Cut Flower Butterfly Attracting Plant For Sale In Huntsville

* 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.

* It is a frequent component in butterfly gardens. * The familiar yarrow from which many garden cultivars have been derived; grows in very poor soil in full sun. * Common yarrow is an erect herbaceous perennial plant that produces one to several stems...

* 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 . However it is commonly cultivated in gardens away from its native range.

* The seed can be sprouted and added to salads. Typically the first year of growth produces a mound of foliage and flowering occurs the second year, plants are normally biennials but a number of races can be short lived perennials .

* 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.

* Blooms are 4" in diameter and are held from May until June. * The plant looks similar to the thistles but lacks their prickly characteristics . The plant can reach 5-6' tall and has rough 4" long lance-shaped leaves.

* It is attractive to butterflies and birds. It is hardy and not easily outcompeted by other plants. * This plant is grown as an ornamental garden plant. * It is native to the central and eastern United States and Ontario in Canada.

It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white in some cultivars). * The plant is said to be extremely efficacious when used as a local application in the treatment of sore throats and gonorrhoea.

* Native to forests; 100-800(-1600) m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Japan (Ryukyu Islands)].

* Bright yellow flowers.

* 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...

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

It has some susceptibility to additional diseases including blights, leaf spots, wilt and ring spot virus. Its best ornamental feature is its showy, fragrant, creamy white flowers that bloom in upright panicles to 12” long in late spring to early summer...

Flower stalks are sturdy and straight, with solitary terminal flowers, and are smooth or slightly hairy. Echinacea paradoxa is native to Missouri , Arkansas , Oklahoma , and Texas , and is listed as threatened in Arkansas.

Corolla pale purple to purple-red, 1.2-1.8 cm; tube funnel-form, 1-1.4 cm; lobes oblong-ovate to ovate, upright or spreading. Pedicel 0-2 mm. Calyx 2-3.5 mm. Young branchlets green, becoming gray, glabrous or pubescent.

Branchlets glabrous, puberulent, or pubescent. Anthers yellow, inserted 0-4 mm from mouth of corolla tube. * Flora of china states: Shrubs or small trees to 5 m. Capsule obovate-elliptic, ovate, to oblong-lanceolate, 0.7-1.5(-2) cm, smooth.

An infusion is used internally as a blood purifier and externally for treating cuts, burns and bruises. * Blue, pinky-blue, lilac, or lavenderish flowers 1 1/4" wide atop 3' stems; native to meadows and grassy hills, particularly on limestone; good for...

It has some susceptibility to additional diseases including blights, leaf spots, wilt and ring spot virus. Its best ornamental feature is its showy, fragrant, creamy white flowers that bloom in upright panicles to 12” long in late spring to early summer...

* The inner bark has been chewed in the treatment of toothaches. * Buttonbush is a handsome ornamental suited to wet soils and is also a honey plant. * Cephalanthus occidentalis is a deciduous shrub or small tree that averages 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) in...

* A shrub or tree, resembling S. Pseudocamellia, which see, but with longer leaves, smaller flowers (in June and July), and petals that are reddish at the base; needs acid soil; native to Japan.

The hairy leaves, scalloped on the edges, are pea green, varying in size, all the way up to 3 in (7.6 cm) long and 2 in (5.1 cm) wide. Blooms from summer to autumn with red flowers up to 3/4" long.

* The plant prefers moderate moisture, as well as sandy and well-drained soil and full sun. * The plant is native to southeast Africa, but it has been widely naturalized. * The name "balloonplant" is an allusion to the swelling bladder-like follicles...

Spiraea chinensis Maximowicz, Trudy Imp. Zhong hua xiu xian ju Shrubs 1.5–3 m tall. 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.

* Syringa josikaea ( Hungarian Lilac ) is a species of Lilac , native to central and eastern Europe , in the Carpathian Mountains in Hungary , Romania , and western Ukraine . * A good hedging plant, it is very tolerant of trimming.

It is in the genus Asclepias , making it a type of milkweed . * 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 , Silky...

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. The hirsute leaves are of variable morphology, but commonly found as deltoidal in form and sometimes...

* This species of Cosmos is considered a half-hardy annual, although plants may re-appear via self-sowing for several years. * The original and its cultivars appear in shades of yellow, orange, and red.