Butterfly Attracting Plant Garden Flower For Sale In District Of Columbia

* Hesperis matronalis grows 100 cm or taller, with multiple upright hairy stems. Typically the first year of growth produces a mound of foliage and flowering occurs the second year, plants are normally biennials but a number of races can be short lived...

The plant can reach 5-6' tall and has rough 4" long lance-shaped leaves. * The plant looks similar to the thistles but lacks their prickly characteristics . * The name basket flower refers to the stiff, straw-colored bracts just beneath the flower head,...

Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)]. * Native to forests; 100-800(-1600) m.

Blooms late summer to early fall. It is native to Europe and western Asia . * 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...

In Denmark it is known as Judaspenge and in The Netherlands as Judaspenning (coins of Judas) because of its resemblance to silver coins, a reference to Judas Iscariot . In South-East Asia and elsewhere, it is called the Money Plant, because its seed pods...

* It tolerates a wide range of soil types and will grow in full sun or partial shade. * Siberian Wallflower makes a dramatic vibrant addition to a wildflower meadow. * It is fragarnt and attracts bees and butterflies! * It is a short lived perennial or...

* Lilac flowers in nodding terminal clusters to 6"; leaves to 6"; native to China. It is a shrub growing to 3-6 m tall, with erect branches. The leaves are oval-oblong, 5-19 cm long and 2-7 cm broad.

Typically, its stems are branched and the clump forming plants emerge in late spring after most other plants have begun growth for the year. An asparagus substitute. * The young shoots can be eaten cooked.

* A vigorous plant, spreading by subterranean suckers and forming thickets. * Spiraea tomentosa , commonly known as the Steeplebush , is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack ( S.

Nootka rose serves as the larval host of the Mourning Cloak and Grey Hairstreak butterflies. It is reported that freezing and thawing will greatly mitigate the bitterness and make the hips much more palatable.

However it is commonly cultivated in gardens away from its native range. * This is the red flowered form. * Primula denticulata , commonly known as Drumstick primrose or the Himalayan Primrose is a species of primrose that is native to moist alpine regions...

* 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.

Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)]. * Native to forests; 100-800(-1600) m.

The Blackfeet Indians recognized this plant's strong antiseptic action, and used poultices of the plant for skin infections and minor wounds. It has ragged, bright red tubular flowers 3–4 cm long, borne on showy heads of about 30 together, with reddish...

* Cephalanthus occidentalis is a deciduous shrub or small tree that averages 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) in height, but can reach 6 m (20 ft). * Buttonbush is a handsome ornamental suited to wet soils and is also a honey plant.

* The boiled roots and stems are used as a cure for the itch. * Clematis vitalba is a climbing shrub with branched, grooved stems , deciduous leaves, and scented greeny-white flowers with fluffy underlying sepals .

Some of this nitrogen is utilized by the growing plant but some can also be used by other plants growing nearby. * Lupinus perennis ( Indian beet , Old maid's bonnets , Blue Lupine, and Sundial lupine ) is a medicinal plant in the Fabaceae family.

The plant can reach 5-6' tall and has rough 4" long lance-shaped leaves. * The plant looks similar to the thistles but lacks their prickly characteristics . * The name basket flower refers to the stiff, straw-colored bracts just beneath the flower head,...

Canadensis is sometimes browsed by deer and is good to fair as food for domestic livestock such as cattle or horses. The blossoms are analgesic, astringent and febrifuge. It is found neither in very dry locations nor in waterlogged ones.

The hairy leaves, scalloped on the edges, are pea green, varying in size, all the way up to 3 in (7.6 cm) long and 2 in (5.1 cm) wide. Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and butterflies.

* 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 .

Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy. 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 fall.

* The inflorescence is generally a large, solitary flower head which may exceed 8 centimeters in diameter. * A good butterfly and moth plant. * It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall with many large serrated leaves around...

It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white in some cultivars). Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies. It thrives in full sun in ordinary garden soil.

* Plants have an extensive root system and are also fairly wind tolerant, they can be planted as a windbreak and also to prevent soil erosion. * It is found throughout eastern Canada, northern Mexico, and most of the continental United States.

It is in the genus Asclepias , making it a type of milkweed . They taste somewhat like peas. * The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked. * The latex in the stems is a suitable replacement for chicle and can be made into a chewing gum.

The flowers emit a perfume similar to meadowsweet. A fast-growing plant, it thrives in thin woodland. A very ornamental plant, when fully dormant it is hardy to about -15°c, though the young growth in spring can be damaged by late frosts.