Butterfly Attracting Plant Seeds For Sale In Rochester

It is best treated as a biennial in the garden. * 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...

* 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.

The plant produces pods containing yellow seeds with papery wings. The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock . It has sharply-toothed, lance-shaped green leaves and bears large, showy, bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped...

* Lonicera xylosteum , commonly known as Fly honeysuckle , European Fly Honeysuckle , Dwarf Honeysuckle or Fly Woodbine is a deciduous shrub. It is one of two honeysuckles native to Britain, the other being the Common Honeysuckle ( Lonicera periclymenum...

* 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 . * A good hedging plant, it is very tolerant of trimming.

* This plant is grown as an ornamental garden plant. * It is native to the central and eastern United States and Ontario in Canada. * The yellow rays (petals) droop downward and are arranged around a grayish-brown cone.

All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August. Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows. * The plant is said to be extremely efficacious when used as a local application in the treatment of sore throats and gonorrhoea.

* Dark green shiny leaves, yellow, bronzy, and red in fall; 1/3" bright red fruit, good bird food; large shrub, can be trained as a small tree; susceptible to fireblight; native to Japan, Korea, China.

It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers. Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy.

* Lonicera xylosteum , commonly known as Fly honeysuckle , European Fly Honeysuckle , Dwarf Honeysuckle or Fly Woodbine is a deciduous shrub. It is one of two honeysuckles native to Britain, the other being the Common Honeysuckle ( Lonicera periclymenum...

Flower color and size is quite variable. The naturalized variety is typically tubular, bright red, about 1.25 in (3.2 cm) long. Blooms from summer to autumn with red flowers up to 3/4" long.

* A very ornamental plant. Prefers a calcareous soil but tolerates mildly acid soils. * Easily grown in a good, well-drained ordinary garden soil in a sunny position. * Succeeds in poor soils and on dry walls.

A very ornamental plant, when fully dormant it is hardy to about -15°c, though the young growth in spring can be damaged by late frosts. The flowers emit a perfume similar to meadowsweet.

It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers. Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy.

* 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 is reported that freezing and thawing will greatly mitigate the bitterness and make the hips much more palatable. Nootka rose serves as the larval host of the Mourning Cloak and Grey Hairstreak butterflies.

* Knautia arvensis , commonly known as Field Scabious , is a species in the genus Knautia . The fresh or dried flowering plant can be used, with or without the roots. * Blue, pinky-blue, lilac, or lavenderish flowers 1 1/4" wide atop 3' stems; native...

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

* Modern research has shown that the plant increases the white blood cell count and is of value when used to prevent bone marrow loss in cancer chemotherapy patients, it also has potential in the treatment of AIDS.

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).

* It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall with many large serrated leaves around the base of the stem on winged petioles. * The inflorescence is generally a large, solitary flower head which may exceed 8 centimeters in diameter.

* Bright yellow flowers.

It grows in dense clusters along stream banks, thickets, and ditches, flowering from mid- to late summer. The dried leaves and flowers are used to scent and add colour to pot-pourri.

It is reported that freezing and thawing will greatly mitigate the bitterness and make the hips much more palatable. Nootka rose serves as the larval host of the Mourning Cloak and Grey Hairstreak butterflies.

* Arctium lappa, commonly called greater burdock, gobo,edible burdock, lappa, or beggar's buttons, is a biennial plant of the Arctium (burdock) genus in the Asteraceae family, cultivated in gardens for its root used as a vegetable.

* It was named in honor of the German naturalist Traugott Gerber, a friend of Carolus Linnaeus. Grow as annuals in St. Louis, either in the ground or in containers. Raised beds should be considered in areas with poorly-drained soils.

The root is cardiac and febrifuge. The seedpods can also be used and are milder but slower in their action. * Senna marilandica , or Maryland Wild Senna , is a flowering plant in the United States .