Butterfly Attracting Plant Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In Tucson

* A broad, flat-topped shrub native to northeast U.S.; has fragrant foliage, long, narrow, frondlike leaves; a nitrogen-fixer, so good for poor soils; takes sun or part shade. * The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not...

It also multiplies readily from cuttings. It is highly valued for posts and fencing rails, and is also used for interior finishes, cabinet work etc. The tree is fairly free from fungal diseases and has few insect enemies.

* A broad, flat-topped shrub native to northeast U.S.; has fragrant foliage, long, narrow, frondlike leaves; a nitrogen-fixer, so good for poor soils; takes sun or part shade. * The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not...

Northern grown 1 year old roots. Sub-zero hardy to 40 degrees below, drought resistant, disease and insect free. One plant covers four square feet. Plant 2' apart. Lacy, fern-like, deep green foliage compliments the beautiful pink and white blooms that...

* 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, white, and purple.

* Spicebush is a Missouri native deciduous shrub with a broad, rounded habit which typically grows 6-12' (less frequently to 15') high in moist locations in bottomlands, woods, ravines, valleys and along streams.

* The leaves are used as an insect repellent. Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

Picked when first opened, the flowers are fermented with waterand sugar to make a very pleasant and intoxicating wine. Acaulis (L.) Hill) is a species of Primula native to western and southern Europe (from the Faroe Islands and Norway south to Portugal...

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

They can grow at severe angles, and Native Americans used to bend saplings over so that they would grow at extreme angles, to serve as trail markers. * Depending on the growing conditions, live oaks vary from the shrubby to large and spreading: typical...

Plant in full sun. Attract both butterflies and hummingbirds with their delightful scent. Aromatic gray-green foliage. Pretty lavender-blue flowers bloom all the way through summer.

We send 1 to 1 1/2' plants. In mid-May it bursts into a mass of dashing pink flowers with deep golden stamens. Reaches 8-10' and can be trimmed to 6-8'. Quite hardy and disease resistant.

Excelsa is not the tallest in the genus. They were first collected by the Japanese for Tokugawa shogunate palaces, then popularity spread to Europe, and later to America where its low light and humidity requirements make it a common feature in malls and...

They are best used with Foeniculum vulgare seeds in order to counteract a tendency to cause gripe. The root is cardiac and febrifuge. The seedpods can also be used and are milder but slower in their action.

Plants are hardy to about -25°c. Blooms early to mid season. Legume species. This species has a symbiotic relationship with certain soil bacteria, these bacteria form nodules on the roots and fix atmospheric nitrogen.

* It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were secretly added to the food of an arguing couple then this would avert a divorce and they would love each other again.

The leaves are used as a flavouring for salad dressings, vegetables and legumes,and are frequently included in strongly flavoured dishes with chillies, garlic, onions etc. * A variable species found in dry soil and full sun from Europe to China; stems...

* It is a perennial plant sometimes found in acidic bogs , for example in the Portlethen Moss , Scotland. * Tolerant of constant cutting, this plant is often grown in lawns. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies...

Privets are fast growers and do well as long as they are planted in well-drained soil. Ligustrum vulgare are hardy plants and tolerate temperatures down to 20 degrees F. Also known as The Common or European Privel, this tree is often used as a hedge.

Removing spent flowers and seed heads will promote the production of wave after wave of new flowers throughout the summer and into fall. Vitex have few pests or diseases and are great for butterflies and bees.

It has been known to spread by rhizomes but under most conditions stays neatly where it's put and where hardy will return year after year. Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these...

An excellent choice for native pollinators like bees and butterflies. A good choice for a minty tea. Grown from locally collected seed. This tough low native seems to remain where you put it creating a clump forming perennial that is fairly tough and...

A good choice for butterfly gardens. The trailing Verbenas are one of the earliest flowering perennials in our gardens and provide the early hummingbirds and butterflies with plenty of choice nectar at a time when few other perennials are in flower.

* A decoction of the flowering shoots is used in the treatment of coughs and women's complaints. The scientific genus name is also used as a common name Kerria . * Bright green stems in winter, bright yellow 1 1/2" flowers in spring, bright green leaves...

* The acorns are eaten by jays, pigeons, and squirrels . * Most planting in North America was carried out for wildlife food provision, as the species tends to bear heavier crops of acorns than other native American oak species.

Savanna or Appalachian Mountainmint has nicely fragrant, medium green foliage and is considered to be one of the better Mountainmints for garden settings as it is not as prone to spreading by rhizomes.

It is listed as an endangered species in Japan. * Lonicera maackii ( Amur Honeysuckle or Bush Honeysuckle ) is a species of honeysuckle in the family Caprifoliaceae , native to temperate Asia in northern and western China (south to Yunnan ), Mongolia...