Butterfly Attracting Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Austin

* 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. The leaves of the plant are linear to lanceolate, 3-15 cm long and 0.3-3 cm broad, with a modified...

* New England American-aster is large and showy, growing to 6 or more ft. It is native to almost every area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, but excluding the far north of Canada as well as some of the southern United States.

* The root is very crisp and has a sweet, mild, and pungent flavor. It is used to treat conditions caused by an 'overload' of toxins, such as throat and other infections, boils, rashes and other skin problems.

* Buddleja davidii , (old spelling Buddleia davidii ); also called summer lilac , butterfly-bush or orange eye ) is a shrub in the Buddlejaceae family . * It is widely used as an ornamental plant.

Several cultivar groups have been selected for agricultural use, mostly derived from T. * Trifolium pratense (red clover) is a species of clover native to Europe, Western Asia and northwest Africa, but planted and naturalised in many other regions.

The many fruits formed in each inflorescence have long silky appendages which, seen together, give the characteristic appearance of Old Man's beard . * Vigorous; 1" white flowers with a slight almond scent beginning in July; native to Europe.

A very ornamental plant, when fully dormant it is hardy to about -15°c, though the young growth in spring can be damaged by late frosts. It is common in the Pacific Northwest where it is found in both openings and the forest understory at low to moderate...

It has light green paired leaflets with toothed edges and sharp spines on the bottom. The 2-3 inch pink (5-8cm) flowers usually occur singly, but may appear in groups of 2 or 3. The fruits ( hips ) of Nootka rose are somewhat bitter but edible.

* Lonicera xylosteum , commonly known as Fly honeysuckle , European Fly Honeysuckle , Dwarf Honeysuckle or Fly Woodbine is a deciduous shrub. It is one of two honeysuckles native to Britain, the other being the Common Honeysuckle ( Lonicera periclymenum...

Many types of squirrels cache the acorns. * Bears consume the acorns, especially when preparing for hibernation. Many birds depend on them; Wild Turkeys prefer them over other types of food.

One thing to remember is a tree is grown indoors, it needs to acclimate to natural outdoor weather changes. All Bonsai need root protection in below freezing temperatures. A black dye can also be obtained from the fruit as well as an ink.

They are used like broccoli. * The unopened flower buds are eaten cooked. * The latex in the stems is a suitable replacement for chicle and can be made into a chewing gum. * Asclepias syriaca , commonly called Common Milkweed , Butterfly flower , Silkweed...

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 . * Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer.

It includes all the purple flowering North American species of the genus Eupatorium as traditionally defined. They are native to Eastern North America and have non-dissected foliage and pigmented flowers.

, rare), Korea , and southeastern Russia ( Primorsky Krai ). It is listed as an endangered species in Japan. It has escaped from cultivation and become naturalized in New Zealand and the eastern United States ; in the forests of the latter, it has become...

The flowers are produced throughout the spring and summer, rich red or crimson, congested on an elongated spike inflorescence 3-5 cm tall and 1.5 cm broad; the individual flowers are up to 10-13 mm long and have five petals.

The upper stems are reddish or purplish. * It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5–3 m (5–10 feet) tall, found in moist, rich soil alongside ditches and marshes, or in wet forests.

* The flower heads are carminative, digestive, sedative and tonic. * Small deciduous tree growing to 5–12m tall. * Not recommended to be planted over pools. * The bark is dark greenish grey in colour and striped vertically as it gets older.

They are native to Australia. * It will also tolerate more moist conditions if it is given well drained soil. * Templetonia is a dryland shrub that grows 3-7 feet tall. It is covered in red flowers in the winter and spring.

Specific epithet comes from Latin and means to place in an overlapping order, as with tile or shingles. Rare in the east, abundant in the lower Ohio valley and middle of Mississippi valley.

It is much planted in Egypt for protecting roads from the sand. * Gold, green and grey dyes are obtained from the leaves. It is often planted along the sides of streams to protect them from erosion.

* In forest stands, black oak begins to produce seeds at about age 20 and reaches optimum production at 40 to 75 years. It is a consistent seed producer with good crops of acorns every 2 to 3 years.

* The fruit can be eaten raw, cooked in pies, cakes etc or fermented into cider. * Used as a rootstock for the cultivated apples. * The leaves contain up to 2.4% of an antibacterial substance called 'phloretin'.This inhibits the growth of a number of...

* The lance-leaved coreopsis , Coreopsis lanceolata , is a species of coreopsis (Tickseed). * Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. * A semi-double form of the species said to come more or less true from seed; yellow flowers;...

It can grow in moist or dry habitat. * The disc heads have a scent reminiscent of anise when crushed. * It is native to the central and eastern United States and Ontario in Canada.

* Quercus lyrata ( overcup oak ) is an oak in the white oak group ( Quercus sect. It is native to lowland wetlands in the southeastern United States , from Delaware and southern Illinois south to northern Florida and southeast Texas .

* It is a fast growing and popular garden tree in South Africa and is easily propagated. * This is a common and widespread forest tree from South Africa to Ethiopia . It is commonly known as the White Stinkwood .