Butterfly Attracting Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Durham

* 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.

* If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later in the summer. * The flowers are often used for dried flower displays.

It differs from other similar species in that it has 4 lobed flowers, whereas Small Scabious and Field scabious have 5 lobes and hence it has been placed in a separate genus in the same family .

Aromatic and somewhat bitter. * The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * Artemisia vulgaris ( mugwort or common wormwood ) is one of several species in the genus Artemisia which have common names that include the word mugwort.

* 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.

Will start blooming this summer and have plenty of brilliant flowers for cutting as well as outdoor decoration. Plant 2' apart. It blooms continuously from June to August. It is a strong field-grown plant.

Flowers- raw or cooked. * Primula vulgaris ( syn. The leaves are often available all through the winter. The common name is primrose , or occasionally common primrose or English primrose to distinguish it from other Primula species also called primroses.

* Yarrow has a high reputation and is widely employed in herbal medicine, administered both internally and externally. * The Navajo considered it to be a "life medicine", chewed it for toothaches, and poured an infusion into ears for earaches.

* Blue, pinky-blue, lilac, or lavenderish flowers 1 1/4" wide atop 3' stems; native to meadows and grassy hills, particularly on limestone; good for wild garden; native to E. The fresh or dried flowering plant can be used, with or without the roots.

* 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 .

It is often grown as an ornamental in flower gardens. The blossoms are analgesic, astringent and febrifuge. * It occurs throughout North America, in most US states and Canadian provinces.

The seeds are also oily, leading to its other common name, "greasegrass". Tall perennial grass with drooping branches bearing widely spaced reddish-purple spikelets. The seeds are purple, giving the grass its common name.

The nectar rich flowers provide fodder for a variety of pollinators including hummingbirds, butterflies, and a variety of bees but especially bumblebees in our gardens. Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed...

It flowers earlier and is a more vigorous plant overall growing slightly larger and has thick deep green quilted foliage. Like its pollen parent, Black & Bloom Salvia attracts hummingbirds as well as larger butterflies to its deep dark violet blue tubular...

* It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall with many large serrated leaves around the base of the stem on winged petioles. It has a fringe of 20 to 30 white ray florets around a center of many densely packed yellow disc florets.

* The plant is native to southeast Africa, but it has been widely naturalized. * Gomphocarpus physocarpus is a food of the caterpillars of Danaus butterflies, including the monarch butterfly.

We often see a few flowers on our vines in the garden in winter but the main show is in spring with flowers continuing on and off often until fall. For more information see our Coral Honeysuckle Growing Guide .

In mid-May it bursts into a mass of dashing pink flowers with deep golden stamens. The flowers have same fragrance as honeysuckle vines. It is quite hardy, disease-resistant, and gives year round beauty.

Provide your Turk's Caps with a well-draining, moderately fertile soil, preferably with at least 4-6 hours a day of direct sunlight for the best results. Easy to grow, moderately drought tolerant once well-established, and exceptionally free-flowering.

With most passionflowers the 5 stamens (pollen producing glands) arch downward once they are ready to release their pollen (and nectar) then on the next flower, hopefully, the 3 stigmas will arch downward once they are ready to receive pollen thus doing...

Prefers a calcareous soil but tolerates mildly acid soils. * Succeeds in poor soils and on dry walls. * A very ornamental plant. * An annual with white, lilac, pink, maroon, and carmine flowers; easy from seed, they start flowering 6 weeks after sowing...

The Blackfeet Indians recognized this plant's strong antiseptic action, and used poultices of the plant for skin infections and minor wounds. It grows in dense clusters along stream banks, thickets, and ditches, flowering from mid- to late summer.

It grows at elevations of 450–1,500 metres (1,480–4,920 ft). * The Tecate cypress is the only plant on which the rare Thorne's Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus thornei) lays its eggs.

It dies to the ground in winter, but faithfully returns from the ground each spring. An easy to grow and drought tolerant Heirloom plant that is highly treasured. On a recent trip to west Texas we saw a Coral Vine that must have had 50 or more butterflies...

Black Knight, an RHS Award of Garden Merit winner, is still one of the most strikingly colored and popular of all Buddlejas grown today. An excellent choice for butterfly gardens as well as providing nectar for a host of other pollinators including hummingbirds.

* The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild. * Use Ornamental: Showy, Ground cover Conspicuous Flowers: yes Attracts: Butterflies Larval Host: Pipevine swallowtail...

The seeds are also oily, leading to its other common name, "greasegrass". Tall perennial grass with drooping branches bearing widely spaced reddish-purple spikelets. The seeds are purple, giving the grass its common name.