Butterfly Attracting Plant Herbaceous Plant For Sale In Massachusetts

Josee can rebloom up to four times in a season with the most spectacular show in late spring. Simply dead head old blooms to encourage reblooming. Prefers well-drained soil. Attracts butterflies, fragrant, deer resistant, good for cutting.

The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan and south to Texas and Florida. * The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and...

This species is also occasionally known as Felon Herb , Chrysanthemum Weed , Wild Wormwood , Old uncle Henry , Sailor's Tobacco , Naughty Man , Old Man or St. John's Plant (not to be confused with St John's wort ).

Panicles grow up to 10'' and feature raspberry and butterscotch yellow florets beginning in summer and lasting into fall. Grows 6-8' tall. Great cut flower. It is an excellent attractant for butterflies and hummingbirds.

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

* 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.

It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States.

The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan and south to Texas and Florida. * The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and...

These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing. The whole plant is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil.The oil is used in perfumery, it is blended with sandalwood oil to produce 'attar genda' perfume.

* Plants self-sow freely when grown in a suitable position. Although the Sweet William is a perennial species, it is quite short-lived and degenerates after its second year. It is best treated as a biennial in the garden.

* It was named in honor of the German naturalist Traugott Gerber, a friend of Carolus Linnaeus. The Gerbera daisy is perennial. Appreciates some afternoon shade in hot summer climates.

In the fall and winter, the foliage is bright red. Grows in sunny warm areas where it will tolerate heat and drought very well. Firefly Heather has been awarded a winner of Britains prestigious Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.

* The plant looks similar to the thistles but lacks their prickly characteristics . * The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found outside its native range as an escape from cultivation.

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

Sweet William is a popular favorite because this perennial has large clusters of small blooms that come in striking colors of red, pink, white, and bi-colors. Sweet William blooms in early summer with flowers that have a sassy, spicy fragrance.

It is used as a blood purifier and as a treatment for eczema and other skin disorders. * The whole plant is astringent and mildly diuretic. A homeopathic remedy is made from the plant.

A pink variety of this species is sometimes grown commercially. * The flower color is variable, ranging from lavender to blue to white. * Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (formerly Aster novae-angliae), commonly known as the New England aster, is a flowering...

* Habit and Form an deciduous shrub dense, rounded habit ascending branches, erect 6' to 10' tall 4' to 10' wide medium texture moderate growth rate * White or rosy-lilac flowers in 3-7" clusters, often several to each branch tip, in May; flower fragrance,...

These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing. The whole plant is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil.The oil is used in perfumery, it is blended with sandalwood oil to produce 'attar genda' perfume.

* Habit and Form an deciduous shrub dense, rounded habit ascending branches, erect 6' to 10' tall 4' to 10' wide medium texture moderate growth rate * White or rosy-lilac flowers in 3-7" clusters, often several to each branch tip, in May; flower fragrance,...

* The plant looks similar to the thistles but lacks their prickly characteristics . * The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found outside its native range as an escape from cultivation.

An easy to grow and drought tolerant heirloom plant. It dies to the ground in winter, but faithfully returns from the ground each spring. It flowers all summer and fall. On a recent trip to west Texas, we saw what must have been over 50 butterflies on...

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

Butterfly Bushes are easily grown, free flowering butterfly magnets and are moderately drought tolerant once well established. Deadheading is not required but removing spent flowers will help the plant look 'cleaner'.

Trumpet Honeysuckle is an excellent choice anywhere a 'tame' vine is needed. This selection of our native Trumpet or Coral Honeysuckle was growing in N Louisiana, and was spotted during a Native plant walk with noted Louisiana Plant Taxonomist Dr. Charles...

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. Once again we should all thank Greg Grant for another excellent selection! This tough little sage was found growing in a cemetery along with Henry Duelberg.

* It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in very poor soil in full sun. * Yarrow has a high reputation and is widely employed in herbal medicine, administered both...