Butterfly Attracting Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Austin

A fragrant friend of butterflies and hummingbirds. We send assorted colors: rich purples, orchid-pinks and lilacs, vibrant reds, and pure whites. In fall, after flowering, prune back to within a few inches of ground.

Plant in full sun. Pretty lavender-blue flowers bloom all the way through summer. Attract both butterflies and hummingbirds with their delightful scent. Aromatic gray-green foliage.

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

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

It is native to Europe and western Asia . Blooms late summer to early fall. * If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later in the summer.

Charming 5'' purple daisy-like blooms with orange-brown raised centers. Purple Coneflowers are practically indestructible because they are sub-zero hardy and withstand heat, grow in dry locations and love poor soil.

* It is native to tropical Africa and southern India. It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide. * Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and...

Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce...

* Tolerant of constant cutting, this plant is often grown in lawns. * It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic bogs , for example in the Portlethen Moss , Scotland. * It succeeds on shallow chalky soils.

It grows in sandy soils and appreciates lots of sunlight. It is in the genus Asclepias , making it a type of milkweed . * The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked. * Asclepias syriaca , commonly called Common Milkweed , Butterfly flower , Silkweed ,...

It is native to Europe and western Asia . Blooms late summer to early fall. * If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later in the summer.

Award winner! Black-eyed Susans have rich, golden yellow petals set off by bronze-black centers. They are insect and disease free and resistant to drought and deer. Bloom: July-September.

It is native to Europe and western Asia. * Scabiosa ochroleuca, commonly called cream scabious, is a species of scabiosa with creamy yellow flower heads.

Adapted to cool climates as a cool seasons turfgrass. It grows in meadows, on roadsides, riversides etc. * Loosely tufted perennial, short lived bunchgrass. On moist, rich soils. It has a short ligule compared to other grasses, and is an important forage...

* Secretions from the roots of growing plants have an insecticidal effect on the soil, effective against nematodes and to some extent against keeled slugs. The whole plant contains substances that are toxic to cockroaches.

This Buddleia is a densely branching compact deciduous shrub with gray-green foliage that makes colorful addition to the garden and landscape but is small enough to use in medium-sized containers.

* It is a perennial plant to USDA Zone 6. * Red clover is primarily used for hay, pasture, silage, and soil improvement. It is grown as a horticultural annual in zones 3-5. It has become naturalised in many temperate areas, including the Americas and...

Provide ample sunlight and good drainage. Sturdy and winter hardy compact plants with excellent flower power. Flowers the first year! Echinacea or Purple Coneflowers are beautiful and hardy, clump forming fibrous rooted or taprooted North American native...

It is native to southern Europe . It is an essential ingredient of the herb mix 'bouquet garni'. If the leaves are to be dried, the plants should be harvested in early and late summer just before the flowers open and the leaves should be dried quickly.

Our seed mats contain the perfect blend of seed to create a beautiful garden and participate in recovering this important natual resource. Our Conservation Garden Assortment attracts and helps protect nature's hardest workers.

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.

It is a common weed of cultivated land. The leaves contain mucilage, tannin and silic acid. A mucilage from the seed coats is used as a fabric stiffener. A tea from the leaves is used as a highly effective cough medicine.

Large, 3-4" cornflower-like daisies are born in summer on this durable and reliable US native perennial. Stoke's Aster or Stokesia Daisies are durable drought, deer, and rabbit resistant, clump-forming native perennials.

* Gomphocarpus physocarpus, commonly known as balloonplant, balloon cotton-bush, bishop's balls, nailhead, or swan plant, is a species of milkweed. * The plant is native to southeast Africa, but it has been widely naturalized.

The plants have showy blooms in early to mid spring. * The seed can be sprouted and added to salads. 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...

Tall spikes of dark golden yellow 1" blooms are born in summer and fall on an upright growing shrub. Called Popcorn Cassia because when brushed or crushed the foliage emits the wonderful fragrance of freshly buttered popcorn.

Edible Uses: Condiment; Tea. The names catnip and catmint are derived from the intense attraction most cats have towards them. Older leaves areused as a flavouring in cooked foods.