Butterfly Attracting Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Berkeley

Privets are fast growers and do well as long as they are planted in well-drained soil. * A bluish-green dye is obtained from the berries, it is more permanent than most greens. Also known as The Common or European Privel, this tree is often used as a...

It can be indoors with much care but grows best outside. This Hackberry produces a pale trunk and branches with green leaves . It is commonly known as the White Stinkwood . * Celtis africana is a tree in the Cannabaceae family.

Grow 2-3' tall. Bloom: July-September. They are insect and disease free and resistant to drought and deer. Award winner! Black-eyed Susans have rich, golden yellow petals set off by bronze-black centers.

They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe. * The leaves and seedpods are cathartic, diuretic and vermifuge. The seedpods can also be used and are milder but slower in their action.

It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a heal-all amongst the earlier white settlers. 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...

* The leaves are used as an insect repellent. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine.

Grow 12-16'' tall. Plant 10'' apart in full to part sun. Highly drought tolerant. Blooms from early summer into fall! Enjoy masses of 3'' orange-red blooms tipped with yellow. For a rain garden.

* Oregano is an important flavouring herb in Mediterranean cookery,and is often used dried rather than fresh. The leaves are used as a flavouring for salad dressings, vegetables and legumes,and are frequently included in strongly flavoured dishes with...

* It grows to a height of 3 metres and has whorls of striking lipped flowers, that are most commonly orange, but can vary to red, white, and purple. * It is native to tropical Africa and southern India.

Attract both butterflies and hummingbirds with their delightful scent. Aromatic gray-green foliage. Pretty lavender-blue flowers bloom all the way through summer. Plant in full sun.

* Yellow Trumpetbush is an attractive plant that is cultivated as an ornamental . It has sharply-toothed, lance-shaped green leaves and bears large, showy, bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped flowers .

* Because of its attractive bark, small leaves and thin branches, Chickasaw plum is also sometimes used for bonsai. * The fruit is eaten by various animals. * This plum is eaten fresh and made into jellies and preserves.

* 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?

Acaulis (L.) Hill) is a species of Primula native to western and southern Europe (from the Faroe Islands and Norway south to Portugal , and east to Germany, Ukraine , the Crimea , and the Balkans ), northwest Africa ( Algeria ), and southwest Asia ( Turkey...

* Flowers to 5 inches, purple, borne in profusion. * A species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae ,native to South China (which includes Hong Kong ) and southeastern Asia * Common names include Hong Kong Orchid Tree, and Hawaiian orchid tree.

* 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 merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas. The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan and south to Texas and Florida.

It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. They are native to Australia. The genus is named in honour of John Templeton, an Irish naturalist and botanist. * Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall.

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.

* Because of its attractive bark, small leaves and thin branches, Chickasaw plum is also sometimes used for bonsai. * The fruit is eaten by various animals. * This plum is eaten fresh and made into jellies and preserves.

This species is hardy to about -5°c. A poultice of the leaves has been applied to inflamed throat glands. It grows to heights of more than two meters. * Seed - surface sow in a warm greenhouse about 10 weeks before the last expected spring frosts.

It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * A semi-double form of the species said to come more or less true from seed; yellow flowers; native to U.S. east * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed).

The names catnip and catmint are derived from the intense attraction most cats have towards them. Older leaves areused as a flavouring in cooked foods. Edible Uses: Condiment; Tea.

* This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown. * It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic bogs , for example in the Portlethen Moss , Scotland.

* Plant forming huge clumps with white or grayish spherical flowers 2-3" across, in late summer; rough, thistley foliage, dark green, good for the back of a large border. * This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two...

Dragon's blood has a number of traditional medical uses, although dragon's blood obtained from Dracaena draco was not known until the 15th century. It is the natural symbol of the island of Tenerife, together with the Blue Chaffinch.

* The drought tolerance of the Gambel oak combined with the cold tolerance of the bur oak make this hybrid one the of the hardiest oaks available. * Wildlife benefit: Squirrels, chipmunks, deer, birds, and turkeys eat the acorns.