Butterfly Attracting Plant Flowering Shrub For Sale In Illinois

Anthers yellow, inserted near or slightly below mouth of corolla tube. Petiole 1-3 cm, glabrous or pubescent; leaf blade elliptic-oblong, elliptic, or obovate-oblong, 3.5-12(-18) 1.5-7(-10) cm, adaxially glabrous or sparsely pubescent, abaxially villous,...

* Habit and Form an deciduous shrub dense, rounded habit ascending branches, erect 6' to 10' tall 4' to 10' wide medium texture moderate growth rate * White or rosy-lilac flowers in 3-7" clusters, often several to each branch tip, in May; flower fragrance,...

* Habit and Form an deciduous shrub dense, rounded habit ascending branches, erect 6' to 10' tall 4' to 10' wide medium texture moderate growth rate * White or rosy-lilac flowers in 3-7" clusters, often several to each branch tip, in May; flower fragrance,...

Panicles erect, lateral, congested or lax, 4-16(-20) × 3-8(-10) cm. Capsule obovate-elliptic, ovate, to oblong-lanceolate, 0.7-1.5(-2) cm, smooth. Anthers yellow, inserted 0-4 mm from mouth of corolla tube.

In fall, after flowering, prune back to within a few inches of ground. A fragrant friend of butterflies and hummingbirds. This keeps it manageable and promotes new bloom shoots. The Mixed Butterfly Bush is a strong, easy-to-grow plant.

The naturalized variety is typically tubular, bright red, about 1.25 in (3.2 cm) long. Spreading growth to 12". Blooms from summer to autumn with red flowers up to 3/4" long. Cultivated varieties include orange-red, pink, salmon, red, white, and scarlet,...

In mid-summer it bursts into bloom when little else is blooming and continues to flower through fall. These hardy plants are welcome in any landscape. Rose of Sharon Hedge is a practical, lovely frame for your landscape.

The leaves are oval-oblong, 5-19 cm long and 2-7 cm broad. * A large multistemmed shrub with narrowly conical, sometimes pendulous clusters of purple-pink flowers, pink with white inside as flowers begin to fade; said by Dirr to lack fragrance; native...

* The fruit is eaten raw or cooked. The fruit is called (Kusa-boke ) in Japanese. * Chaenomeles japonica is a species of Japanese Quince . Very harsh and acid raw but fragrant when cooked, imparting a strong pleasant flavour to jams and jellies, it is...

* The plant is often used as a rootstock for the various ornamental cultivars of lilac. * This is the familiar lilac seen next to every old farmhouse. * Plants can be grown as an informal hedge.

Attract butterflies to your yard with this dazzling butterfly bush! The Yellow Butterfly Bush is a late summer bloomer that has sunny-yellow flowers with an orange center and rounded edges.

Later, brilliant red berries appear that last all summer and throughout the winter. We send 1 to 1 1/2' plants. Reaches 8-10' and can be trimmed to 6-8'. This variety is vigorous and dense-growing.

* A good hedging plant, it is very tolerant of trimming. * Syringa josikaea ( Hungarian Lilac ) is a species of Lilac , native to central and eastern Europe , in the Carpathian Mountains in Hungary , Romania , and western Ukraine .

Wonderfully scented, adored by butterflies. When pruning established Butterfly Bushes where no labeling is present on a variety to identify it, you need to look at the general growth patterns of the plant to be pruned.

Start seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost date. It is indigenous to South Eastern Africa and commonly known as the Barberton daisy, the Transvaal daisy, and as Barbertonse madeliefie in Afrikaans.

Apply the fertilizer according to the label directions immediately on top of the soil, and be sure to water the plant thoroughly after the application. More northern areas may wish to fertilize only once in June or July.

Anthers yellow, inserted near or slightly below mouth of corolla tube. Petiole 1-3 cm, glabrous or pubescent; leaf blade elliptic-oblong, elliptic, or obovate-oblong, 3.5-12(-18) 1.5-7(-10) cm, adaxially glabrous or sparsely pubescent, abaxially villous,...

* A good hedging plant, it is very tolerant of trimming. * Syringa josikaea ( Hungarian Lilac ) is a species of Lilac , native to central and eastern Europe , in the Carpathian Mountains in Hungary , Romania , and western Ukraine .

The fruits are popular with birds, who distribute the seeds. * The blossoms have been used in the treatment of measles. * The fruit is a bright red or sometimes purple drupe containing 3 to 5 seeds.

* This species is grown as an ornamental and used for timber. * This is a lovely tree with fragrant red flowers in the spring and beautiful evergreen foliage.

* Easily grown in a good, well-drained ordinary garden soil in a sunny position. Prefers a calcareous soil but tolerates mildly acid soils. * An annual with white, lilac, pink, maroon, and carmine flowers; easy from seed, they start flowering 6 weeks...

It is native to almost every area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, but excluding the far north of Canada as well as some of the southern United States. * Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (formerly Aster novae-angliae), commonly known as the New...

* Fragrant pinkish flowers followed by the pods beloved of children. A pea-like flavour, they are very appetizing. Young seed pods, harvested when 3 - 4 cm long - cooked. * The young shoots can be eaten cooked.

* 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, Texas, area from 1845-47.

* Tolerates a wide range of soils, but prefers moist, humusy, nutrient-rich, neutral to slightly acidic loams. * Sambucus racemosa, commonly known as red elder or red elderberry, is a deciduous suckering shrub which typically grows to 8-12' tall with...

I never knew about the Spicebush Swallowtail until recently though, thanks to the internet! I think I would grow these just to see the caterpillars! I'll be checking my plants next summer.

* It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * 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)...