Poisonous Plant Butterfly Attracting Plant For Sale In Iowa

It is used in a number of proprietary medicines for treating skin, circulatory and kidney disorders. * Use Ornamental: Showy, Ground cover Conspicuous Flowers: yes Attracts: Butterflies Larval Host: Pipevine swallowtail butterfly.

Extracts of the plant show antitumour activity. * Noxious weed in California * Chinese privet has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over 1,000 years. The fruit is antibacterial, antiseptic, antitumour, cardiotonic, diuretic and tonic.

Blooms late summer to early fall. * The flowers are often used for dried flower displays. * 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...

They are also used to give colour and flavour to glutinous-rice dumplings (Mochi). * The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. Their addition to the diet aids the digestion and so they are often used in small quantities as a flavouring, especially with fatty...

It is used in a number of proprietary medicines for treating skin, circulatory and kidney disorders. * Use Ornamental: Showy, Ground cover Conspicuous Flowers: yes Attracts: Butterflies Larval Host: Pipevine swallowtail butterfly.

* 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.

This variety is vigorous and dense-growing. Reaches 8-10' and can be trimmed to 6-8'. Quite hardy and disease resistant. Later, brilliant red berries appear that last all summer and throughout the winter.

Here in zone 8B they freeze to the ground in most winters and we plant them atop winter growing bulbs like Spanish Bluebells that take their place during the Ruellia's dormant period and as the Bluebells are finishing up the Ruellias are on their way...

* A poultice of the leaves can be applied to cuts, bruises, swellings and other wounds. It is being investigated for use as a biofuel. Ingestion of the leaves can be fatal. * Nicotiana glauca is a species of wild tobacco known by the common name tree...

Blooms late summer to early fall. * The flowers are often used for dried flower displays. * 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...

Frantzii , along with other species, are repellent to some species of ants which prevents nectar robbing. An excellent choice for butterfly gardens or in containers. Also known as Blue Snakeweed, Verbena Azul, Cayenne Snakeweed.

Appreciates ample moisture when in growth. 'Autumn Sun' is a synonym of 'Herbstonne'. One of our favorites! There has been much confusion as to exact parentage/species of this excellent cultivar though many believe that it originated as a German developed...

For more information see our Coral Honeysuckle Growing Guide . Coral Honeysuckle or Trumpet Honeysuckle is a native, often evergreen vine that is vigorous and easy to grow as well as easy to control, unlike its white and yellow Japanese cousin.

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. * This attractive perennial maintains a neat mound shape and grows 1-2 ft.

The plant can reach 5-6' tall and has rough 4" long lance-shaped leaves. * The name basket flower refers to the stiff, straw-colored bracts just beneath the flower head, which are divided at the tip into long, sharp teeth.

Our seed mats contain the perfect blend of seed to create a beautiful garden and participate in recovering this important natual resource. Each mat is generously preseeded on recycled paper that promotes germination.

This woody naturally evergreen vine can also be grown as a mounding shrub to 4-6' high. Also known as the Yellow Orchid Vine, well-established plants are considered somewhat drought resistant once well-established but will grow and flower best under average...

With most passionflowers the 5 stamens (pollen producing glands) arch downward once they are ready to release their pollen (and nectar) then on the next flower, hopefully, the 3 stigmas will arch downward once they are ready to receive pollen thus doing...

* Dianthus barbatus ( Sweet William ) is a species of Dianthus native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans , with a variety disjunct in northeastern China , Korea , and southeastern most Russia...

The flowers attract a large variety of pollinators including bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and other garden beneficials. This shrubby perennial native of the Edwards Plateau is a tough hombre that is moderately drought resistant and can develop into...

An excellent addition to the perennial or shrub border and in containers. Buddleias are excellent for attracting pollinators including butterflies, bees, and other garden beneficials! Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with...

Another of the garden friendly clump forming Goldenrods, Sweet Goldenrod makes a nice addition to the garden, as well as in natural areas and along roadsides. Sweet Goldenrod is the state herb of Delaware and is has been used to make the medicinal Blue...

One of the hardiest of passion vines the Maypop is native well into the central portion of the US reaching Illinois, Indiana, Ohio. To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties...

It dies to the ground in winter, but faithfully returns from the ground each spring. An easy to grow and drought tolerant heirloom plant. It flowers all summer and fall. This is the selection with the deepest red color, comes from seed collected in southern...

* 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 wild garden; native to E. The fresh or dried flowering plant can be used, with or without the roots.

Grown from locally collected seed. This tough and drought tolerant clump forming bulbous native perennial produces rosettes of blue-green grass-like foliage from which the elegant flower spikes emerge.

* Succeeds in poor soils and on dry walls. * A very ornamental plant. Prefers a calcareous soil but tolerates mildly acid soils. * Easily grown in a good, well-drained ordinary garden soil in a sunny position.