Butterfly Attracting Plant Medicinal Plant For Sale In Salinas

The growing plant repels whitefly and can be grown near tomatoes to keep that crop free of the insect. The whole plant contains substances that are toxic to cockroaches. * Secretions from the roots of growing plants have an insecticidal effect on the...

* Leonotis nepetifolia is known in Trinidad as shandilay and the leaves are brewed as a tea for fever, coughs, womb prolapse and malaria. * Leonotis nepetifolia, also known as klip dagga, Christmas candlestick, or lion's ear, is a species of plant in...

Drought tolerant, attracts butterflies and hummbingbirds, for a rain garden. Award winner! Black-eyed Susans have rich, golden yellow petals set off by bronze-black centers. Bloom: July-September.

* Sweet fern was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially as a poultice to treat a variety of complaints. * t is a deciduous shrub, growing to 1.5 m tall.

Petiole 2-4.5 cm; leaf blade often purplish red when young, greenish when mature, cordate or triangular-orbicular, * Open or dense forests, mountain slopes, along valleys near roads, on rocks; 600-1900 m.

Grows 12-24'' tall. Lacy, fern-like, deep green foliage compliments the beautiful pink and white blooms that start in June and bloom continually until September each year without replanting.

The plant has been used as a poultice for removing the pus from scrofulous sores or boils. A poultice of the leaves has been applied to inflamed throat glands. It is a common roadside weed in the southwestern United States, and an invasive plant species...

Aromatic and somewhat bitter. * Artemisia vulgaris ( mugwort or common wormwood ) is one of several species in the genus Artemisia which have common names that include the word mugwort.

It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. * The Great Blue Lobelia ( Lobelia siphilitica ) is a species within the Campanulaceae family. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States.

* 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,...

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. With most passionflowers the 5 stamens (pollen producing glands) arch downward once they are...

Tolerant of wet and dry soil conditions. 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.

Vitex are great for summer color and their large spikes of colorful flowers attract butterflies and bees. Shoal Creek Vitex is noted for its extra large 8-12" spikes of purple-blue flowers that are born from late spring to fall.

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

This is a durable and slowly spreading native perennial that flowers throughout the summer months. Considered by many to be the best of the Mountainmints, Clustered Mountainmint produces an abundance of tiny whitish tubular blooms touched with purple...

Here in zone 8B they freeze to the ground in most winters and we plant them atop winter growing bulbs like Spanish Bluebells that take their place during the Ruellia's dormant period and as the Bluebells are finishing up the Ruellias are on their way...

One or several flowers, each on its own long stalk, may top a single stem. * This plant grows in prairies, on the margins of woods, and on roadsides. * The disc heads have a scent reminiscent of anise when crushed.

* Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine. * Greater Burdock is rather tall, reaching as much as 9 feet (2.7 m). It is used to treat conditions caused by an 'overload' of toxins, such as throat and...

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...

Petiole 2-4.5 cm; leaf blade often purplish red when young, greenish when mature, cordate or triangular-orbicular, * Open or dense forests, mountain slopes, along valleys near roads, on rocks; 600-1900 m.

Read more about Greg Grant's plant selections on the SFA Gardens website here . The best foliage color is during the winter months and in full sun". Just as vigorous, easy, and tolerant as any other Great Coneflower, Golda Emanis Rudbeckia produces large...

Our seed mats contain the perfect blend of seed to create a beautiful garden and participate in recovering this important natual resource. Our Conservation Garden Assortment attracts and helps protect nature's hardest workers.

Like its pollen parent, Black & Bloom Salvia attracts hummingbirds as well as larger butterflies to its deep dark violet blue tubular flowers. Who knew you could out do Black and Blue Salvia?! Black & Bloom Salvia produces larger flowers that emerge from...

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

* Burdock is one of the foremost detoxifying herbs in both Chinese and Western herbal medicine. * Greater Burdock is rather tall, reaching as much as 9 feet (2.7 m). It is used to treat conditions caused by an 'overload' of toxins, such as throat and...

Butterfly Bush is considered invasive in some regions, please consult your local state offices before purchasing. Butterfly Bushes are often intensely fragrant on summer evenings. Huge, conicle, bright pink bloom spikes can reach 18" long and 4" wide...

This is one of the few plants that you will find consistently at nearly every butterfly conservatory. Nectar-rich, light purple flowers are produced continuously from spring to fall on tall spikes that butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds cannot seem to...