Wild Flower Butterfly Attracting Plant For Sale In Ann Arbor

It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white in some cultivars). Excellent for attracting birds and butterflies. Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows.

* Centaurea americana , commonly called American Starthistle or American Basketflower , is an annual native to the southern central United States and northeastern Mexico. * The name basket flower refers to the stiff, straw-colored bracts just beneath...

* 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...

Canadensis is sometimes browsed by deer and is good to fair as food for domestic livestock such as cattle or horses. * Solidago canadensis (Canada golden-rod, Canada goldenrod) is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae native to northeastern...

Grandiflorum is a perennial that grows from a short rhizome and produces a single, showy white flower atop a whorl of three leaves. * As a particularly conspicuous forest flower, T.

Two other species, Sicklepod (S. Marilandica) is a more southern species with fewer flowers and bigger leaflets. The flowers of this large plant are not typically pea-like. Southern Wild Senna (S.

* 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.

Nootka rose serves as the larval host of the Mourning Cloak and Grey Hairstreak butterflies. The fruits ( hips ) of Nootka rose are somewhat bitter but edible. * Rosa nutkana ( Nootka Rose , Bristly rose , Wild rose ) is a 2-10 foot (60cm-3m) tall perennial...

* 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.

The flowers emit a perfume similar to meadowsweet. 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.

* Gray-head mexican-hat is a 3-5 ft. * It is attractive to butterflies and birds. * The disc heads have a scent reminiscent of anise when crushed. One or several flowers, each on its own long stalk, may top a single stem.

It is also known as yerba santa, mountain balm, consumptive's weed and bear weed. * The leaves have been woven into skirts and aprons. * It is native to California and Oregon, where it grows in several types of habitats, including chaparral and Coast...

Grandiflorum is a perennial that grows from a short rhizome and produces a single, showy white flower atop a whorl of three leaves. * As a particularly conspicuous forest flower, T.

* It is native to northwestern China and Japan . * Buddleja davidii , (old spelling Buddleia davidii ); also called summer lilac , butterfly-bush or orange eye ) is a shrub in the Buddlejaceae family .

* 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.

Prefers organically rich, moist, slightly acidic soils with good drainage. This is one of the easiest of the lilacs to grow. Needs good air circulation. Best grown in cool summer climates, and not recommended for planting in the deep South below USDA...

A pink variety of this species is sometimes grown commercially. * New England American-aster is large and showy, growing to 6 or more ft. * The flower color is variable, ranging from lavender to blue to white.

* Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle . * 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...

In Denmark it is known as Judaspenge and in The Netherlands as Judaspenning (coins of Judas) because of its resemblance to silver coins, a reference to Judas Iscariot . In South-East Asia and elsewhere, it is called the Money Plant, because its seed pods...

* Sakaki ( Cleyera japonica ) is a flowering evergreen tree or shrub native to warm areas of Japan , Korea and mainland China . It can reach a height of 10 m. * Sakaki is one of the common trees in the second layer of the evergreen oak forests.

* 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 roses and other summer flowers come into bloom.

* This is the common European catmint and a spreading plant. Edible Uses: Condiment; Tea. Cats relish the intoxicating leaves and the tea is a popular night cap. * The plant is drought-tolerant and deer-resistant.

This species can be found in China and Japan. The fruits grow closely together in large clusters. * Callicarpa dichotoma (common names, Purple Beautyberry or Early Amethyst ) is species of beautyberry .

Prefers organically rich, moist, slightly acidic soils with good drainage. This is one of the easiest of the lilacs to grow. Needs good air circulation. Best grown in cool summer climates, and not recommended for planting in the deep South below USDA...

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

Ducks and other water birds and shorebirds consume the seeds. * Buttonbush is a handsome ornamental suited to wet soils and is also a honey plant. * An easily grown plant, it prefers an open position in a moisture retentive or wet neutral to acid humus-rich...

* 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.