Butterfly Attracting Plant Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In Pasadena

Great cut flower. Panicles grow up to 10'' and feature raspberry and butterscotch yellow florets beginning in summer and lasting into fall. Drought and deer resistant. A breakthrough in color! Bi-color is the first Butterfly Bush to feature multiple colors...

* Common yarrow is an erect herbaceous perennial plant that produces one to several stems (0.2 to 1m tall) and has a rhizomatous growth form. * Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century.

* Tolerant of constant cutting, this plant is often grown in lawns. * It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic bogs , for example in the Portlethen Moss , Scotland. * A drought resistant plant once established.

Masses of large, crimson-red, flowers from summer to fall! This exciting new variety has the same wonderfully compact, uniform growth habit as Arizona Sun Gaillardia, but in the exciting color of crimson red.

Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy. It is a perennial plant growing to 0.6-2 m (1 -2 feet) tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early fall.

* Ligustrum lucidum ( Glossy Privet , Chinese Privet or Broad-leaf Privet ) is a species of privet native to the southern half of China . Extracts of the plant show antitumour activity.

The seedpods can also be used and are milder but slower in their action. 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.

* The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern. * Sweet fern was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially as a poultice to treat a variety of complaints.

Catnip is best grown in full sunlight and grows as a loosely branching, low perennial * With domestic cats, N. The tea shouldbe infused in a closed container in order to preserve the essential oils, boiling is said to spoil it.

* The erect, odorless flowers are large, especially compared to other species of Trillium , with 4 to 7 cm (1.5 to 2.7 in) long petals , depending on age and vigor. Grandiflorum was designated the provincial emblem of Ontario in 1937 (Flora Emblem Act).

* A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads. * It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico .

* The crushed leaves are very aromatic. Tolerant of dry chalk soils, it also succeeds in maritime gardens. * Perovskia atriplicifolia, Russian sage, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant or subshrub that is native to central Asia in an area that includes...

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...

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;...

It is an easy to grow perennial that spreads fast. Giant Alaska Shasta Daisies make excellent cut flowers. They grow well in sun or light shade. Enjoy astonishing numbers of snowy, gold-centered blooms every June and July.

Seeds should produce mostly blue flowers, but may show some breaks to colors of reds, yellows and bicolors. This species is very susceptible to slug damage. Blooms early to mid season.

This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico . It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant.

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

They were first collected by the Japanese for Tokugawa shogunate palaces, then popularity spread to Europe, and later to America where its low light and humidity requirements make it a common feature in malls and offices.

* A good ground cover plant, succeeding in the heavy shade of trees and in dry shade. * A low shrub with dark green evergreen leaves, shiny on the undersides; 2-3" flowers, bright yellow, throughout summer; easy to grow--tolerates dry soil; said to grow...

* Stored seed should be sown as early in the year as possible and given cold stratification - it might not germinate until spring of the following year.

* The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern. * Sweet fern was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially as a poultice to treat a variety of complaints.

The seedpods can also be used and are milder but slower in their action. 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.

Blooms are also attractive to bees. The golden yellow flowers are truly fantastic to look at and they attract butterflies, especially the Sulphurs of all types. And that is the entire reason for planting it.

* The plants tolerate clipping and make an attractive informal hedge. * Clethra alnifolia ( Sweet Pepperbush , Anne Bidwell or Summersweet ), is a flowering plant in the genus Clethra , native to eastern North America from southern Nova Scotia and Maine...

Also known as The Common or European Privel, this tree is often used as a hedge. All Bonsai need root protection in below freezing temperatures. A black dye can also be obtained from the fruit as well as an ink.

The blue gray foliage is an added bonus on this new sterile Butterfly Bush or Buddleia. Photo courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip Jr. Butterfly Bush is slightly smaller and more compact than Lo' & Beholdtm Blue...