Butterfly Attracting Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Kent

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

* 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.

Rose of Sharon is lovely all through the growing season. In mid-summer it bursts into bloom when little else is blooming and continues to flower through fall. Order today and receive strong healthy 2 1/2 - 4' one year old shrubs.

* 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 soil. They are like Catnip for Catfish!

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

* The leaves and seedpods are cathartic, diuretic and vermifuge. The leaves are harvested before and during flowering, the pods are harvested when fully ripe in the autumn. Both are dried for later use.

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

* The silk floss tree is cultivated mostly for ornamental purposes. In younger trees, the trunk is green due to its high chlorophyll content, which makes it capable of performing photosynthesis when leaves are absent; with age it turns to gray.

* This is a common and widespread forest tree from South Africa to Ethiopia . * Celtis africana is a tree in the Cannabaceae family. It can be indoors with much care but grows best outside.

It is found across the American Southwest, from California to Utah. * Cercis occidentalis, the western redbud (syn. The bark provides a faint reddish dye for the finished basketry.

These are followed by cylindrical pods that are 3 to 5 cm in length. * It is native to the states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. * The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in 1812 in Hortus...

* It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza.

* Dark purple or purplish blue flowers in spikes; fast, coarse growth, good for dry, poor soil. Fruticosa grows as a glandular, thornless shrub which can reach 5 or 6 meters in height and spread to twice that in width.

* The flowering quince, with flowers of red, scarlet, pink, white, and variations thereof, in spring; fruits used in cooking; native to China. * This plant is widely cultivated in temperate regions for its twining habit and its showy flowers which appear...

* Dwarf Essex Rape is an excellent forage crop for livestock and wildlife. Immature flowering stems - cooked in much the same way as broccoli. The name derives from the Latin for turnip , r?pum or r?pa , and is first recorded in English at the end of...

* A bluish-green dye is obtained from the berries, it is more permanent than most greens. A black dye can also be obtained from the fruit as well as an ink. Good tree for beginners because the stems are flexible and responsive to shaping.

* It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza.

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. * The blossoms have been used in the treatment of measles.

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 1845-47.

* This is the most important cotton of commerce. It requires a minimum of 140 days from planting to harvest. It is widely grown in regions of the world where the growing season is long enough to allow the fruit to mature.

As the common name indicates, Honey mesquite is a honey plant that supports native pollinator species of bees and other insects, and cultivated honey bees. * Prosopis glandulosa shrubs and trees provide shelter and nest building material for wildlife,...

The flowers grow in clusters at the end of each branch; they are white, pink, red or yellow, 2.5–5 cm (0.98–2.0 in) diameter, with a deeply 5-lobed corolla with a fringe round the central corolla tube.

* One member of this species, known as Methuselah , is thought to be the oldest living non-clonal organism on Earth . It is a very hard to secure item. * This is one of our most popular bonsai seeds.

Vaccinifolia), the huckleberry oak, is a member of the Protobalanus section of genus Quercus. It has evergreen foliage, short styles, very bitter acorns that mature in 18 months, and a woolly acorn shell interior.

* Melilotus officinalis, known as yellow sweet clover, yellow melilot, ribbed melilo and common melilot is a species of legume native to Eurasia and introduced in North America, Africa and Australia.

Is especially effective in mass plantings -- ground covers, borders, and bed plantings. Plant 2' apart. The Orange Glory Butterfly plant enjoys full sun and will withstand long periods of summer drought.