Butterfly Attracting Plant Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In Fairfield

Trunk to 30 cm d.b.h. or more. * Trees, 6-20 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...

Toothed, broad-ovate, medium to dark green leaves (to 4" long) are gray and hairy below. Thick, woody, red roots go deep and help plant withstand droughty conditions, but make established shrubs difficult to transplant.

Each mat is generously preseeded on recycled paper that promotes germination. Our Conservation Garden Assortment attracts and helps protect nature's hardest workers. Mats are 20"x5'.Attracts natues's hardest workers to the garden.

It is used in a number of proprietary medicines for treating skin, circulatory and kidney disorders. The species is commonly known as Virginia snakeroot and is native to eastern North America, from Connecticut to southern Michigan and south to Texas and...

* It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza.

* This attractive perennial maintains a neat mound shape and grows 1-2 ft. 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,...

It is easily raised from seeds which germinate early in the first season. They are like Catnip for Catfish! * Many people grow this tree in the Southern USA just so they can gather the Catalpa worms to use as fishing bait.

Rose of Sharon grows 5-10' tall. You'll enjoy this old-fashioned favorite that bears an abundance of large, hibiscus blossoms in three different colors: red, white and blue. Profusion of blooms from June through September.

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 . * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed).

* Trees grown from this seed will exhibit better fruiting qualities than wild collected seed. * The fruit can also be used for making preserves, pies, ice cream and other sweet desserts.

* This variety is upright growing, very columnar. * Plants can be grown as an informal (untrimmed) hedge, though they are also amenable to trimming. * The cultivar 'Tallhedge' has been selected for hedging.

Blooms from early summer into fall! Enjoy masses of 3'' orange-red blooms tipped with yellow. Grow 12-16'' tall. For a rain garden. Ideal for cut-flowers. Deer resistant. Highly drought tolerant.

Blooms late summer to early fall. It is native to Europe and western Asia . * 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;...

In the wild, trees grow best in areas where summer temperatures average 24 - 30°c and the humidity is high. * The pecan (pronounced /p??k??n/ , /p??kaen/ , or /?pi?kaen/ ), Carya illinoinensis or illinoensis , is a species of hickory , native to south-central...

The flowers are produced a few together on short racemes, the individual flowers yellow, 12–16 mm long. Seeds can be collected and used for propagation. * The fall display of flowers can be described as incredible.

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. * The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant.

* The stalk of the blossom is used as a soap substitute. * An oval shrub with pleasing dark green leaves and very fragrant white flowers in upright terminal racemes in late summer; does well in heavy shade; yellow or golden brown fall color; may expand...

* Distinguishing features of this species are crenate leaf margins and fruiting pedicels that are 2–8 mm long. Bark is "light brown to gray" in color and may be smooth or "warty and roughened".

* This herb is commonly called Greek oregano or winter sweet marjoram, and is a hardy perennial grown primarily in herb gardens for culinary use. * The leaves are used as a flavouring for salad dressings, vegetables and legumes, and are frequently included...

* Plants self-sow freely when grown in a suitable position. The flowers have a strong clove-like scent. Although the Sweet William is a perennial species, it is quite short-lived and degenerates after its second year.

These secretions are produced about 3 - 4 months after sowing. * Secretions from the roots of growing plants have an insecticidal effect on the soil, effective against nematodes and to some extent against keeled slugs.

Abelias are easily grown, drought, salt, deer, and pest resistant upright to arching evergreen to semi-evergreen shrubs. Incredibly fragrant (considered to be even better than a lilac by some!) rich pink flowers in summer are held above the rich green...

Grown from locally collected seed. Considered to be one of the most beautiful Blazing Stars by L.H. Bailey. This beautiful perennial wildflower is common to the Pineywoods of western Louisiana and east Texas and needs a well drained soil for best results.

Anise or Brazilian Sage, Salvia guaranitica , is an upright growing perennial that may flower nearly continuously from spring to frost. An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production.

Dwarf Red Porterweed is the smallest and most compact Porterweed that we offer and it lends itself to use near the front of the border, in butterfly and hummingbirds gardens, as well as containers.

It has very soft serrated leaves that can grow up to 4 inches wide. * It is native to tropical Africa and southern India. * It grows to a height of 3 metres and has whorls of striking lipped flowers, that are most commonly orange, but can vary to red,...

Easy, drought tolerant once established, and virtually pest free. Mountain or Royal Sage produces loose spikes of glowing orange-red tubular flowers in early summer and again in fall, just in time for migrating Hummingbirds.