Butterfly Attracting Plant Perennial Plant For Sale In Boston

They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty foods.

They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty foods.

It is an easy to grow perennial that spreads fast. They grow well in sun or light shade. Enjoy astonishing numbers of snowy, gold-centered blooms every June and July. Choice one-year-old field-grown plants.

It is a common weed of cultivated land. * A good fibre is obtained from the leaves, it is said to be suitable for textiles. An extract of them has antibacterial properties. A tea from the leaves is used as a highly effective cough medicine.

* The leaves and seedpods are cathartic, diuretic and vermifuge. A poultice of the root has been used in treating sores. The leaves are harvested before and during flowering, the pods are harvested when fully ripe in the autumn.

Pretty lavender-blue flowers bloom all the way through summer. Aromatic gray-green foliage. Attract both butterflies and hummingbirds with their delightful scent. Plant in full sun.

Two other species, Sicklepod (S. Marilandica) is a more southern species with fewer flowers and bigger leaflets. Obtusifolia) and Coffee Senna (S. * Senna hebecarpa ( American Senna or Wild Senna ) is an ornamental plant native to North America , specially...

Trunk to 30 cm d.b.h. or more. * Trees, 6-20 m tall. 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...

Older leaves areused as a flavouring in cooked foods. They can be used fresh or dried to make an aromatic herb tea. * Edible Parts: Leaves. Cataria is used as a recreational substance for pet cats' enjoyment, and catnip and catnip-laced products designed...

A pink variety of this species is sometimes grown commercially. The perennial's hairy, clasping leaves are arranged densely on its stout stems. * Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (formerly Aster novae-angliae), commonly known as the New England aster, is...

For excellent info on Elderberry from the Herb Society of America click here . Huge flat clusters of tiny white flowers are followed by a heavy crop of shiny black fruit. Elderberry was selected as the 2013 Herb of the Year by the International Herb Society.

The flowers and foliage, fresh or dried, is often used to make a very nice herbal tea, as a mild spice in cooking, and could certainly be used in potpourris as well (Bonnie fell in love with the fragrance of the dried seed heads!).

* It succeeds on shallow chalky soils. * A drought resistant plant once established. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown.

Finely textured blue-gray foliage on a plant that becomes more dense with age. Each golden yellow petal is heavily splashed with burgundy and surround the tall brown central cone of each daisy-like flower.

Pitcheri or Pitcher Sage. Large spikes of deep blue, tubular flowers are born in summer, late summer, and sometimes into fall on this clump forming native perennial wildflower. We have seen singular stems reach near 8' in the garden, grown in partial...

Thrives in deep rich soil, but also grows well on poorer sandy soils providing they are moist. Adapted to cool climates as a cool seasons turfgrass. It grows in meadows, on roadsides, riversides etc.

This naturally sprawling vine-like shrub can easily be pruned to produce a dense mass of foliage and flowers. Sweetly fragrant clusters of 2", star-like, pure white blooms are produced continuously throughout the summer months against a rich glossy green...

It differs from other similar species in that it has 4 lobed flowers, whereas Small Scabious and Field scabious have 5 lobes and hence it has been placed in a separate genus in the same family .

In order to produce their delicious tangy tropical tasting fruit Passionflowers must be cross-pollinated by another seedling, species, or cultivar. To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties...

An exceptionally free flowering form of our native Coral Honeysuckle producing a nearly continuous display of red tubular blooms with a yellow throat. 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. Attracts hummingbirds and occasional butterflies.

Thrives in deep rich soil, but also grows well on poorer sandy soils providing they are moist. Adapted to cool climates as a cool seasons turfgrass. It grows in meadows, on roadsides, riversides etc.

The Butterfly Series Pentas have been selected as a 2012 Louisiana Super Plant! Give it a rich fertile soil and periodic water during dry spells. Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant.

Drought tolerant and deer resistant. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. Provide Zagreb Coreopsis with good drainage and medium to low moisture. 2" wide sunny yellow daisies top the fine-textured blue-green foliage of this durable native perennial...

* This heirloom variety matures in about 80-90 days but some stems can be cut before maturity. * Chives ( Allium schoenoprasum ) are the smallest species of the onion family Alliaceae * Allium schoenoprasum is also the only species of Allium native to...

It is a common weed of cultivated land. * A good fibre is obtained from the leaves, it is said to be suitable for textiles. An extract of them has antibacterial properties. A tea from the leaves is used as a highly effective cough medicine.

* White or rosy-lilac flowers in 3-7" clusters, often several to each branch tip, in May; flower fragrance, not intense, resembles privet; very hardy; forms a dense, arching shrub with substantial branches; does well in the U.S. Midwest; native to China.