Butterfly Attracting Plant Seeds For Sale In Downey

Yellow Trumpetbush is a ruderal species , readily colonizing disturbed, rocky, sandy , and cleared land and occasionally becoming an invasive weed The leaves and roots of the plant contain bioactive compounds, especially monoterpenes , which may have...

* Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle or back of border; wants full sun and good drainage; can be dried for winter arrangements.

* The popular old-fashioned flower; likes limey soil; native to Russia and China. The flowers have a strong clove-like scent. * A very ornamental plant, its flowers are very attractive to butterflies and moths.

* Senna marilandica , or Maryland Wild Senna , is a flowering plant in the United States . The seeds have been soaked in water until they are mucilaginous and then swallowed as a treatment for sore throats.

Anthers yellow, inserted 0-4 mm from mouth of corolla tube. Corolla purple, lilac, or sometimes white; tube subcylindric, 0.6-1.7(-2.2) cm; lobes ovate-orbicular to oblong or obovate-orbicular, 4-8(-10) mm, spreading.

The plants have showy blooms in early to mid spring. * A biennial with pretty four-petaled fragrant flowers in loose clusters, white to purplish and everything in between; the main flowering is in May in New York state; native to Europe, but naturalized...

* It is a perennial plant to USDA Zone 6. * It is widely grown as a fodder crop, valued for its nitrogen fixation, which increases soil fertility. * Trifolium pratense is the national flower of Denmark and the state flower of Vermont.

* 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.

* The fruit is a bright red or sometimes purple drupe containing 3 to 5 seeds. * The blossoms have been used in the treatment of measles. The fruits are popular with birds, who distribute the seeds.

* Blooms are 4" in diameter and are held from May until June. * The plant is often cultivated for its showy flowers, and can sometimes be found outside its native range as an escape from cultivation.

* Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle or back of border; wants full sun and good drainage; can be dried for winter arrangements.

The dried leaves and flowers are used to scent and add colour to pot-pourri. The Blackfeet Indians recognized this plant's strong antiseptic action, and used poultices of the plant for skin infections and minor wounds.

* Tolerant of constant cutting, this plant is often grown in lawns. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown.

Showy, bright, rose-purple flowers with orange-yellow centers bloom in profusion at the tips of the leafy branches. * Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (formerly Aster novae-angliae), commonly known as the New England aster, is a flowering herbaceous perennial...

Fruits are attractive to wildlife. * Sambucus racemosa, commonly known as red elder or red elderberry, is a deciduous suckering shrub which typically grows to 8-12' tall with a somewhat sprawling habit.

* Spiraea tomentosa , commonly known as the Steeplebush , is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack ( S. * A vigorous plant, spreading by subterranean suckers and forming thickets.

* A species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae ,native to South China (which includes Hong Kong ) and southeastern Asia * Common names include Hong Kong Orchid Tree, and Hawaiian orchid tree.

It is still used for most of the same purposes in modern herbalism. * 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.

* A horticultural annual grown for it big palmate (roundish) leaves, up to 3' wide; full sun, adequate drainage; can become a 40' tree in tropical areas. * Castor seed is the source of castor oil, which has a wide variety of uses.

* Low growing; beautiful in flower in May; blossoms may be red, orange, or some variation of these colors, Very harsh and acid raw but fragrant when cooked, imparting a strong pleasant flavour to jams and jellies, it is especially good cooked with apples...

* Vigorous; 1" white flowers with a slight almond scent beginning in July; native to Europe. * The boiled roots and stems are used as a cure for the itch. The many fruits formed in each inflorescence have long silky appendages which, seen together, give...

It merits consideration for cultivation in forest areas. * The Virginia snakeroot is attracting increasing interest for its medicinal virtues and as a result is becoming uncommon in the wild.

Also effective as a shrubby ground cover for hard-to-grow areas such as dry rocky slopes and banks Dried leaves were used as a tea substitute, albeit without caffeine, in American Revolutionary War times, hence the common name.

* Ligustrum vulgare ( Wild Privet , also sometimes known as Common Privet or European Privet ), is a species of Ligustrum native to central and southern Europe , north Africa and southwestern Asia , from southern England and southwestern Sweden south...

The plants have showy blooms in early to mid spring. * A biennial with pretty four-petaled fragrant flowers in loose clusters, white to purplish and everything in between; the main flowering is in May in New York state; native to Europe, but naturalized...

* The Navajo considered it to be a "life medicine", chewed it for toothaches, and poured an infusion into ears for earaches. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and...

* 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.