Butterfly Attracting Plant Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In Virginia Beach

It ranges from southern Pakistan eastward throughout India to Myanmar and Thailand and south to Sri Lanka. * The species is native to the Indian subcontinent and adjacent regions of Southeast Asia.

* Lonicera maackii ( Amur Honeysuckle or Bush Honeysuckle ) is a species of honeysuckle in the family Caprifoliaceae , native to temperate Asia in northern and western China (south to Yunnan ), Mongolia , Japan (central and northern Honsh?

It grows at elevations of 450–1,500 metres (1,480–4,920 ft). The tree is found only in the Santa Ana Mountains of Orange County and in San Diego County within Southern California, and in northern Baja California state of Mexico.

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

Its a native that thrives in shady locations and adds interest year round. I never knew about the Spicebush Swallowtail until recently though, thanks to the internet! I think I would grow these just to see the caterpillars! I'll be checking my plants...

* Lonicera maackii ( Amur Honeysuckle or Bush Honeysuckle ) is a species of honeysuckle in the family Caprifoliaceae , native to temperate Asia in northern and western China (south to Yunnan ), Mongolia , Japan (central and northern Honsh?

It is an excellent attractant for butterflies and hummingbirds. Great cut flower. Grows 6-8' tall. Drought and deer resistant. Panicles grow up to 10'' and feature raspberry and butterscotch yellow florets beginning in summer and lasting into fall.

It weighs about 28lb per cubic foot. * Wood - coarse and straight-grained, soft, not strong, moderately high in shock resistance, very durable in the soil. It also multiplies readily from cuttings.

The Mixed Butterfly Bush is a strong, easy-to-grow plant. These plants are deer and drought resistant. A fragrant friend of butterflies and hummingbirds. This plant is a main stay of the perennial border.

The common name is large-flowered tickseed. * 3" yellow-orange flowers in midsummer; native to southern U.S. * Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial plant species of the tickseed genus, Coreopsis, in Asteraceae.

* Use Ornamental: Showy, Ground cover Conspicuous Flowers: yes Attracts: Butterflies Larval Host: Pipevine swallowtail butterfly. It is used in a number of proprietary medicines for treating skin, circulatory and kidney disorders.

The leaves are harvested before and during flowering, the pods are harvested when fully ripe in the autumn. The root is cardiac and febrifuge. The seedpods can also be used and are milder but slower in their action.

It weighs about 28lb per cubic foot. * Wood - coarse and straight-grained, soft, not strong, moderately high in shock resistance, very durable in the soil. It also multiplies readily from cuttings.

* This perennial blooms late in the season and makes a great transition along shady edges.

* Prefers a well-drained deep rich moist soil in a sunny position. Ingestion of the leaves can be fatal. The plant has been used as a poultice for removing the pus from scrofulous sores or boils.

* The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern. * t is a deciduous shrub, growing to 1.5 m tall. * Comptonia is a monotypic genus (containing only Comptonia peregrina ) in the family Myricaceae , order Fagales .

* The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). Aromatic and somewhat bitter. Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a...

The leaves are harvested before and during flowering, the pods are harvested when fully ripe in the autumn. The root is cardiac and febrifuge. The seedpods can also be used and are milder but slower in their action.

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

Gold and brown dyes are obtained from the whole plant. A tea from the leaves is used as a highly effective cough medicine. The leaves contain mucilage, tannin and silic acid. It is obtained by macerating the seed in hot water.

* Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock. * The bark is cathartic, febrifuge and tonic. The roundleaf dogwood is also a temperate, northeastern North American species that occurs throughout...

Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. * 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...

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

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

Plant it at the back of the border in small to large groupings for a wonderful effect and the butterflies will love you for it as well. Seed grown from a north Louisiana population.

* Habit and Form an deciduous shrub dense, rounded habit ascending branches, erect 6' to 10' tall 4' to 10' wide medium texture moderate growth rate * White or rosy-lilac flowers in 3-7" clusters, often several to each branch tip, in May; flower fragrance,...