Butterfly Attracting Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Greensboro

Toothed, broad-ovate, medium to dark green leaves (to 4" long) are gray and hairy below. Thick, woody, red roots go deep and help plant withstand droughty conditions, but make established shrubs difficult to transplant.

* Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent.

* Orange flowers in late summer; grows well in dry soil; native to eastern U.S. * Pleurisy root is a bitter, nutty-flavoured tonic herb that increases perspiration, relieves spasms and acts as an expectorant.

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

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 . It is listed as an endangered species in Japan.

* 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 America .

The tree is found only in the Santa Ana Mountains of Orange County and in San Diego County within Southern California, and in northern Baja California state of Mexico. Very few mature trees survived but regeneration is occurring by the hundreds to thousands.

* Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall. It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring. * Templetonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.

The golden yellow flowers are truly fantastic to look at and they attract butterflies, especially the Sulphurs of all types. * It is a shrub growing to 3.5 m tall. Seeds can be collected and used for propagation.

They drop their leaves, and grow new ones, within a few weeks in spring. They can grow at severe angles, and Native Americans used to bend saplings over so that they would grow at extreme angles, to serve as trail markers.

* A variable species found in dry soil and full sun from Europe to China; stems to 3' with purple bracts and very attractive purple, pink, or white flowers in July and August; likes calcaric soils; spreads via suckers; aromatic leaves; widely used in...

* The Bur-gambel oak is a Bur oak hybrid which is vigorous, fast growing, and produces heavy crops of acorns at a young age. * The drought tolerance of the Gambel oak combined with the cold tolerance of the bur oak make this hybrid one the of the hardiest...

* The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild. It merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas.

It is the natural symbol of the island of Tenerife, together with the Blue Chaffinch. 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.

* This is a common and widespread forest tree from South Africa to Ethiopia . It is fast growing and relatively drought resistant making it a good bonsai.The flowers bloom in the spring followed by mini orange fruits.

Includes: 3 each of Black-Eyed Susans and Purple Coneflower.

It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed).

* This plant occurs in northeastern Spain and in central Mediterranean countries up to northern Europe and to Asia Minor and Tunisia. * These shrubs are usually found in wooded and bushy areas, on sunny, warm and dry slopes and around forest edges.

Utahensis ) is a shrub or small tree reaching 3-6 m (rarely to 9 m) tall. It is native to the southwestern United States , in Utah , Nevada , Arizona , western New Mexico , western Colorado , Wyoming , southern Montana , southern Idaho and eastern California...

* This is a common and widespread forest tree from South Africa to Ethiopia . It is fast growing and relatively drought resistant making it a good bonsai.The flowers bloom in the spring followed by mini orange fruits.

It weighs about 28lb per cubic foot. The tree is fairly free from fungal diseases and has few insect enemies. * A fast-growing tree with an extensive root system, it has been planted on land that is subject to landslips or erosion in order to stabilize...

* The Quercus vacciniifolia plant is used in restoration, revegetation, and garden landscaping. * Quercus vacciniifolia (sometimes spelled Q. Vaccinifolia), the huckleberry oak, is a member of the Protobalanus section of genus Quercus.

The leaves are often available all through the winter. Flowers- raw or cooked. Picked when first opened, the flowers are fermented with waterand sugar to make a very pleasant and intoxicating wine.

This tree transplants well. Mugo pine is most attractive with its natural shape. * Mountain Pine or Mugo Pine ( Pinus mugo ) is a high-altitude European pine , found in the Pyrenees , Alps , Erzgebirge , Carpathians , northern Apennines and Balkan Peninsula...

Leaves are obovate , simple, alternating, deciduous , and grow to 2.5-7.5 cm long. The pulp is bitter; they contain 3-5 seeds and mature in autumn. Slender twigs are glabrous and silvery gray, with "numerous spur shoots", pointed lateral buds, and acuminate...

Plants in this genus were probably the most frequently used of N. It is native to eastern North America and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwest United States.

It is a common weed of cultivated land. A mucilage from the seed coats is used as a fabric stiffener. * Considered to be an indicator of agriculture in pollen diagrams, P. The leaves contain mucilage, tannin and silic acid.