Butterfly Attracting Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Boston

* Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle . Blooms late summer to early fall. * 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...

* Asclepias tuberosa is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America . Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy. It was much used by the North American Indians and acquired a reputation as a...

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

* Leonotis nepetifolia, also known as klip dagga, Christmas candlestick, or lion's ear, is a species of plant in the genus Leonotis and the family Lamiaceae (mint). It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide.

The leaves are 2.5–9 cm long, pinnate, with six to eight leaflets; the leaflets are 1.6–4.5 cm long and 1.1–2.3 cm broad. * The fall display of flowers can be described as incredible.

* This variety is upright growing, very columnar. * The cultivar 'Tallhedge' has been selected for hedging. The cultivar 'Tallhedge (syn 'Columnaris') is very suitable for this purpose.

Will start blooming this summer and have plenty of brilliant flowers for cutting as well as outdoor decoration. Drought resistant, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, fragrant, for a rain garden, deer resistant and great for cut flowers.

This spectacular cultivar of butterfly bush is valued for its intense, deeply colored wine-red flowers. Deer resistant. Plant in full to partial sun. Drought tolerant. The fragrant, long panicles are showy from June to September and attracts loads of...

Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47. Its showy, yellow, pea-like flowers occur in upper axillary clusters.

The leaves are 2.5–9 cm long, pinnate, with six to eight leaflets; the leaflets are 1.6–4.5 cm long and 1.1–2.3 cm broad. * The fall display of flowers can be described as incredible.

It is listed as an endangered species in Japan. It has escaped from cultivation and become naturalized in New Zealand and the eastern United States ; in the forests of the latter, it has become an important invasive species .

All Bonsai need root protection in below freezing temperatures. Ligustrum vulgare are hardy plants and tolerate temperatures down to 20 degrees F. One thing to remember is a tree is grown indoors, it needs to acclimate to natural outdoor weather changes.

* Its trunk is bottle-shaped, generally bulging in its lower third, measuring up to 2 metres (7 ft) in girth. * The silk floss tree (Ceiba speciosa, formerly Chorisia speciosa), is a species of deciduous tree native to the tropical and subtropical forests...

* A shrub or small tree; silvery throughout, with compound leaves and pale yellow flowers in pendulous clusters to 6", each 3/4" wide; pods to 6"; native to seashores of the Old World tropics .

Masses of large, crimson-red, flowers from summer to fall! This exciting new variety has the same wonderfully compact, uniform growth habit as Arizona Sun Gaillardia, but in the exciting color of crimson red.

The seeds are also oily, leading to its other common name, "greasegrass". The plant becomes brown in fall. The seeds are purple, giving the grass its common name. Tall perennial grass with drooping branches bearing widely spaced reddish-purple spikelets.

Each mat is generously preseeded on recycled paper that promotes germination. Mats are 20"x5'.Attracts natues's hardest workers to the garden. Our seed mats contain the perfect blend of seed to create a beautiful garden and participate in recovering this...

* Bright yellow flowers.

The Purple Coneflowers bloom from mid-summer to fall on 2-3 foot stems. Drought and deer resistant, attracts butterflies, great cut flower. Charming 5'' purple daisy-like blooms with orange-brown raised centers.

They are sticky hairy above, and white woolly below.Atop each stem is an almost perfectly spherical inflorescence up to 6 cm in diameter, packed with blue-gray disc florets . * It grows in sunny, rocky or brushy places, with more or less mineral rich...

* Bright yellow flowers.

* It is a shrub -like clumping palm, with several stems growing from a single base. * Very young leaf buds are cooked as a vegetable. Plants have been used to form hedges in Mediterranean areas.

Grows 6'' tall. Mixed colors only. Sweet William blooms in early summer with flowers that have a sassy, spicy fragrance. Sweet William is a popular favorite because this perennial has large clusters of small blooms that come in striking colors of red,...

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

* It is a low, creeping, woody shrub to about 1 m tall and 1–2 m wide but often smaller. Very vigorous, it can swamp out small plants. It is a popular, semi- evergreen garden shrub with many named cultivars and hybrids derived from it.In North America...

* Casuarina cunninghamiana - River Oak , River She-oak , Creek Oak or Fire Oak is a species of Casuarina , native to New South Wales and Queensland , Australia . * Wood - dark, durable, closely grained, nicely marked, not as heavy as that of other members...

* Ligustrum lucidum ( Glossy Privet , Chinese Privet or Broad-leaf Privet ) is a species of privet native to the southern half of China . Extracts of the plant show antitumour activity.