Butterfly Attracting Plant Seeds For Sale In Buffalo

Young branchlets green, becoming gray, glabrous or pubescent. 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.

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.

* Lilac flowers in nodding terminal clusters to 6"; leaves to 6"; native to China. The panicles often hang limply, which is how the plant got its common name; the clusters look as though they are nodding.

It is also used in treating kidney diseases. * Liatris spicata , the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather , is an herbaceous perennial plant native throughout most of eastern North America .

* It is fragarnt and attracts bees and butterflies! * It is a short lived perennial or biennial but will self seed. * Its height of 10-18 inches makes it ideal for the front or closer portion of the meadow.

The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long. Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47.

Tolerates light shade, though it fruits better in a sunny position. * Succeeds in most reasonably good soils in an open sunny position. A fast-growing tree, especially in its first few years from seed.

It grows best in full sun but will tolerate some shade and under most conditions will bloom from June to September. Flowers are fragrant and lavender-purple and contrast with gray-green foliage.

* Chaenomeles japonica is a species of Japanese Quince . The fruit is edible but not as well known for its jelly and pie making as its cousin Cydonia . The rich aromatic juice, as tart as a lemon, is squeezed and used for culinary purposes.

* Holodiscus discolor is a shrub of western North America that is commonly known as ocean spray , creambush or ironwood . The flowers emit a perfume similar to meadowsweet. It is common in the Pacific Northwest where it is found in both openings and the...

* A Tecate Cypress planted at Strybing Arboretum in San Francisco is showing vigor and produces viable cones at forty years of age. * Cupressus forbesii, now reclassified by some as Hesperocyparis forbesii, and with the common names Tecate cypress or...

* Native to forests; 100-800(-1600) m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)].

It is also used in treating kidney diseases. * Liatris spicata , the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather , is an herbaceous perennial plant native throughout most of eastern North America .

* 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...

Each bloom is a massive cluster of pink flowers with honey fragrance – needless to say the best bee and butterfly magnet. This is unique selection of butterfly bush has a small frame, but exceptionally large blooms flowering all season long.

Buddleia, Glass Slippers is low growing, wide spreading butterfly bush covered from top to bottom with pale-blue clusters. Spike-like flower clusters bloom from early summer to first frost.

It is native to Missouri where it occurs in prairies, glades, dry open woods and thickets throughout the state (Steyermark). * White flowers in panicles, midsummer; a handsome shrub with dark green 3" leaves, compact and very adaptable regarding sun and...

It is used in a number of proprietary medicines for treating skin, circulatory and kidney disorders. It merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas. * Aristolochia serpentaria is a species of perennial flowering plant in the Aristolochiaceae...

* This variety is upright growing, very columnar. The cultivar 'Tallhedge (syn 'Columnaris') is very suitable for this purpose. * Plants can be grown as an informal (untrimmed) hedge, though they are also amenable to trimming.

* Dark green shiny leaves, yellow, bronzy, and red in fall; 1/3" bright red fruit, good bird food; large shrub, can be trained as a small tree; susceptible to fireblight; native to Japan, Korea, China.

* Syringa josikaea ( Hungarian Lilac ) is a species of Lilac , native to central and eastern Europe , in the Carpathian Mountains in Hungary , Romania , and western Ukraine . * A good hedging plant, it is very tolerant of trimming.

* It is native to the central and eastern United States and Ontario in Canada. * It is attractive to butterflies and birds. * This plant grows in prairies, on the margins of woods, and on roadsides.

* A very ornamental plant, its flowers are very attractive to butterflies and moths. * Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans ,...

* White or rosy-lilac flowers in 3-7" clusters, often several to each branch tip, in May; flower fragrance, not intense, resembles privet; very hardy; forms a dense, arching shrub with substantial branches; does well in the U.S. Midwest; native to China.

* It is a perennial which grows between 30 and 120 cm (47 in), flowering from June until July. A tall, tufted grass similar to tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). Thrives in deep rich soil, but also grows well on poorer sandy soils providing they are moist.

Flowers are mildly fragrant, and very attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds and bees. Buddleia, Queen of Hearts is a butterfly bush cultivar which features vibrant magenta red flowers.

* The droopy long leaves provide a 'sleepy' aura to the summer landscape. * The flowers are produced in early spring at the same time as or slightly before the new leaves appear. * Edible fruit - raw or cooked.