon grows 5-10' tall. Profusion of blooms from June through September. You'll enjoy this old-fashioned favorite that bears an abundance of large, hibiscus blossoms in three different colors: red, white and blue.

* Celtis africana is a tree in the Cannabaceae family. It can be indoors with much care but grows best outside. It is fast growing and relatively drought resistant making it a good bonsai.The flowers bloom in the spring followed by mini orange fruits.

Young leaves - raw, have a mint-like flavour, they make an aromatic flavouring in salads. This type of mint has a square stem with flowers that are 1/4 to 1/2 inch long and white with purple/violet to pink spots.

This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico . It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant.

* Templetonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. * Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall.

* Perovskia atriplicifolia, Russian sage, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant or subshrub that is native to central Asia in an area that includes Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and Tibet.

* So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent.

* A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads. * It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico .

* It succeeds on shallow chalky soils. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown. * A drought resistant plant once established.

Gleditsia sinensis has been used in China for at least 2000 years as a detergent. * It is one of the alleged "50 fundamental herbs" used in traditional Chinese medicine. The thorns of Gleditsia sinensis are used as a medicinal herb in China and Korea...

* A Tecate Cypress planted at Strybing Arboretum in San Francisco is showing vigor and produces viable cones at forty years of age. The tree is found only in the Santa Ana Mountains of Orange County and in San Diego County within Southern California,...

* Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle . * Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle or back of border; wants full sun and good...

Plant 10-12” apart in full sun. Once established requires little care. Great for cut flowers. Grows 9-12” tall even in poor soils and is heat tolerant. Perfect for container planting with its full, well-branched, green foliage.

Pretty lavender-blue flowers bloom all the way through summer. Attract both butterflies and hummingbirds with their delightful scent. Aromatic gray-green foliage. Plant in full sun.

Winner of the prestigous 2005 Fleuroselect Gold Medal! Ideal for cut-flowers. Grow 12-16'' tall. Highly drought tolerant. Attracts butterflies. Plant 10'' apart in full to part sun.

* A species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae ,native to South China (which includes Hong Kong ) and southeastern Asia * Common names include Hong Kong Orchid Tree, and Hawaiian orchid tree.

These hardy plants are welcome in any landscape. In mid-summer it bursts into bloom when little else is blooming and continues to flower through fall. These hardy, erect-branching shrubs will grow 5-10' tall for an informal privacy screen or can be trimmed...

Trunk to 30 cm d.b.h. or more. Petiole 2-4.5 cm; leaf blade often purplish red when young, greenish when mature, cordate or triangular-orbicular, * Open or dense forests, mountain slopes, along valleys near roads, on rocks; 600-1900 m.

* Celtis africana is a tree in the Cannabaceae family. It can be indoors with much care but grows best outside. It is fast growing and relatively drought resistant making it a good bonsai.The flowers bloom in the spring followed by mini orange fruits.

This is not an evergreen. Rose of Sharon is lovely all through the growing season. (Our choice of color.) Plants may have single or double blooms. Rose of Sharon Hedge is a practical, lovely frame for your landscape.

The stems grow slowly and often tightly together, eventually reaching 2-5 m tall with a trunk diameter of 20-25 cm. * It is a shrub -like clumping palm, with several stems growing from a single base.

* The cultivar 'Tallhedge' has been selected for hedging. * This variety is upright growing, very columnar. The cultivar 'Tallhedge (syn 'Columnaris') is very suitable for this purpose.

* It is a prostrate or twining shrub which can spread to a width of 1.5 metres and has light green leaves that comprise 3 rounded leaflets with undulating edges Scarlet pea flowers are produced singly or in pairs between April and November in its native...

The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long. * This attractive perennial maintains a neat mound shape and grows 1-2 ft. Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels,...

It generally occurs in foothills , being most abundant in the lower altitudes of the Sierra Nevada , but also widespread in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the San Gabriel Mountains .

* Mirbelia is a plant genus belonging to the Fabaceae family. It is endemic to Australia, occurring in every mainland state except South Australia.

The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long. * This attractive perennial maintains a neat mound shape and grows 1-2 ft. Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels,...