Wild Flower Butterfly Attracting Plant For Sale In Colorado Springs

* 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,...

Corolla purple, lilac, or sometimes white; tube subcylindric, 0.6-1.7(-2.2) cm; lobes ovate-orbicular to oblong or obovate-orbicular, 4-8(-10) mm, spreading. Petiole 1-3 cm; leaf blade ovate, ovate-orbicular, to reniform, slightly broader than long or...

Blooms late summer to early fall. * If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later in the summer. * Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself...

The perennial's hairy, clasping leaves are arranged densely on its stout stems. It is native to almost every area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, but excluding the far north of Canada as well as some of the southern United States.

Filipendula species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species: Emperor Moth, Grey Pug, Grizzled Skipper, Hebrew Character, Lime-speck Pug, Mottled Beauty and The Satellite have all been recorded on Meadowsweet.

Tips of older shoots are cooked like spinach. An asparagus substitute. The oppositely arranged leaves are 7 to 15 centimeters (2.75 to 6 inches) long and are narrow and lance-shaped , with the ends tapering to a sharp point.The plants bloom in early to...

* The wood is hard and heavy, suitable for making furniture and other small articles. * 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;...

Prefers a calcareous soil but tolerates mildly acid soils. * A very ornamental plant. * An annual with white, lilac, pink, maroon, and carmine flowers; easy from seed, they start flowering 6 weeks after sowing and continue until frost; native to Europe.

* This species is grown as an ornamental and used for timber. * This is a lovely tree with fragrant red flowers in the spring and beautiful evergreen foliage.

It is frequently used in the treatment of insomnia, epilepsy, hysteria etc. The Cherokee in the Tennessee area called it ocoee ; the Ocoee River and valley are named after this plant, which is the Tennessee State Wildflower .

* Lilac flowers in nodding terminal clusters to 6"; leaves to 6"; native to China. The flowers are fragrant and range in colour from pink to mauve, sometimes with a white base; they are produced in early summer on panicles 4-25 cm long and are attractive...

* This is the familiar lilac seen next to every old farmhouse. * An essential oil used in perfumery is obtained from the flowers. * The bark or leaves have been chewed by children as a treatment for sore mouth.

* The stalk of the blossom is used as a soap substitute. * The plants tolerate clipping and make an attractive informal hedge. * An oval shrub with pleasing dark green leaves and very fragrant white flowers in upright terminal racemes in late summer;...

* Rosa nutkana ( Nootka Rose , Bristly rose , Wild rose ) is a 2-10 foot (60cm-3m) tall perennial shrub in the Rose family ( Rosaceae ). It has light green paired leaflets with toothed edges and sharp spines on the bottom.

* Buttonbush is a handsome ornamental suited to wet soils and is also a honey plant. * An easily grown plant, it prefers an open position in a moisture retentive or wet neutral to acid humus-rich soil.

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. 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 an upright annual (sometimes biennial or perennial ) native to most of North America , and is one of a number of plants with the common name Black-eyed Susan with flowers having dark purplish brown centers.

A fast-growing plant, it thrives in thin woodland. 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.

* Erect, bushy annual with oval to heart-shaped, toothed, hairy, dark green leaves 2 1/2" long. Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and butterflies. Flower color and size is quite variable.

* This is the white flowering form. Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies. All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August. It thrives in full sun in ordinary garden soil.

* Echinacea purpurea ( Eastern purple coneflower or Purple coneflower ) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Echinacea . Its use has also been adopted by Ayurvedic medicine.

It grows best in full sun, but tolerates light shade and thrives in any moist, but well-drained soil. * Yields an essential oil, used in perfumery, as a hair tonic etc. It has ragged, bright red tubular flowers 3–4 cm long, borne on showy heads of about...

It has some susceptibility to additional diseases including blights, leaf spots, wilt and ring spot virus. * Effective as a specimen in the landscape. This is one of the easiest of the lilacs to grow.

A fast-growing plant, it thrives in thin woodland. 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.

* It is fragarnt and attracts bees and butterflies! * It is a short lived perennial or biennial but will self seed. * Its height of 10-18 inches makes it ideal for the front or closer portion of the meadow.

Eupatorium has recently undergone some revision and has been broken up into smaller genera. They are commonly referred to as Joe-Pye weeds. They are native to Eastern North America and have non-dissected foliage and pigmented flowers.

An infusion of the dried stalks has been used in the treatment of inflammation of the bladder. * White, pink, or rose flowers to 6", usually with a crimson base; a swamp plant; very salt tolerant; flowers in late summer; native to eastern U.S. to Michigan,...