Butterfly Attracting Plant Wildlife Food For Sale In Iowa

The 2-3 inch pink (5-8cm) flowers usually occur singly, but may appear in groups of 2 or 3. The flowers, which appear in early summer, can have a pleasantly strong fragrance. This plant is native to Western North America where it grows in moist openings...

This Hackberry produces a pale trunk and branches with green leaves . * Usually a deciduous tree, pale trunk and branches, fast growing, fairly drought resistant, works well for bonsai.

A tall, tufted grass similar to tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). It grows in meadows, on roadsides, riversides etc. Adapted to cool climates as a cool seasons turfgrass. Stays green a long time.

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,...

* The common name is Sweetfern or Sweet-fern, a confusing name as it is not a fern. * 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.

* 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...

American snowbell's showy, white, bell-shaped flowers are borne in pairs from leaf axils. Tall, with a wide, wispy, open crown. When in bloom, they cover the plant creating a fragrant, white cloud.

It grows at elevations of 450–1,500 metres (1,480–4,920 ft). * The Tecate cypress is the only plant on which the rare Thorne's Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus thornei) lays its eggs.

It is nearly always found in low, wet areas and is often found near Phalaris arundinacea (Reed canary grass). It is also called "agueweed", "feverwort" or "sweating-plant". * Eupatorium perfoliatum or (Common) Boneset is a common perennial plant native...

It is grown as a horticultural annual in zones 3-5. * It is a perennial plant to USDA Zone 6. The leaves are alternate, trifoliate (with three leaflets), each leaflet 15–30 mm long and 8–15 mm broad, green with a characteristic pale crescent in the...

Growing up to a meter tall, it lives in zones 4 to 9 in moist to wet soils. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States. It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer.

This species is native to most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains , excluding the drier parts of the Prairies . They are used like broccoli. * The latex in the stems is a suitable replacement for chicle and can be made into a chewing gum.

The taproot lives a long time, producing several generations of above ground parts. Many types of squirrels cache the acorns. Many birds depend on them; Wild Turkeys prefer them over other types of food.

A fast-growing plant, it thrives in thin woodland. It is common in the Pacific Northwest where it is found in both openings and the forest understory at low to moderate elevations.

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.

* The wood is hard and heavy, suitable for making furniture and other small articles. * Dark green shiny leaves, yellow, bronzy, and red in fall; 1/3" bright red fruit, good bird food; large shrub, can be trained as a small tree; susceptible to fireblight;...

It is commonly kept as an ornamental plant. * Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. 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...

* Daisy like in form, with deep yellow or orange-yellow petals with brownish-purple centers; may be an annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial; full sun; native from Massachusetts to Iillinois, Alabama, and Georgia, in open woods and meadows.

* Lance-leaved coreopsis produces yellow flowers in late summer. 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 word chaparral is derived from the Spanish word for scrub oak, chaparro. * The California Scrub Oak ( Quercus berberidifolia ) is a small evergreen or semi-evergreen shrubby oak in the white oak section.

The trees are beautiful in the spring with white blooms and in the fall the dark berries appear. All Bonsai need root protection in below freezing temperatures. A black dye can also be obtained from the fruit as well as an ink.

* Wood was once used by early settlers in the midwest for shingles, hence the common name. Rare in the east, abundant in the lower Ohio valley and middle of Mississippi valley. * A tree usually fifty to sixty feet high, maximum height one hundred, with...

* Plants produce a deep taproot and need to be planted out into their permanent positions as soon as possible, in fact seed sown in situ will produce the best trees. * The acorns of dwarf chinkapin oak are sweet tasting and relished by humans and many...

* The plant contains helenalin, a compound that has shown significant anti-tumour activity. * Bright flowers of daisyish form, yellow ray petals and yellow-brown centers, from July to October; forms large clumps; parent of many hybrids; native to swamps...

* Tolerant of constant cutting, this plant is often grown in lawns. * It succeeds on shallow chalky soils. * This is one of the food plants for the caterpillars of several butterflies and moths, including the Gatekeeper and the Meadow Brown.

* Wood - dark, durable, closely grained, nicely marked, not as heavy as that of other members of this genus. * The plant forms suckers and is a good soil stabilizer. It is much planted in Egypt for protecting roads from the sand.

It is native to lowland wetlands in the southeastern United States , from Delaware and southern Illinois south to northern Florida and southeast Texas . * The common name comes from the acorns being largely enclosed in the cup; the scientific name comes...