Butterfly Attracting Plant Plant For Moist Soil For Sale In Elgin

* 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.

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 .

* Pawpaw is a large shrub or small tree growing to a height of 11 meters. * The fruit can also be used for making preserves, pies, ice cream and other sweet desserts. * Edible fruit - raw or cooked.

Fruits are attractive to wildlife. * Tolerates a wide range of soils, but prefers moist, humusy, nutrient-rich, neutral to slightly acidic loams. Pubens (native to North America) was known as American red elder.

It includes all the purple flowering North American species of the genus Eupatorium as traditionally defined. They are commonly referred to as Joe-Pye weeds. It is a substantial plant which needs space, but when planted in groups or massed can provide...

* 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...

Tall, with a wide, wispy, open crown. When in bloom, they cover the plant creating a fragrant, white cloud. American snowbell's showy, white, bell-shaped flowers are borne in pairs from leaf axils.

* The boiled roots and stems are used as a cure for the itch. The many fruits formed in each inflorescence have long silky appendages which, seen together, give the characteristic appearance of Old Man's beard .

* Yellow fall color. * It is in flower in April, and the seeds ripen in September. * A decidious Tree growing to 9 m. * Native to mountains from Alaska to California.

It is waterproof, durable, tough and resinous[11, 61]. * White, gray, or brownish bark; wood used for pulp and plywood; native from Europe to Siberia. * Betula pubescens ( Downy Birch ; also known as White Birch , European White Birch or Hairy Birch )...

Likes plenty of moisture and a rich loamy slightly acid soil. Kaempferi; native to Korea, China, Central Asia, and Japan. * The species has reddish-purple flowers; grows in marshes, ditches, and other wet places, even in shallow water; flowering in June...

* Used in cooking, on baked potatoes, and in salads ; flowers rose to rosy purple. * 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...

* Trees have extensive root systems and are sometimes planted on the banks of streams in order to prevent erosion.

* The common name comes from the acorns being largely enclosed in the cup; the scientific name comes from the lyrate (lyre-shaped) leaves. It is native to lowland wetlands in the southeastern United States , from Delaware and southern Illinois south to...

It is native to almost every area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, but excluding the far north of Canada as well as some of the southern United States. * The flower color is variable, ranging from lavender to blue to white.

Tall, with a wide, wispy, open crown. When in bloom, they cover the plant creating a fragrant, white cloud. American snowbell's showy, white, bell-shaped flowers are borne in pairs from leaf axils.

The flowers are 2.5-3 cm (1 in) diameter, white, pink or pale purple, often with small greenish-yellow spots. The fruit is a dry capsule 15-20 mm (.60-.79 in) long, containing numerous small seeds .

It is very tolerant of severe winter cold, hardy down to at least -45°C, and also of wind exposure. It is locally naturalised Punkaharju in eastern Finland. Macedonian pine is of great value for research into hybridisation and genetic modification to...

It is a large suckering shrub that can be grown as a small tree. * For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground some older stems at the end of the winter, before leaves are open.

Like all the Sarracenia , it is native to the New World and inhabits moist and low-nutrient longleaf pine ( Pinus palustris ) savannas along the United States Gulf Coast , generally west of the Apalachicola River on the Florida Panhandle .

* 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 . However it is commonly cultivated in gardens away from its native range.

* It is closely related to (and in many respects intermediate between) Silver Fir to the north in central Europe, Greek Fir to the south in southern Greece, and Nordmann Fir to the east in northern Turkey.

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.

The fruit is a red drupe 6–7 mm diameter containing three to five pits The leaves are 1.5-7 cm long and 1-3 cm broad, with an entire or finely serrated margin and an acute apex, and a 0.5–2 cm petiole.

The bark is pale greenish-grey and smooth on young trees with dark grey diamond-shaped lenticels , becoming dark grey and fissured on older trees. * The bark and the leaves are mildly diuretic, expectorant and stimulant.

* The species name is derived from the persistently unopened cones that may remain closed for several years before they release their seeds; the opening is often in response to forest fires.

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