Butterfly Attracting Plant Drought Tolerant Plant For Sale In Mckinney

The seeds have been soaked in water until they are mucilaginous and then swallowed as a treatment for sore throats. The seedpods can also be used and are milder but slower in their action.

* Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza.

Cataria is used as a recreational substance for pet cats' enjoyment, and catnip and catnip-laced products designed for use with domesticated cats are available to consumers. * Edible Parts: Leaves.

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 . * Lonicera maackii ( Amur Honeysuckle or Bush Honeysuckle ) is a species...

Cataria is used as a recreational substance for pet cats' enjoyment, and catnip and catnip-laced products designed for use with domesticated cats are available to consumers. * Edible Parts: Leaves.

Best in sandy loams or rocky soils with good drainage. Young twigs are noticeably yellow and stand out in winter. Dried leaves were used as a tea substitute, albeit without caffeine, in American Revolutionary War times, hence the common name.

* Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle . * The flowers are often used for dried flower displays. * 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...

* Bright yellow flowers.

The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long. * This attractive perennial maintains a neat mound shape and grows 1-2 ft. Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels,...

The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock . It has sharply-toothed, lance-shaped green leaves and bears large, showy, bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped flowers .

* The word chaparral is derived from the Spanish word for scrub oak, chaparro. * In cooler, more exposed areas, scrub oak is usually a small, compact shrub, but in warm or sheltered areas the plant can spread out and grow several meters high.

* Comptonia is a monotypic genus (containing only Comptonia peregrina ) in the family Myricaceae , order Fagales . * t is a deciduous shrub, growing to 1.5 m tall. * It tends to grow on dry sandy sites, and is associated with pine stands.

It has since been determined to be very invasive and so is being eradicated many places. * Rem Red Amur Honeysuckle was developed by the USDA Soil Conservation Service in the 1960's.

The trees are beautiful in the spring with white blooms and in the fall the dark berries appear. Also known as The Common or European Privel, this tree is often used as a hedge. A black dye can also be obtained from the fruit as well as an ink.

An infusion of the leaves has been used as a steam bath in the treatment of rheumatism. * Nicotiana glauca is a species of wild tobacco known by the common name tree tobacco. It grows to heights of more than two meters.

Leaves may be clipped fresh as needed or dried for year-round culinary use. * The leaves are used as a flavouring for salad dressings, vegetables and legumes, and are frequently included in strongly flavoured dishes with chillies, garlic, onions etc.

* This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown. * A drought resistant plant once established.

* 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 can also be found growing abundantly in much of Latin America and the West Indies.

Great for cut flowers. Perfect for container planting with its full, well-branched, green foliage. Plant 10-12” apart in full sun. Grows 9-12” tall even in poor soils and is heat tolerant.

You can't beat this radiant pink Honeysuckle for a tall screen of background hedge. Later, brilliant red berries appear that last all summer and throughout the winter. Quite hardy and disease resistant.

* Chickasaw plums tend to bloom early in the spring. Because they bloom early in the spring, before many other plants bloom, and require very little maintenance, they are often used in horticulture for ornamental use.

* The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in 1812 in Hortus Kewensis. * Kennedia prostrata, commonly known as Running Postman or Scarlet Runner, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, endemic to Australia.

* The thin, shiny brown branches bear shiny heart-shaped leaves which are light green early in the season and darken as they age. Leaves on plants at higher elevation may turn gold or red as the weather cools.

* It is native to northwestern China and Japan . * It is widely used as an ornamental plant. * Buddleja davidii , (old spelling Buddleia davidii ); also called summer lilac , butterfly-bush or orange eye ) is a shrub in the Buddlejaceae family .

* Rue has a long history of use as a domestic remedy, being especially valued for its strengthening action on the eyes. It is native to southern Europe . The plant contains flavonoids (notably rutin) that reduce capillary fragility, which might explain...

A decoction of the roots has been used in the treatment of kidney complaints and TB. * Habitat and Range: sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, often growing in areas underlain by limestone bedrock.

* It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico . * A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads.