Honey Bee Food Fragrant Flowering Plant For Sale In Virginia

Blooming in early June, the flowers grow in solitary or in corymbs from lateral buds. The stamens, and style become erect once the petals fall, creating the signature look of the prairie rose.

* Leaves to 6"; branches brown and fuzzy; small clusters of 7-10 flowers; rounded fruit; native to northeast Asia.

This shrub reaches between one and two meters in height. It is low to the ground with some of the lower branches rooting in the soil and others extending more outward than upward. The fruit can also be used for making jelly and cider.

* Plants have an extensive root system and are also fairly wind tolerant, they can be planted as a windbreak and also to prevent soil erosion. Fruticosa grows as a glandular, thornless shrub which can reach 5 or 6 meters in height and spread to twice...

* Leaves to 5" long, heart-shaped, dark green; yellowish-white flowers in drooping clusters; of upright, rounded habit, like T. Cordata; varies a good deal, and several cultivars are grown; often used in Europe, where it is native, but not common in the...

* It is native to northwestern China and Japan . * Buddleja davidii , (old spelling Buddleia davidii ); also called summer lilac , butterfly-bush or orange eye ) is a shrub in the Buddlejaceae family .

Prefers a sunny position but succeeds in partial shade though it fruits less well in such a situation. * A very ornamental plant, the fruit is a good wildlife food source, especially for birds.

The base of each leaf has a flagellate-twining tendril 5–10 cm long, which twines around supporting vegetation to hold the plant up.The flower is complex, about 10 cm in diameter, with the five sepals and petals similar in appearance, whitish in colour,...

* The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked. They taste somewhat like peas. They are used like broccoli. * The latex in the stems is a suitable replacement for chicle and can be made into a chewing gum.

They usually bloom in September in the Northern hemisphere . The blooms are nicely fragrant and visited by bees. It is in flower from Sep to October, and the seeds ripen from Oct to November.

* Plants have an extensive root system and are also fairly wind tolerant, they can be planted as a windbreak and also to prevent soil erosion. Fruticosa grows as a glandular, thornless shrub which can reach 5 or 6 meters in height and spread to twice...

* Perennial; small yellow flowers; source of a golden-yellow dye. It was formerly very popular either on its own or added to China tea, having a peculiar delicacy and aroma. It can be drunk hot or cold.

* 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...

* German garlic is an ornamental onion which is noted for its unusual swirling and twisting leaves. They contain sulphur compounds (which give them their onion flavour) and when added to the diet on a regular basis they help reduce blood cholesterol levels,...

* The flowers are demulcent, diuretic and emollient. They are useful in the treatment of chest complaints. * The red anthocyanin constituent of the flowers is used as a litmus. * It was imported into Europe from southwestern China during, or possibly...

* Cephalanthus occidentalis is a deciduous shrub or small tree that averages 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) in height, but can reach 6 m (20 ft). * The inner bark has been chewed in the treatment of toothaches.

In southern Europe it is confined to medium to higher elevations and in the subalpine vegetation zone, but descends to near sea level in northern Europe. It is generally confined to soils derived from limestone .

* A small delicate shrub with 1" white bell-shaped flowers in small clusters from the leaf axils, in early or mid summer; bright green flowers; grayish fruit in fall; prefers moist, acid soil; a good garden shrub in the right conditions; native to the...

* Resembles the species but among the earliest of all crab apples to flower; fruit bright red, to 1/2"; native to Manchuria, China. It is often dried for winter use and also makes an excellent jelly.

* The young shoots can be eaten cooked. An asparagus substitute. Tips of older shoots are cooked like spinach. Young seed pods, harvested when 3 - 4 cm long - cooked. * Swamp milkweed is an upright, 100- to 150-centimeter (39- to 59-inches) tall plant,...

It is being investigated as a food that is capable of reducing the incidence of cancer and also as a means of halting or reversing the growth of cancers. * A red-flowered form. * Very fragrant 2 1/2-3 1/2" flowers, rose to white in wild populations; brick-red...

The flowers of this large plant are not typically pea-like. Two other species, Sicklepod (S. Occidentalis), are also found in the East. Southern Wild Senna (S. Marilandica) is a more southern species with fewer flowers and bigger leaflets.

* The flower heads are carminative, digestive, sedative and tonic. * ‘Rosea' has bright pink flowers, is hardier than the species, and is 10 to 15 feet in height. * They are used internally in the treatment of insomnia, irritability, breathlessness...

* 2" fragrant rosy-purple flowers, even in full shade, throughout the summer; red fruit, edible but not tasty; thornless; spreads via suckers; used in Europe as an ornamental; native from southeast Canada to Georgia and Tennessee, in moist woods especially...

* Trifoliate Orange ( Poncirus trifoliata , syn. * Fragrant white flowers on old wood followed by masses of 1 1/2" edible yellow fruit, very dramatic in the landscape; fruits used as a lemon substitute and for marmalade; dark green shiny leaves and branches;...

Speciosa, it is much smaller, typically reaching heights between 20 and 30 feet. * The leaves are very similar in shape to those of Paulownia tomentosa, having three lobes (two are abruptly truncated on either edge, with a third, central, slightly acute,...

With dark green shiny leaves of lopsided-heart form, to 3". It's tolerance of harsh soil conditions is legendary. Tough and vigorous; wants full sun; doesn't mind high pH or pollution; can be pruned into a hedge; sometimes yellow fall color; parent of...