Butterfly Attracting Plant Perennial Plant For Sale In Billings

* So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

A breakthrough in color! Bi-color is the first Butterfly Bush to feature multiple colors on each bloom. Great cut flower. It is an excellent attractant for butterflies and hummingbirds.

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 for a neat, colorful hedge.

* Centaurea americana , commonly called American Starthistle or American Basketflower , is an annual native to the southern central United States and northeastern Mexico. The plant can reach 5-6' tall and has rough 4" long lance-shaped leaves.

Great cut flower. Outstanding when planted in full sun. Aptly named, the butterfly bush attracts loads of butterflies and is also a favorite of hummingbirds. Grows 4-8' tall. Drought and deer resistant.

* Asclepias tuberosa is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America . Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 5-12 cm long and 2-3 cm broad.

It thrives in full sun in ordinary garden soil. All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August. It is also used in treating kidney diseases. Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies.

* It is attractive to butterflies and birds. * Ratibida pinnata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names pinnate prairie coneflower, gray-head coneflower, yellow coneflower, and prairie coneflower.

* Plant forming huge clumps with white or grayish spherical flowers 2-3" across, in late summer; rough, thistley foliage, dark green, good for the back of a large border. * It grows in sunny, rocky or brushy places, with more or less mineral rich soils,...

This spectacular cultivar of butterfly bush is valued for its intense, deeply colored wine-red flowers. Plant in full to partial sun. Drought tolerant. Deer resistant. The fragrant, long panicles are showy from June to September and attracts loads of...

* Echinacea paradoxa ( Bush's purple coneflower , Yellow Coneflower ) is a perennial species of flowering plant in the genus Echinacea . The basal leaves are long and slender or very narrowly lanceolate.

Blossoms are great for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds and as cut flowers. It grows best in full sun but will tolerate some shade and under most conditions will bloom from June to September.

Occidentalis), are also found in the East. Two other species, Sicklepod (S. Obtusifolia) and Coffee Senna (S. * Clusters of light yellow to orange flowers atop a sparsely branched perennial or in axils of compound leaves.

Ulmaria) and Dropwort (F. * Plants 0.6–1.5 m tall. Well-known species include Meadowsweet (F. Stipules semicordate, large, herbaceous, margin sharply doubly serrate; petiole pubescent or subglabrous; leaf blade pinnate, with 2 pairs of lateral leaflets,...

* The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States.

We have not yet tested this and so this report is only anecdotal. Some sources have suggested P. Most sources suggest that fruit are poor and may even be nearly empty if produced at all.

The extra large, up to 5" wide, long lasting flowers of the Star of Surbiton Passion Flower are composed of pure white petals and sepals that are topped with a large corona of contrasting deep purple, white, and light pink filaments.

Spikes of fragrant tiny pink flowers emerge from this diminutive Butterfly Bush from early spring through fall. Photos courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com An excellent choice for small spaces, the front of the garden and landscape, as well...

For more information see our Coral Honeysuckle Growing Guide . We often see a few flowers on our vines in the garden in winter but the main show is in spring with flowers continuing on and off often until fall.

The tall sturdy dense spikes of rich purple flowers of this beautiful native wildflower attract loads of butterflies and pollinators in summer. Grow in an average to moist soil. The large bulb-like corm will produce several flower spikes once mature.

Incredibly fragrant (considered to be even better than a lilac by some!) rich pink flowers in summer are held above the rich green glossy foliage. Adapatable to a variety of soil conditions.

What a discovery that must've been! Verbena's are cool season growing perennials and so that is when fertilize should be applied. A good choice for butterfly gardens. The trailing Verbenas are one of the earliest flowering perennials in our gardens and...

The Texas Coneflower is found only in Louisiana and SE Texas. The most current treatment in the Flora of North America separates the two as individual species. A choice native coneflower, the Texas Coneflower produces 3-5" bright golden yellow daisies...

It thrives in full sun in ordinary garden soil. All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August. It is also used in treating kidney diseases. Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies.

Showy, bright, rose-purple flowers with orange-yellow centers bloom in profusion at the tips of the leafy branches. The perennial's hairy, clasping leaves are arranged densely on its stout stems.

The Cutleaf Coneflower produces 2-4" wide, drooping yellow daisies that are centered by a small dark cone in summer. Rudbeckia's generally attract smaller pollinators with their disc flowers, the tiny flowers that make up the 'cone' on a cone flower.

Like most Achilleas, this one benefits from very well-drained, sandy soils in full to mostly sunny locations preferably with good air circulation. Dense flat topped clusters that can be 6" or more across are composed of tightly packed, tiny, dark golden...