Cut Flower Butterfly Attracting Plant For Sale In Grand Rapids

* Unusual perennials with 2" spherical blue flowers in mid to late summer; the plant itself is rather rough and thistly with dark green leaves; good for middle or back of border; wants full sun and good drainage; can be dried for winter arrangements.

* A biennial with pretty four-petaled fragrant flowers in loose clusters, white to purplish and everything in between; the main flowering is in May in New York state; native to Europe, but naturalized and nearly ubiquitous in the open woodlands of the...

* The bark or leaves have been chewed by children as a treatment for sore mouth. * The lilac is a very popular ornamental plant in gardens and parks, because of its attractive, sweet-smelling flowers, which appear in early summer just before many of the...

* Plants 0.6–1.5 m tall. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate, many flowered. Filipendula species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species: Emperor Moth, Grey Pug, Grizzled Skipper, Hebrew Character, Lime-speck Pug, Mottled Beauty...

* Blooms are 4" in diameter and are held from May until June. * Centaurea americana , commonly called American Starthistle or American Basketflower , is an annual native to the southern central United States and northeastern Mexico.

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

American Indian herbal remedies. Its cone-shaped flowering heads are usually, but not always purple. * Echinacea purpurea ( Eastern purple coneflower or Purple coneflower ) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Echinacea .

It is a member of the Gerbera genus . * Grow in average to organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. * No serious insect or disease problems. Grow as annuals in St. Louis, either in the ground or in containers.

* Habit and Form an deciduous shrub dense, rounded habit ascending branches, erect 6' to 10' tall 4' to 10' wide medium texture moderate growth rate * White or rosy-lilac flowers in 3-7" clusters, often several to each branch tip, in May; flower fragrance,...

Pedicel 0-3 mm, glabrous or pubescent. Capsule obovate-elliptic, ovate, to oblong-lanceolate, 0.7-1.5(-2) cm, smooth. Panicles erect, lateral, congested or lax, 4-16(-20) × 3-8(-10) cm.

* 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;...

* The inflorescence is generally a large, solitary flower head which may exceed 8 centimeters in diameter. * A good butterfly and moth plant. * It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall with many large serrated leaves around...

* A large multistemmed shrub with narrowly conical, sometimes pendulous clusters of purple-pink flowers, pink with white inside as flowers begin to fade; said by Dirr to lack fragrance; native to central China.

* Ratibida pinnata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names pinnate prairie coneflower, gray-head coneflower, yellow coneflower, and prairie coneflower.

* Plants 0.6–1.5 m tall. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate, many flowered. Filipendula species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species: Emperor Moth, Grey Pug, Grizzled Skipper, Hebrew Character, Lime-speck Pug, Mottled Beauty...

* Siberian Wallflower makes a dramatic vibrant addition to a wildflower meadow. * Its height of 10-18 inches makes it ideal for the front or closer portion of the meadow. * It tolerates a wide range of soil types and will grow in full sun or partial shade.

* A biennial with pretty four-petaled fragrant flowers in loose clusters, white to purplish and everything in between; the main flowering is in May in New York state; native to Europe, but naturalized and nearly ubiquitous in the open woodlands of the...

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

* Spiraea tomentosa , commonly known as the Steeplebush , is a plant similar in characteristic to the Hardhack ( S. * A vigorous plant, spreading by subterranean suckers and forming thickets.

Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and butterflies. Cultivated varieties include orange-red, pink, salmon, red, white, and scarlet, and include bi-colored varieties. Spreading growth to 12".

* The inflorescence is generally a large, solitary flower head which may exceed 8 centimeters in diameter. * A good butterfly and moth plant. * It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall with many large serrated leaves around...

Branchlets arched, red-brown and yellow tomentose initially, black-brown and glabrous when old; buds ovoid, 2–5 mm, with several scales, pubescent, apex acute or obtuse. Spiraea chinensis Maximowicz, Trudy Imp.

Like many other plants in this family, they are demulcent and emollient and are used in the treatment of dysentery, lung ailments and urinary ailments. * Swamp-rose Mallow or Rose mallow ( Hibiscus moscheutos ) is a cold-hardy perennial wetland plant...

Crocea is a beautiful and stately plant, probably the most striking of all spurias. According to Bowley (l.c. 176) it is disturbing that it is only known to be growing wild in the valley of Kashmir, for, with so limited a location there must be some anxiety...

However it is commonly cultivated in gardens away from its native range. * Primula denticulata , commonly known as Drumstick primrose or the Himalayan Primrose is a species of primrose that is native to moist alpine regions and Afghanistan to China .

* 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.

The 2 to 3 inch leaves are ovate to cordate, opposite, and coarsely toothed, they are covered with soft, white fuzz. * The common name catmint can also refer to the genus as a whole.