Butterfly Attracting Plant Plant For Moist Soil For Sale In Boston

The roasted roots are used with dandelion and chicory roots for making coffee. However, internal consumption, such as in the form of herbal tea , is discouraged, as it can cause serious liver damage.

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

However it is commonly cultivated in gardens away from its native range. * Primula denticulata , commonly known as Drumstick primrose or the Himalayan Primrose is a species of primrose that is native to moist alpine regions and Afghanistan to China .

Reaches 8-10' and can be trimmed to 6-8'. In mid-May it bursts into a mass of dashing pink flowers with deep golden stamens. The flowers have same fragrance as honeysuckle vines. Quite hardy and disease resistant.

An excellent source for cut flowers. Extremely hardy, they thrive in any garden with little care. Profusion of blooms from June through September. Rose of Sharon grows 5-10' tall. You'll enjoy this old-fashioned favorite that bears an abundance of large,...

Common names include common sneezeweed and large-flowered sneezeweed. * Bright flowers of daisyish form, yellow ray petals and yellow-brown centers, from July to October; forms large clumps; parent of many hybrids; native to swamps and wet fields over...

* Eupatorium perfoliatum or (Common) Boneset is a common perennial plant native to the Eastern United States and Canada , with a range from Nova Scotia to Florida , as well as from Louisiana and Texas through North Dakota .

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

Butterfly Bush is a must for every late summer perennial garden. Outstanding when planted in full sun. Great cut flower. Wonderful lightly scented clusters of white, red and purple flowers can measure one to two feet in length.

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

Young seed pods, harvested when 3 - 4 cm long - cooked. The oppositely arranged leaves are 7 to 15 centimeters (2.75 to 6 inches) long and are narrow and lance-shaped , with the ends tapering to a sharp point.The plants bloom in early to mid-summer, producing...

* This species used to be cultivated for its edible leaves in China. * This species is grown as a green manure crop in Japan and southern China. * Astragalus sinicus is widely used on rice land as a winter crop.

Features sprays of single, daisy-like flower heads (to 3.5” across) with yellow rays and large, flattened, orange-yellow center disks. Smaller ovate stem leaves are sessile. * Telekia is a rhizomatous, sunflower-like perennial that is native primarily...

* A shrubby species with nearly round 1" leaves. * A decidious Shrub growing to 2m. * Native to North America , occurring in arctic and cool temperate areas from Alaska east to Newfoundland and southern Greenland , and south at high altitudes to northern...

* A variable evergreen of upright, rounded habit, with 1/2" white flowers in small clusters; 1" green or red berries; likes moist soil, part shade; emerging leaves bronzy to reddish, later leathery, dark green; leaves to 4" x 1 1/2", turning bronzy-red...

* At the north end of its range, it intergrades and hybridises with pitch pine (P. Some botanists treat pond pine as a subspecies of pitch pine. Rigida); it is distinguished from that species by the longer needles and on average slightly larger cones.

Bark is "light brown to gray" in color and may be smooth or "warty and roughened". Is less variable than other species of holly". Slender twigs are glabrous and silvery gray, with "numerous spur shoots", pointed lateral buds, and acuminate scales.

The new bark is pleasant to chew. Its a native that thrives in shady locations and adds interest year round. The leaves can also be usedas a spice substitute. The fruit is about the size of an olive.

It typically occurs along streams in mountainous regions. * Betula occidentalis ( Water Birch , also known as Red Birch ) is a species of birch native to western North America , in Canada from Yukon east to western Ontario and southwards, and in the United...

It is most easily removed in late spring to early summer. * White, gray, or brownish bark; wood used for pulp and plywood; native from Europe to Siberia. * The bark is used to make drinking vessels, canoe skins, roofing tiles etc.

* The young shoots can be eaten cooked. They can also be blanched and used in salads. * It is an upright deciduous small tree or shrub growing up to 6 m in height, native to eastern Russia , China , Korea , and Japan.

The plant is noted for its effectiveness in treating catarrhal problems of many kinds and has also been used successfully in treating diarrhoea, haemorrhoids and infantile cholera.

Leucophylla produces crimson flowers in the spring before its characteristically small spring pitchers. The species is highly variable with respect to its pitchers, with plants in some localities reaching almost 1 metre in height, while in others, plants...

It is uncommon in the wild, and is mostly found around forest borders. It can grow to a height of 15 to 25 feet (4.6 - 7.6 m) with a spread of 10 to 15 feet (3.1 - 4.6 m). * The roughleaf dogwood is used as a buffer strip around parking lots, in the median...

* The droopy long leaves provide a 'sleepy' aura to the summer landscape. * The fruit can also be used for making preserves, pies, ice cream and other sweet desserts. * The fruit falls from the tree in autumn and is then stored until fully ripe.

* It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they would love each other again.

Leaves are sclerophyllous, simple, alternate, and oblong (10 to 30 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide). The leaves are 9-19 cm (3-8 in ) long and 2-4 cm (0.75-1.5 in) broad. The leaves can be poisonous.