Butterfly Attracting Plant Perennial Plant For Sale In Detroit

Each mat is generously preseeded on recycled paper that promotes germination. Mats are 20"x5'.Attracts Monarchs and all other butterflies to the garden. Our seed mats contain the perfect blend of seed to create a beautiful garden and participate in recovering...

The Purple Coneflowers bloom from mid-summer to fall on 2-3 foot stems. Drought and deer resistant, attracts butterflies, great cut flower. Charming 5'' purple daisy-like blooms with orange-brown raised centers.

* The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The leaves are used as an insect repellent.

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

* Ribwort plantain is a safe and effective treatment for bleeding, it quickly staunches blood flow and encourages the repair of damaged tissue. It is obtained by macerating the seed in hot water.

Drought tolerant, attracts butterflies and hummbingbirds, for a rain garden. Great cut flower. They are insect and disease free and resistant to drought and deer. It blooms from early summer until frost.

* The flag and coat of arms of the Province of Mpumalanga include a depiction of this flower. * It was named in honor of the German naturalist Traugott Gerber, a friend of Carolus Linnaeus.

* Blooms are 4" in diameter and are held from May until June. * The name basket flower refers to the stiff, straw-colored bracts just beneath the flower head, which are divided at the tip into long, sharp teeth.

Obtusifolia) and Coffee Senna (S. Southern Wild Senna (S. * Clusters of light yellow to orange flowers atop a sparsely branched perennial or in axils of compound leaves. The flowers of this large plant are not typically pea-like.

* Red clover is commonly used to make a sweet-tasting herbal tea. * It is a perennial plant to USDA Zone 6. It is an ingredient in some recipes for essiac tea. It is grown as a horticultural annual in zones 3-5.

* 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 externally.

* It succeeds on shallow chalky soils. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown. * A drought resistant plant once established.

Beebalm, though not really suited for bee pollination, is a wonderful native with good garden potential as well as being suited to natural areas. Use as fresh or dried cutflower. This tough little native is drought tolerant and prefers to be on the dry...

It grows best in full sun, but tolerates light shade and thrives in any moist, but well-drained soil. Beebalm is the natural source of the antiseptic thymol, the primary active ingredient in modern commercial mouthwash formulas.

It is somewhat resistant to drought once it is well-established although it will likely flower best with average water. Selfheal can be used to good effect spilling over walls or even in containers if you feel you need to contain it.

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico...

* Blooms are 4" in diameter and are held from May until June. * The name basket flower refers to the stiff, straw-colored bracts just beneath the flower head, which are divided at the tip into long, sharp teeth.

Corolla pale purple to purple-red, 1.2-1.8 cm; tube funnel-form, 1-1.4 cm; lobes oblong-ovate to ovate, upright or spreading. Capsule oblong, (1-)1.2-1.7 cm, smooth. Panicles erect, terminal, 5-30 × 3-18 cm; rachis, pedicel, and calyx villous or pubescent,...

* This variety is upright growing, very columnar. * The cultivar 'Tallhedge' has been selected for hedging. The cultivar 'Tallhedge (syn 'Columnaris') is very suitable for this purpose.

Jack in the Bush or Crucita is truly one of the very best butterfly plants as well as for a host of other pollinators! The nectar rich, light blue to purple, flat topped flower clusters make the perfect landing platforms for pollinators of all shapes...

Periodic deadheading is not required but may help to keep the plants looking fresher. It has been known to spread by rhizomes but under most conditions stays neatly where it's put and where hardy will return year after year.

Dracocephalum is moderately drought resistant once well-established and is considered to be deer resistant. It prefers a well-drained soil and may need midday shade in hot summer climates.

Considered a native (by some) of southern Florida, the Skyflower can grow into a small tree or large shrub in freeze free areas but will often act like a die-back perennial in mild winter areas.

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. This perennial is a native plant found throughout the eastern part of the United States and in many parts of the western U.S., Canada , and Mexico...

Prefers a calcareous soil but tolerates mildly acid soils. * A very ornamental plant. * Easily grown in a good, well-drained ordinary garden soil in a sunny position. * An annual with white, lilac, pink, maroon, and carmine flowers; easy from seed, they...

Rounded clusters of raspberry colored buds open to 2" long tubular, nectar rich, raspberry wine colored flowers in summer. Dig and divide every 2-3 years for the best results. In the wild Scarlet Beebalm is most common in the Northeastern and Northcentral...

The flowers and foliage, fresh or dried, is often used to make a very nice herbal tea, as a mild spice in cooking, and could certainly be used in potpourris as well (Bonnie fell in love with the fragrance of the dried seed heads!).