Butterfly Attracting Plant Seeds For Sale In Lowell

* A good hedging plant, it is very tolerant of trimming. * Syringa josikaea ( Hungarian Lilac ) is a species of Lilac , native to central and eastern Europe , in the Carpathian Mountains in Hungary , Romania , and western Ukraine .

Blooms late summer to early fall. It is native to Europe and western Asia . * Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle or back of border;...

Trunk to 30 cm d.b.h. or more. 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.

Pedicel 0-3 mm, glabrous or pubescent. Branchlets glabrous, puberulent, or pubescent. Anthers yellow, inserted 0-4 mm from mouth of corolla tube. Panicles erect, lateral, congested or lax, 4-16(-20) × 3-8(-10) cm.

The flowers have a strong clove-like scent. * Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans , with a variety disjunct in northeastern China...

* 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.

* The leaves lose their flavour if the are cooked for any length of time and so are best used raw or added to cooked dishes only a few minutes before the cooking is complete. * In Poland, where dill is called "koper," it is one of the most popular herbs...

They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed , Wild Wormwood , Old uncle Henry , Sailor's Tobacco , Naughty Man , Old Man or St. John's Plant...

* Plants 0.6–1.5 m tall. Stems sulcate, pubescent or glabrescent. * It is a genus of 12 species of perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

* The whole plant is astringent and mildly diuretic. An infusion is used internally as a blood purifier and externally for treating cuts, burns and bruises. The fresh or dried flowering plant can be used, with or without the roots.

Also called "summer lilacs", these butterfly bushes have a long blooming season (August into September), need little care and butterflies as well as hummingbirds really do love them! Space 4-6 ft.

Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.

* Secretions from the roots of growing plants have an insecticidal effect on the soil, effective against nematodes and to some extent against keeled slugs. The whole plant contains substances that are toxic to cockroaches.

The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long. Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47.

The fruits are popular with birds, who distribute the seeds. * The blossoms have been used in the treatment of measles. * The fruit is a bright red or sometimes purple drupe containing 3 to 5 seeds.

Each bloom is a massive cluster of blue flowers with honey fragrance – needless to say the best bee and butterfly magnet. The small size of this shrub makes it excellent for patio containers.

It is native to Europe and western Asia. * Scabiosa ochroleuca, commonly called cream scabious, is a species of scabiosa with creamy yellow flower heads.

* It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil. They are native to Australia. It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. * Templetonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

It is often grown as an ornamental in flower gardens. It is found in a variety of habitats, although it is not shade tolerant. It typically is one of the first plants to colonize an area after disturbance (such as fire) and rarely persists once shrubs...

The flowers have a strong clove-like scent. * Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans , with a variety disjunct in northeastern China...

* The dried and powderedfruit is used as a substitute for the spice 'allspice'. * I've always liked Spicebush. The fruit is about the size of an olive. The new bark is pleasant to chew.

* This plant is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its twining habit and its showy flowers which appear early in the season - occasionally even in midwinter. It is hardy to zone 5 and is not frost tender.

Trunk to 30 cm d.b.h. or more. 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.

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

The many fruits formed in each inflorescence have long silky appendages which, seen together, give the characteristic appearance of Old Man's beard . * Clematis vitalba is a climbing shrub with branched, grooved stems , deciduous leaves, and scented greeny-white...

Cultivated varieties include orange-red, pink, salmon, red, white, and scarlet, and include bi-colored varieties. 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.

The basal leaves are long and slender or very narrowly lanceolate. Echinacea paradoxa is native to Missouri , Arkansas , Oklahoma , and Texas , and is listed as threatened in Arkansas.