Butterfly Attracting Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Greensboro

The leaves area safe and effective cathartic. An infusion has been used in the treatment of fevers and heart problems. The leaves are harvested before and during flowering, the pods are harvested when fully ripe in the autumn.

The fruit is antibacterial, antiseptic, antitumour, cardiotonic, diuretic and tonic. Extracts of the plant show antitumour activity. * Modern research has shown that the plant increases the white blood cell count and is of value when used to prevent bone...

Delightful red, white or purple hibiscus-shaped flowers blossom each summer for a lifetime of natural beauty. These hardy plants are welcome in any landscape. In mid-summer it bursts into bloom when little else is blooming and continues to flower through...

These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing. The whole plant contains substances that are toxic to cockroaches. About 35 kilos of oil can be extracted from 1 hectare of the plant (yielding 2,500 kilos of flowers and 25,000 kilos of herbage).

* Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria. * It is native to tropical Africa and southern India.

Hyssopus officinalis and Hyssopus decumbens are the same plant; however, France calls it Hyssopus decumbens due to its terrain creating a more potent hyssop. * The leaves and young shoot tips are eaten raw or used as a flavouring in soups, salads etc.

* It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico . * A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads.

* It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century. * Yarrow has a high reputation and is widely employed in herbal medicine, administered both internally and...

Hyssopus officinalis and Hyssopus decumbens are the same plant; however, France calls it Hyssopus decumbens due to its terrain creating a more potent hyssop. * The leaves and young shoot tips are eaten raw or used as a flavouring in soups, salads etc.

* Trifolium pratense is the national flower of Denmark and the state flower of Vermont. Several cultivar groups have been selected for agricultural use, mostly derived from T. * It is widely grown as a fodder crop, valued for its nitrogen fixation, which...

* A small tree with compound leaves, white flowers in clusters to 4", 1/4" orange-red fruit; native to northern China. * Succeeds in most reasonably good soils in an open sunny position.

They are insect and disease free and resistant to drought and deer. Grow 2-3' tall. Bloom: July-September. Great cut flower. It blooms from early summer until frost. Award winner! Black-eyed Susans have rich, golden yellow petals set off by bronze-black...

The leaf tops are gray-green and the bottoms are white with hairs. The names catnip and catmint are derived from the intense attraction most cats have towards them. Young leaves - raw, have a mint-like flavour, they make an aromatic flavouring in salads.

Echinacea paradoxa is native to Missouri , Arkansas , Oklahoma , and Texas , and is listed as threatened in Arkansas. The basal leaves are long and slender or very narrowly lanceolate.

Anise or Brazilian Sage, Salvia guaranitica , is an upright growing perennial that may flower nearly continuously from spring to frost. If your Salvia or Sage starts to look unkempt in mid to late summer consider giving it a light shearing or remove the...

Butterfly Bushes are easily grown, free flowering butterfly magnets and are moderately drought tolerant once well established. In some states and counties Buddleia's are considered invasive, please check with your local state offices before purchasing.

Spikes of 2" vivid fuchsia tubular fuzzy flowers emerge from dark colored calyxes and are held atop the dark green, glossy rounded foliage from spring to fall on this compact growing Salvia.

* Liatris spicata , the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather , is an herbaceous perennial plant native throughout most of eastern North America . Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies.

You can't beat this radiant pink Honeysuckle for a tall screen of background hedge. Quite hardy and disease resistant. This variety is vigorous and dense-growing. Reaches 8-10' and can be trimmed to 6-8'.

When the Liatris are in flower, few plants can compete for the multitude of butterflies and other pollinators that they attract. Prairie Blazing Star is an easily grown native perennial that also makes an excellent cut flower, fresh or dried.

Flowers from late spring to frost and is adored by Hummingbirds. Use in mixed containers or in mass to create a bold effect. A larger flowering form of the common Batface Cuphea which produces 1-1/2" long red tubular blooms that end with a purple bat-like...

Zagreb Coreopsis is slightly more compact than Moonbeam. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. 2001 RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Zagreb Coreopsis may slowly spread by rhizomes.

Great in foliage or flower. The best foliage color is during the winter months and in full sun". He describes it as "chartreuse-green foliage and the normal tall golden yellow flowers.

Its tame habit and long blooming season make this manageable Honeysuckle an choice for covering a fence, arbor or trellis. Few other woody vines can provide the long flowering show that this wonderful native can provide as well as attracting loads of...

Mixed colors only. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. In mid-summer it bursts into bloom when little else is blooming and continues to flower through fall. Rose of Sharon Hedge is a practical, lovely frame for your landscape.

* 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 Butterfly Series Pentas are excellent heat and humidity tolerant free flowering Pentas with a medium sized well-branched growth habit. Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant.