Butterfly Attracting Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Portland

An infusion has been used in the treatment of fevers and heart problems. They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe. The seeds have been soaked in water until they are mucilaginous and then swallowed...

This keeps it manageable and promotes new bloom shoots. These plants are deer and drought resistant. The long flower trusses provide a never-ending source of cut flowers. We ship sturdy ready to grow plants.

It was touted as a great plant for wildlife and erosion control. Therefore, it was heavily planted in the midwest and eastern US. The fruits are not comsumed in the fall by birds so it does provide a nice winter food source.

In cultivation people often cut the plants to the ground in the spring in order to encourage strong new growth and plenty of flowers. Tolerant of dry chalk soils, it also succeeds in maritime gardens.

* The berries which are small drupes are purple. * Callicarpa dichotoma (common names, Purple Beautyberry or Early Amethyst ) is species of beautyberry . * The berries are bitter and are unfit for culinary use.

Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. In late summer, lots of purple-pink flowers open up to make a stunning contrast with the foliage. Grows in sunny warm areas where it will tolerate heat and drought very well.

One thing to remember is a tree is grown indoors, it needs to acclimate to natural outdoor weather changes. Privets are fast growers and do well as long as they are planted in well-drained soil.

Deer resistant. The fragrant, long panicles are showy from June to September and attracts loads of butterflies and hummingbirds.Grows 4-8' tall and 4-5' wide. Plant in full to partial sun.

* Bright yellow flowers.

The Purple Coneflowers bloom from mid-summer to fall on 2-3 foot stems. Charming 5'' purple daisy-like blooms with orange-brown raised centers. Drought and deer resistant, attracts butterflies, great cut flower.

* Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza.

They make an attractive garnish to salads, and can also be used as a cookedvegetable or in conserves etc. Picked when first opened, the flowers are fermented with waterand sugar to make a very pleasant and intoxicating wine.

The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock . It has sharply-toothed, lance-shaped green leaves and bears large, showy, bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped flowers .

* Flowers to 5 inches, purple, borne in profusion. * 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.

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. 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 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...

* When the white corollas have fallen, the calyces develop into deep red expanded lobes which persist into November. * This is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub or small tree. * In September, H.

Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy. It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers.

In literature, it is closely associated with the Mullai (forest) region of Sangam landscape * It is the national tree of Thailand, and its flower is Thailand's national flower. * Cassia fistula, known as the golden shower tree and by other names, is a...

It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia . * It is a low, creeping, woody shrub to about 1 m tall and 1–2 m wide but often smaller. A yellow-orange dye is obtained from the flowers.

Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff.

They are sticky hairy above, and white woolly below.Atop each stem is an almost perfectly spherical inflorescence up to 6 cm in diameter, packed with blue-gray disc florets . * This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of...

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

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

The inflorescence is short and few-flowered. It has a simple, relaxed form, with very thin elliptical leaves 5-10 cm long and 3.5-5.5 cm wide, alternate and widely spaced on thin, reddish stems, with a tight, dark bark on basal stems.

* A wax on the fruit is obtained by simmering the fruit in hot water and skimming off the wax as it rises to the surface. It is native to the southwestern United States , in Utah , Nevada , Arizona , western New Mexico , western Colorado , Wyoming , southern...

* Tolerates a wide range of soils, but prefers moist, humusy, nutrient-rich, neutral to slightly acidic loams. Pubens (native to North America) was known as American red elder. * Fruits are sour and usually not consumed raw by humans, but may be cooked...