Butterfly Attracting Plant Flowering Tree For Sale In North Carolina

Filipendula species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species: Emperor Moth, Grey Pug, Grizzled Skipper, Hebrew Character, Lime-speck Pug, Mottled Beauty and The Satellite have all been recorded on Meadowsweet.

Blooms from summer to autumn with red flowers up to 3/4" long. Cultivated varieties include orange-red, pink, salmon, red, white, and scarlet, and include bi-colored varieties. Spreading growth to 12".

* The plant is said to be extremely efficacious when used as a local application in the treatment of sore throats and gonorrhoea. It thrives in full sun in ordinary garden soil. It is also used in treating kidney diseases.

* Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun. * The fruit is a dry, smooth brown capsule (15–25 mm long), splitting in two to release the two winged seeds.

The leaves are oval-oblong, 5-19 cm long and 2-7 cm broad. The panicles often hang limply, which is how the plant got its common name; the clusters look as though they are nodding.

* Dark green shiny leaves, yellow, bronzy, and red in fall; 1/3" bright red fruit, good bird food; large shrub, can be trained as a small tree; susceptible to fireblight; native to Japan, Korea, China.

The panicles often hang limply, which is how the plant got its common name; the clusters look as though they are nodding. The leaves are oval-oblong, 5-19 cm long and 2-7 cm broad.

* A large shrub with attractive red-brown bark, white flowers in midsummer, and yellow-orange fall color; native to southeast U.S.

* A vigorous plant, spreading by subterranean suckers and forming thickets. * Spiraea tomentosa , commonly known as the Steeplebush , is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack ( S.

* The natural habitat of the silk floss tree is the north-east of Argentina, east of Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil. * The flowers are creamy-whitish in the center and pink towards the tips of their five petals.

* Blooms are 4" in diameter and are held from May until June. * The name basket flower refers to the stiff, straw-colored bracts just beneath the flower head, which are divided at the tip into long, sharp teeth.

* The latex in the stems is a suitable replacement for chicle and can be made into a chewing gum. * The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked. * The sprouted seeds can be eaten. They taste somewhat like peas.

* A horticultural annual grown for it big palmate (roundish) leaves, up to 3' wide; full sun, adequate drainage; can become a 40' tree in tropical areas. * The whole plant is very poisonous, even one seed has been known to be lethal to children.

Dislikes dry soils. * A small tree with compound leaves, white flowers in clusters to 4", 1/4" orange-red fruit; native to northern China. * Succeeds in most reasonably good soils in an open sunny position.

Young seed pods, harvested when 3 - 4 cm long - cooked. * The young shoots can be eaten cooked. A pea-like flavour, they are very appetizing. An asparagus substitute. The oppositely arranged leaves are 7 to 15 centimeters (2.75 to 6 inches) long and are...

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

* Succeeds in poor soils and on dry walls. * Easily grown in a good, well-drained ordinary garden soil in a sunny position. Prefers a calcareous soil but tolerates mildly acid soils.

Hyssopus officinalis and Hyssopus decumbens are the same plant; however, France calls it Hyssopus decumbens due to its terrain creating a more potent hyssop. * A member of the mint family; many small flowers on short spikes, usually blue but rarely pink,...

It is drought-tolerant and grows well in warm climates. The plant produces pods containing yellow seeds with papery wings. The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock .

* A shrub or small tree; silvery throughout, with compound leaves and pale yellow flowers in pendulous clusters to 6", each 3/4" wide; pods to 6"; native to seashores of the Old World tropics .

* Solidago canadensis (Canada golden-rod, Canada goldenrod) is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae native to northeastern North America but established as an invasive plant in many other regions.

Direct seed - Can be direct sown in the fall or spring.If anything you purchase from us proves unsatisfactory, we will either replace the item or refund the purchase price. Transplant into larger cell packs or 3-4" pots 3-5 weeks after sowing.

Grows to 15 feet. In July the beautiful Pink Mist Smoke Tree bursts forth with big clusters of light pink panicles resembling clouds of fluffy smoke so dense you can't see through them.

* The flowers are large, 15-25 cm diameter, with six to nine creamy-white petals and a large red style, which later develops into a red fruit 10 cm long, containing several red seeds .

* Bright yellow flowers.

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.

One source says to pour boiling water over them before attempting to get them to sprout. These butterflies lay their eggs on the plant in order for their larvae to feed and grow. The flowers are produced a few together on short racemes, the individual...