Poisonous Plant Butterfly Attracting Plant For Sale In Joliet

* 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.

These hardy, erect-branching shrubs will grow 5-10' tall for an informal privacy screen or can be trimmed for a neat, colorful hedge. These hardy plants are welcome in any landscape.

Enjoy astonishing numbers of snowy, gold-centered blooms every June and July. They grow well in sun or light shade. Will bloom again in late summer if spring blossoms are cut off. It is an easy to grow perennial that spreads fast.

* This attractive perennial maintains a neat mound shape and grows 1-2 ft. Its showy, yellow, pea-like flowers occur in upper axillary clusters. Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from...

* 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.

* A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads. * Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae , that is native to much of North...

* So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

* This attractive perennial maintains a neat mound shape and grows 1-2 ft. Its showy, yellow, pea-like flowers occur in upper axillary clusters. Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from...

Flower color and size is quite variable. Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and butterflies. Spreading growth to 12". * The plant reaches 2 to 4 ft (0.61 to 1.2 m) in height, with many branches, and a spread of about 2.5 ft (0.76 m).

Mainly they do not like to stay wet and avoid over fertilizing these plants as they can grow too lush and soft and may have a tendency to flop. The flowering begins in late spring and may continue through much of summer.

Frilly, rounded clusters of dainty white tubular flowers are borne in summer atop sturdy stems and are an excellent nectar source for a variety of smaller pollinators and garden beneficials.

About 35 kilos of oil can be extracted from 1 hectare of the plant (yielding 2,500 kilos of flowers and 25,000 kilos of herbage). These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing.

* Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle . * 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; wants full sun and good...

Considered by many to be the best of the Mountainmints, Clustered Mountainmint produces an abundance of tiny whitish tubular blooms touched with purple or lavender in tight clusters held above the attractive bluish white bracts.

* So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

Train it on a trellis or other support to produce a small-medium sized fragrant evergreen vine. Sweetly fragrant clusters of 2", star-like, pure white blooms are produced continuously throughout the summer months against a rich glossy green foliage.

* Asclepias tuberosa is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America . It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers.

A must have perennial! Early Bird Gold Rudbeckia produces wave after wave of bright golden yellow, 3-4" daisies from late spring to fall on a nicely branching plant. Drought tolerant, deer resistant, and reliable.

Rounded clusters of bluish purple flowers are produced from mid spring to early summer and again in fall and butterflies and other pollinators are seemingly unable to resist stopping to partake of the nectar rich buffet.

The Purple Coneflower is an excellent plant for pollinators with its nectar rich flowers. This is one of the few plants that can compete for the attention that butterflies pay to the Porterweeds or Stachystarpheta species.

Considered by some to be root hardy in zone 9 with protection. Tall spikes of dark golden yellow 1" blooms are born in summer and fall on an upright growing shrub. Called Popcorn Cassia because when brushed or crushed the foliage emits the wonderful fragrance...

The Purple Coneflowers bloom from mid-summer to fall on 2-3 foot stems. Purple Coneflowers are practically indestructible because they are sub-zero hardy and withstand heat, grow in dry locations and love poor soil.

We have seen singular stems reach near 8' in the garden, grown in partial sun. Pruning the stems back by half in spring will produce fuller, shorter plants that are less apt to flop.

Buddleias can grow to become large shrub-like perennials in mild climates but most grow as herbaceous perennials in zone 6 and colder. Butterfly Bushes are easily grown, free flowering butterfly magnets and are moderately drought tolerant once well established.

* 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 Cutleaf Coneflower produces 2-4" wide, drooping yellow daisies that are centered by a small dark cone in summer. Image courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. The deeply cut, somewhat hairy, medium green foliage and delicate stems give this species a finer...

Grow Redwings as a vine or a sprawling shrub preferably in a sunny location and it should reward you for many years to come. Redwing, Vining Maple, and Mariposa are among its many names, whatever you choose to call it this rather hardy vine with tropical...