Butterfly Attracting Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Joliet

The seeds have been soaked in water until they are mucilaginous and then swallowed as a treatment for sore throats. They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe.

* Direct sowing: The seedbed should have a loose and fine structure, but should be reconsolidated using a packer roller imminently prior to sowing. * Nettles contain a lot of nitrogenous compounds, so are used as a compost activator or can be used to...

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

* Artemisia vulgaris ( mugwort or common wormwood ) is one of several species in the genus Artemisia which have common names that include the word mugwort. They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi).

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

Aptly named, the butterfly bush attracts loads of butterflies and is also a favorite of hummingbirds. Drought and deer resistant. Grows 4-8' tall. Butterfly Bush is a must for every late summer perennial garden.

These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing. The whole plant contains substances that are toxic to cockroaches. The whole plant is harvested when in flower and distilled for its essential oil.The oil is used in perfumery, it is blended...

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. The flowers have same fragrance as honeysuckle vines.

* Succisa pratensis Moench, also known as Devil's-bit Scabious, is a flowering plant of the genus Succisa in the family Dipsacaceae . It also grows on damper ground . * An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering...

America where it is considered to be especially useful as an expectorant. * The leaves have been woven into skirts and aprons. Conservation Plant Characteristics Eriodictyon californicum (Hook.

* Leonotis nepetifolia, also known as klip dagga, Christmas candlestick, or lion's ear, is a species of plant in the genus Leonotis and the family Lamiaceae (mint). It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide.

The Yellow Purple Coneflower or Yellow Coneflower, Echinacea paradoxa var. This is the only species of Echinacea that naturally produces yellow flowers. Paradoxa , is a taprooted native that is typically found in or near the shallow soils of rocky glades...

Clusters of deep orange 2" tubular flowers with yellow throats are held above the rich blue-green foliage of this selection of the tame native Coral Honeysuckle. Established plant image courtesy of North Creek Nurseries.

Tolerant of dry chalk soils, it also succeeds in maritime gardens. Despite its common name, Russian sage is not in the same genus as other Salvias, which are commonly called "sage".

* The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer.

A breakthrough in color! Bi-color is the first Butterfly Bush to feature multiple colors on each bloom. Great cut flower. Drought and deer resistant. Panicles grow up to 10'' and feature raspberry and butterscotch yellow florets beginning in summer and...

We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen from the vine. Bumblebees are perfectly designed for this as the pollen is rubbed on their back as they circle the corona drinking nectar and then...

2-3" bright yellow sunflower-like flowers are held on 3'H branching sturdy stems from late spring to fall. Great for butterflies and pollinators. Starry Rosinweed is a common native of our local pineywoods where it can be seen flowering sometimes as early...

Amistad Salvia begins flowering even when still small and your hummingbirds, butterflies, and native bees will love you for its continuous supply of rich nectar. An endless display of huge purple tubular flowers that emerge from dark colored calyxes are...

October Skies Aster is a low mounding perennial that develops into a compact shrub-like plant by flowering time. Masses of 1" yellow-eyed bluish purple daisies absolutely cover this plant for weeks in late summer and fall.

The huge, to 6", golden, daisy-like blooms with tall dark brown cones or eyes are held on tall sturdy stems which can grow to 7' or more! A tough and hardy, native perennial. The large attractive soft, blue-green foliage makes a nice garden accent and...

The extra large, up to 5" wide, long lasting flowers of the Star of Surbiton Passion Flower are composed of pure white petals and sepals that are topped with a large corona of contrasting deep purple, white, and light pink filaments.

Use Pink TapienVerbena as a groundcover, a spiller in containers, or as a beautiful hanging basket. Perennial Verbenas make wonderful additions to the butterfly garden providing nectar even in late winter for early visitors.

An excellent choice for butterfly and hummingbird gardens that will flower from summer until frost. In the northern portions of their hardiness range provide mulch to help ensure their return for the following season.

Large spikes of purple-blue fragrant flowers, reportedly to 18'' long, are borne in summer and are held atop the soft green fragrant foliage. Vitex are great for summer color and their large spikes of colorful flowers attract butterflies and bees.

Winter Cassia has the potential to reseed and may be considered invasive in some areas. Where temperatures drop below freezing it is more likely to be deciduous. Few plants can bring color to the fall garden like the Winter Cassia! Clusters of butterfly-like...

If your Salvia or Sage starts to look unkempt in mid to late summer consider giving it a light shearing or remove the spent flowering spikes to help promote new growth and flower production.