Butterfly Attracting Plant Shade Tolerant Plant For Sale In Virginia

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

Outstanding when planted in full sun. Grows 4-8' tall. Great cut flower. Drought and deer resistant. Aptly named, the butterfly bush attracts loads of butterflies and is also a favorite of hummingbirds.

It is native to Europe and western Asia . * The flowers are often used for dried flower displays. Blooms late summer to early fall. * Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly...

Bloom: July-September. Drought tolerant, attracts butterflies and hummbingbirds, for a rain garden. Award winner! Black-eyed Susans have rich, golden yellow petals set off by bronze-black centers.

* Yarrow has a high reputation and is widely employed in herbal medicine, administered both internally and externally. * The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in very poor soil in full sun.

* 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.

Flowers- raw or cooked. The leaves are often available all through the winter. Picked when first opened, the flowers are fermented with waterand sugar to make a very pleasant and intoxicating wine.

* Historically, Sambucus racemosa (native to Europe and Asia) was commonly known as European red elder and the very similar Sambucus pubens also known as S. * Sambucus racemosa, commonly known as red elder or red elderberry, is a deciduous suckering shrub...

Sweet William is a popular favorite because this perennial has large clusters of small blooms that come in striking colors of red, pink, white, and bi-colors. Sweet William blooms in early summer with flowers that have a sassy, spicy fragrance.

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.

It is not known in the wild; all known plants come from cultivated groups in China. The genus name is Greek - rhapis, meaning "needle"; and the species name is Latin for "tall", an ironic name choice as R.

* 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 inhabits prairies , plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico . * A pleasant tasting tea is made from the leaves and flower heads.

* Modern research has shown that the plant increases the white blood cell count and is of value when used to prevent bone marrow loss in cancer chemotherapy patients, it also has potential in the treatment of AIDS.

* Plant forming huge clumps with white or grayish spherical flowers 2-3" across, in late summer; rough, thistley foliage, dark green, good for the back of a large border. * This is a glandular, woolly perennial which approaches a maximum height of two...

Miconioides produces large shows of small fragrant white blooms attractive to butterflies, the flowers five-petalled, < 13 mm across. * In September, H. * This is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub or small tree.

* 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.

* This perennial blooms late in the season and makes a great transition along shady edges.

It is hardy to zone 5 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from Feb to June, and the seeds ripen in October. It is frequently used as an informal low hedge. * The fruit has been part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for thousands of years, used...

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

Panicles grow up to 10'' and feature raspberry and butterscotch yellow florets beginning in summer and lasting into fall. It is an excellent attractant for butterflies and hummingbirds.

* The fruit can also be used for making preserves, pies, ice cream and other sweet desserts. * The fruit falls from the tree in autumn and is then stored until fully ripe. * Trees grown from this seed will exhibit better fruiting qualities than wild collected...

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 . It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant.

* Palestine Strawberry Clover was developed in Australia and is very tolerant of adverse conditions. * It can be slow to establish but it will hold up to grazing, high saline soils, wet soils and can take some shade.

Trunk to 30 cm d.b.h. or more. 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.

This exciting new day-length neutral and thusly free flowering Black-Eyed Susan was discovered at Dupont Nursery near Plaquemine, Louisiana and is sure to bring in the butterflies and pollinators as well as providing color all summer.

Giant Alaska Shasta Daisies make excellent cut flowers. Will bloom again in late summer if spring blossoms are cut off. It is an easy to grow perennial that spreads fast. They grow well in sun or light shade.