Butterfly Attracting Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Florida

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.

* Ratibida pinnata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names pinnate prairie coneflower, gray-head coneflower, yellow coneflower, and prairie coneflower.

The leaves are often available all through the winter. * The young leaves can be eaten raw or cooked as a potherb, added to soups etc. * Single 1 1/2" yellow, blue, white, green, or purple flowers on long stems in spring; the color range is even broader...

* This heirloom variety matures in about 80-90 days but some stems can be cut before maturity. * Chives ( Allium schoenoprasum ) are the smallest species of the onion family Alliaceae * Allium schoenoprasum is also the only species of Allium native to...

* The tender young shoots are sometimes added to spring salads. It also grows on damper ground . 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...

* The inflorescence is generally a large, solitary flower head which may exceed 8 centimeters in diameter. It has a fringe of 20 to 30 white ray florets around a center of many densely packed yellow disc florets.

Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47. Its showy, yellow, pea-like flowers occur in upper axillary clusters.

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

Flower color and size is quite variable. Cultivated varieties include orange-red, pink, salmon, red, white, and scarlet, and include bi-colored varieties. Spreading growth to 12". Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and butterflies.

* Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans , with a variety disjunct in northeastern China , Korea , and southeastern most Russia...

* The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found outside its native range as an escape from cultivation. * The name basket flower refers to the stiff, straw-colored bracts just beneath the flower head, which are divided...

* Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff.

Aromatic and somewhat bitter. * The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty foods.

An excellent source for cut flowers. Extremely hardy, they thrive in any garden with little care. Rose of Sharon grows 5-10' tall. Profusion of blooms from June through September. You'll enjoy this old-fashioned favorite that bears an abundance of large,...

The whole plant contains substances that are toxic to cockroaches. The growing plant repels whitefly and can be grown near tomatoes to keep that crop free of the insect. * The French marigold ( Tagetes patula ) is a species in the daisy family ( Asteraceae...

Lanceolata contains phenylethanoids such as acteoside (verbascoside), cistanoside F, lavandulifolioside, plantamajoside and isoacteoside. A tea from the leaves is used as a highly effective cough medicine.

* The erect, odorless flowers are large, especially compared to other species of Trillium , with 4 to 7 cm (1.5 to 2.7 in) long petals , depending on age and vigor. It is easily recognised by its attractive three-petaled white flowers, opening from late...

A homeopathic remedy is made from the plant. * The whole plant is astringent and mildly diuretic. * Knautia arvensis , commonly known as Field Scabious , is a species in the genus Knautia .

Sub-zero hardy to 40 degrees below, drought resistant, disease and insect free. Grows so thick, it chokes out even persistent weeds and requires no mowing or care. Northern grown 1 year old roots.

Stays green a long time. * Loosely tufted perennial, short lived bunchgrass. Adapted to cool climates as a cool seasons turfgrass. It grows in meadows, on roadsides, riversides etc.

The oppositely arranged leaves are 7 to 15 centimeters (2.75 to 6 inches) long and are narrow and lance-shaped , with the ends tapering to a sharp point.The plants bloom in early to mid-summer, producing small, fragrant , pink to mauve (sometimes white)...

Their only downfall is wet soggy winter soils which could cause rot. Stoke's Aster comes highly recommended and its easy to see why with moderate drought resistance, few pest or disease problems, deer and rabbit resistance and it revels in the heat and...

The common name is large-flowered tickseed. * 3" yellow-orange flowers in midsummer; native to southern U.S. * Coreopsis grandiflora is a perennial plant species of the tickseed genus, Coreopsis, in Asteraceae.

The Flutterby Petite Tutti Fruitti Pink Butterfly Bush was selected as a Louisiana Super Plant by the LSU Agcenter in 2014. Where they stated that it is "The most striking and best landscape butterfly bush in the large group of Flutterby series buddleias...

The seeds are also oily, leading to its other common name, "greasegrass". The grass is often confused with Johnson grass . The plant becomes brown in fall. * Tall redtop or Purple-top is a 2 1/2-7 ft.

* Lupinus perennis ( Indian beet , Old maid's bonnets , Blue Lupine, and Sundial lupine ) is a medicinal plant in the Fabaceae family. Grows well in a poor sandy soil. Legume species.

This Texas and Mexican native with an upright to arching growth habit is a root hardy perennial in the northern portions of its range but may become shrub-like in mild winter climates.