Butterfly Attracting Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Westminster

Blooms from summer to autumn with red flowers up to 3/4" long. Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and butterflies. The hairy leaves, scalloped on the edges, are pea green, varying in size, all the way up to 3 in (7.6 cm) long and 2 in (5.1 cm) wide.

* This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two metres.Its erect, branching gray stems bear the occasional sharply toothed, sharp-lobed pointed green leaf.

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

* Orange flowers in late summer; grows well in dry soil; native to eastern U.S. * Pleurisy root is a bitter, nutty-flavoured tonic herb that increases perspiration, relieves spasms and acts as an expectorant.

Includes: 3 each of Black-Eyed Susans and Purple Coneflower.

Choice one-year-old field-grown plants. Enjoy astonishing numbers of snowy, gold-centered blooms every June and July. They grow well in sun or light shade. Giant Alaska Shasta Daisies make excellent cut flowers.

The whole plant is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil.The oil is used in perfumery, it is blended with sandalwood oil to produce 'attar genda' perfume. * Secretions from the roots of growing plants have an insecticidal effect...

Inflorescence terminal, paniculate, many flowered. 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...

It is a strong field-grown plant. The Orange Glory Butterfly plant enjoys full sun and will withstand long periods of summer drought. It blooms continuously from June to August. Few flowers have more decorative value in the summer garden than the Orange...

* The leaves and seedpods are cathartic, diuretic and vermifuge. They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe. The root is cardiac and febrifuge.

* A good butterfly and moth plant. * It is native to France and Spain but it can be found growing wild in other parts of the world as an introduced species and sometimes a garden escapee.

It also grows on damper ground . * An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely pink or white) flowers resembling scabiosa; likes moist, peaty soil in sun or part shade; native...

* Crimson clover is widely grown as a protein-rich forage crop for cattle and other livestock. * In Great Britain it is most valuable in the south, though less successful in northern regions.

The Blackfeet Indians recognized this plant's strong antiseptic action, and used poultices of the plant for skin infections and minor wounds. * Beebalm has a long history of use as a medicinal plant by many Native Americans, including the Blackfeet.

* The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild. * Aristolochia serpentaria is a species of perennial flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae (birthwort) family.

* The plant is said to be extremely efficacious when used as a local application in the treatment of sore throats and gonorrhoea. Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies. It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white...

This plant is a main stay of the perennial border. A fragrant friend of butterflies and hummingbirds. We ship sturdy ready to grow plants. In fall, after flowering, prune back to within a few inches of ground.

Bark and branchlets grayish black. 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.

Our seed mats contain the perfect blend of seed to create a beautiful garden and participate in recovering this important natual resource. Mats are 20"x5'.Attracts Monarchs and all other butterflies to the garden.

* Fennel has a long history of herbal use and is a commonly used household remedy, being useful in the treatment of a variety of complaints, especially those of the digestive system.

The University of Florida recommends pruning last year's plants hard in spring to promote branching and strengthening of the trunks. Tall candles to 18" high that are composed of golden yellow blossoms and buds rise well above the foliage of this popular...

It is often grown as an ornamental in flower gardens. It is found in a variety of habitats, although it is not shade tolerant. * An infusion of the dried powdered herb can be used as an antiseptic.

The trailing Verbenas are one of the earliest flowering perennials in our gardens and provide the early hummingbirds and butterflies with plenty of choice nectar at a time when few other perennials are in flower.

It dies to the ground in winter, but faithfully returns from the ground each spring. An easy to grow and drought tolerant heirloom plant. This is the selection with the deepest red color, comes from seed collected in southern Baja California.

Threadleaf Coreopsis is a durable generally clump forming native that may slowly spread by short rhizomes under good conditions. Attracts pollinators. Red Satin Coreopsis is a sterile selection from Darrel Probst so it can spend all summer flowering.

Excellent drought tolerance once well-established as well as good deer resistance and reliability. Aromatic Aster is native to much of the central and eastern US. Cut back the stems to the rosette in winter.

It thrives in full sun in ordinary garden soil. Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows. * The plant is said to be extremely efficacious when used as a local application in the treatment of sore throats and gonorrhoea.