Butterfly Attracting Plant Perennial Plant For Sale In Oakland

Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Firefly Heather has been awarded a winner of Britains prestigious Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit. In late summer, lots of purple-pink flowers open up to make a stunning contrast with the foliage.

Attracts butterflies, fragrant, deer resistant, good for cutting. Prefers well-drained soil. Its compact size of only 6' tall makes it perfect for a hedge or specimen planting. Shipped: potted.

Its main use in present day herbalism is for relieving the pain and inflammation of pleurisy. * Orange flowers in late summer; grows well in dry soil; native to eastern U.S. * Pleurisy root is a bitter, nutty-flavoured tonic herb that increases perspiration,...

Blooms late summer to early fall. * If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later in the summer. * Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle .

It is used in a number of proprietary medicines for treating skin, circulatory and kidney disorders. * The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild.

The plant can reach 5-6' tall and has rough 4" long lance-shaped leaves. * The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found outside its native range as an escape from cultivation.

* The inflorescence is generally a large, solitary flower head which may exceed 8 centimeters in diameter. * It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall with many large serrated leaves around the base of the stem on winged petioles.

* No serious insect or disease problems. It is indigenous to South Eastern Africa and commonly known as the Barberton daisy, the Transvaal daisy, and as Barbertonse madeliefie in Afrikaans.

Sowing time can be either in autumn or in spring. * A beautiful and permanent green dye is obtained from a decoction of the leaves and stems. Only use young leaves (see the notes above on toxicity) and wear stout gloves when harvesting them to prevent...

* This heirloom variety matures in about 80-90 days but some stems can be cut before maturity. * Used in cooking, on baked potatoes, and in salads ; flowers rose to rosy purple. It is perennial so will continue to supply fresh chives for years to come.

* It inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico . * Ratibida columnifera , commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat , is a species of flowering...

It is an easy to grow perennial that spreads fast. Choice one-year-old field-grown plants. Enjoy astonishing numbers of snowy, gold-centered blooms every June and July. Giant Alaska Shasta Daisies make excellent cut flowers.

They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). 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 Flutterby Petite Tutti Fruitti Pink Butterfly Bush was selected as a Louisiana Super Plant by the LSU Agcenter in 2014. Buddleias or Butterfly Bushes do best where they have good drainage and prefer a full to mostly sunny position for the best overall...

We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen from the vine. With most passionflowers the 5 stamens (pollen producing glands) arch downward once they are ready to release their pollen (and...

The flowers of this large plant are not typically pea-like. Southern Wild Senna (S. Occidentalis), are also found in the East. Obtusifolia) and Coffee Senna (S. Marilandica) is a more southern species with fewer flowers and bigger leaflets.

Nova Pentas was a 1999 Georgia Gold Medal winner that can produce clusters 4" across. Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant. Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers.

Rather slow to establish. * Loosely tufted perennial, short lived bunchgrass. Stays green a long time. Thrives in deep rich soil, but also grows well on poorer sandy soils providing they are moist.

In the wild Scarlet Beebalm is most common in the Northeastern and Northcentral US and may prefer afternoon shade in the hotter portions of its range. A hummingbird magnet! Earlier flowering in the Southeast and later flowering as you move northward.

For more about the story about the discovery of Henry Duelberg and Augusta Duelberg mealycup sages see the 'External Info Link' below. Henry Duelberg Mealycup Sage is larger growing than the ones found at most nurseries and will top out at about 30"H...

Rather slow to establish. * Loosely tufted perennial, short lived bunchgrass. Stays green a long time. Thrives in deep rich soil, but also grows well on poorer sandy soils providing they are moist.

Thank you John from Florida for bringing that to our attention. The 2-3" flower clusters of the Starburst Penta are borne from spring to fall on this upright to rounded shrub-like tropical perennial that is often grown as an annual.

Grow in an average to moist soil. When the Liatris are in flower, few plants can compete for the multitude of butterflies and other pollinators that they attract. The tall sturdy dense spikes of rich purple flowers of this beautiful native wildflower...

They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). 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 tender young shoots are sometimes added to spring salads. * 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...

Grandiflorum is a perennial that grows from a short rhizome and produces a single, showy white flower atop a whorl of three leaves. * Trillium grandiflorum, commonly known as great white trillium or wood lily, is a simple, graceful perennial that is one...

They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe. * The leaves and seedpods are cathartic, diuretic and vermifuge. * Senna marilandica , or Maryland Wild Senna , is a flowering plant in the United States...