Butterfly Attracting Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Minnesota

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

Echinacea paradoxa is native to Missouri , Arkansas , Oklahoma , and Texas , and is listed as threatened in Arkansas. * Echinacea paradoxa ( Bush's purple coneflower , Yellow Coneflower ) is a perennial species of flowering plant in the genus Echinacea...

Blooms from early summer into fall! Enjoy masses of 3'' orange-red blooms tipped with yellow. Ideal for cut-flowers. Highly drought tolerant. Grow 12-16'' tall. For a rain garden. Winner of the prestigous 2005 Fleuroselect Gold Medal!

* Liatris spicata , the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather , is an herbaceous perennial plant native throughout most of eastern North America . Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows.

The fragrant, long panicles are showy from June to September and attracts loads of butterflies and hummingbirds.Grows 4-8' tall and 4-5' wide. This spectacular cultivar of butterfly bush is valued for its intense, deeply colored wine-red flowers.

Panicles grow up to 10'' and feature raspberry and butterscotch yellow florets beginning in summer and lasting into fall. A breakthrough in color! Bi-color is the first Butterfly Bush to feature multiple colors on each bloom.

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

* Plants can be grown as an informal (untrimmed) hedge, though they are also amenable to trimming. * The cultivar 'Tallhedge' has been selected for hedging. The cultivar 'Tallhedge (syn 'Columnaris') is very suitable for this purpose.

* The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in very poor soil in full sun. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza.

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 was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added...

Both the dill "weed" and seed is used. * The leaves lose their flavour if the are cooked for any length of time and so are best used raw or added to cooked dishes only a few minutes before the cooking is complete.

* It is native to tropical Africa and southern India. * 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).

* An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely pink or white) flowers resembling scabiosa; likes moist, peaty soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, north Africa, east to...

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. * Secretions from the roots of growing plants have an insecticidal effect...

* Nettles are the exclusive larval food plant for several species of butterflies, such as the peacock butterfly or the small tortoiseshell, and are also eaten by the larvae of some moths including angle shades, buff ermine, dot moth, the flame, the gothic,...

It can be a repellent for certain insects, including aphids and squash bugs. Common behaviors cats display when they sense the bruised leaves or stems of catnip are rubbing on the plant, rolling on the ground, pawing at it, licking it, and chewing it.

The leaves are gathered when the plant is in full bloom and are dried in the shade. * New Jersey tea is a compact, dense, rounded shrub which typically grows 2-3' tall (less frequently to 4').

The leaves are gathered when the plant is in full bloom and are dried in the shade. * New Jersey tea is a compact, dense, rounded shrub which typically grows 2-3' tall (less frequently to 4').

Bumblebees are perfectly designed for this as the pollen is rubbed on their back as they circle the corona drinking nectar and then carry it to the next flower. Possum Purple is considered to be a self pollinating Passionfruit but having another cultivar...

This may be a hybrid or a selection of Monarda didyma that was developed by Darrell Probost of Massachusetts and was introduced to the nursery trade by White Flower Farm. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved.

It is found neither in very dry locations nor in waterlogged ones. Canadensis is sometimes browsed by deer and is good to fair as food for domestic livestock such as cattle or horses.

If your dwarf Mexican Petunias get too tall or leggy just cut them back to a few inches above the ground and they will quickly regrow and soon return to flowering. In mild winter climates, like zone 9 and 10, they can remain evergreen and will flower...

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 ).

The Candlestick plant is a moderately fast growing and vigorous sun loving tropical that is excellent for the back of the border. Tall candles to 18" high that are composed of golden yellow blossoms and buds rise well above the foliage of this popular...

It is used for coarse cordage and cloth. * The Chinese parasol tree or wutong , Chinese : ?? , Hibiscus simplex L. A decoction of the roots isused to reduce swellings. , Firmiana platanifolia , or Sterculia platanifolia L.f. ) is an ornamental plant or...

An excellent choice for native pollinators like bees and butterflies. The finely textured blue-green to deep green fragrant foliage of Narrow-Leaved Mountainmint is topped by large clusters of tiny light lavender to light pink tubular blooms in summer.

It grows in dense clusters along stream banks, thickets, and ditches, flowering from mid- to late summer. * Beebalm has a long history of use as a medicinal plant by many Native Americans, including the Blackfeet.