Butterfly Attracting Plant Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In Newport News

It is taken internally in the treatment of complaints associated with weak kidney and liver energy such as menopausal problems (especially premature menopause), blurred vision, cataracts, tinnitus, rheumatic pains, palpitations, backache and insomnia.

* Cupressus forbesii, now reclassified by some as Hesperocyparis forbesii, and with the common names Tecate cypress or Forbes' cypress, is a species of cypress native to southwestern North America.

It is taken internally in the treatment of complaints associated with weak kidney and liver energy such as menopausal problems (especially premature menopause), blurred vision, cataracts, tinnitus, rheumatic pains, palpitations, backache and insomnia.

* Flowers to 5 inches, purple, borne in profusion. * 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.

The leaves are gathered when the plant is in full bloom and are dried in the shade. Toothed, broad-ovate, medium to dark green leaves (to 4" long) are gray and hairy below. * Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun to part...

* Flowers to 5 inches, purple, borne in profusion. * 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.

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

Its showy, yellow, pea-like flowers occur in upper axillary clusters. 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,...

Privets are fast growers and do well as long as they are planted in well-drained soil. The trees are beautiful in the spring with white blooms and in the fall the dark berries appear.

* 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...

They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe. The seeds have been soaked in water until they are mucilaginous and then swallowed as a treatment for sore throats.

* A large shrub with attractive red-brown bark, white flowers in midsummer, and yellow-orange fall color; native to southeast U.S.

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

They are cultivated for ornamental use in gardens. The fruit provides food for wild life. This species can be found in China and Japan. * Callicarpa dichotoma (common names, Purple Beautyberry or Early Amethyst ) is species of beautyberry .

Lovely pink/white blooms to beautify slopes and problem areas from June through September. Northern grown 1 year old roots. Plant 2' apart. Grows 12-24'' tall. One plant covers four square feet.

* Comptonia is a monotypic genus (containing only Comptonia peregrina ) in the family Myricaceae , order Fagales . * A broad, flat-topped shrub native to northeast U.S.; has fragrant foliage, long, narrow, frondlike leaves; a nitrogen-fixer, so good for...

* Trillium grandiflorum, commonly known as great white trillium or wood lily, is a simple, graceful perennial that is one of the most familiar and beloved of the spring woodland wildflowers in eastern North America.

* American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat, thus distributing the seeds. * Native to southeastern U.S.; lavender-pink or bluish flowers from mid- to late summer, followed by bright purple, violet, or magenta...

* 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 by suckering to form colonies; likes moist soil.

Providing a well-draining site will be key to helping it survive the winter as well as a loose breathable mulch such as pinestraw. Although this native perennial is somewhat drought resistant once well established Betonyleaf Mistflower will flower most...

The fruits are popular with birds, who distribute the seeds. * 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.

This is an easy to grow native that makes a nice large informal screen or hedge or can even be pruned into a small tree form. Huge flat clusters of tiny white flowers are followed by a heavy crop of shiny black fruit.

Stoke's Aster comes highly recommended and its easy to see why with moderate drought resistance, few pest or disease problems, deer and rabbit resistance and it revels in the heat and sun of our southern summers.

This rare plant is sustainably produced in nurseries and is now available to the public. In midsummer it produces the fragrant, nectar rich yellow flowers atop sturdy 2-3' high stems.

* The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in very poor soil in full sun. * Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century.

Mountain Azalea (R. Clusters of soft pink to white to lavender, slightly fragrant, funnel-shaped flowers (to 1.5” across), each with 5 long curved stamens, bloom in April immediately preceding the emergence of the foliage.

Large spikes of purple-blue fragrant flowers, reportedly to 18'' long, are borne in summer and are held atop the soft green fragrant foliage. Removing spent flowers and seed heads will promote the production of wave after wave of new flowers throughout...