Wild Flower Butterfly Attracting Plant For Sale In Santa Clarita

* Orange flowers in late summer; grows well in dry soil; native to eastern U.S. * Pleurisy root is a bitter, nutty-flavoured tonic herb that increases perspiration, relieves spasms and acts as an expectorant.

* 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.

* 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.

* Yarrow has also been used as a food, and was very popular as a vegetable in the 17th century. * The herb combines well with Sambucus nigra flowers (Elder) and Mentha x piperita vulgaris (Peppermint) for treating colds and influenza.

It is often grown as an ornamental in flower gardens. It typically is one of the first plants to colonize an area after disturbance (such as fire) and rarely persists once shrubs and trees become established.

* 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...

* The blossoms have been used in the treatment of measles. The fruits are popular with birds, who distribute the seeds. * The fruit is a bright red or sometimes purple drupe containing 3 to 5 seeds.

* Clusters of light yellow to orange flowers atop a sparsely branched perennial or in axils of compound leaves. The flowers of this large plant are not typically pea-like. * Senna hebecarpa ( American Senna or Wild Senna ) is an ornamental plant native...

The plant is desirable fodder when it grows in fields grazed by livestock . It has sharply-toothed, lance-shaped green leaves and bears large, showy, bright golden yellow trumpet-shaped flowers .

Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47. The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long.

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. The naturalized variety is typically tubular, bright red, about 1.25 in (3.2 cm) long.

The flowers emit a perfume similar to meadowsweet. It is common in the Pacific Northwest where it is found in both openings and the forest understory at low to moderate elevations.

Named for Ferdinand Roemer, a German geologist who collected specimens in the New Braunfels, Texas, area from 1845-47. The leaves are long-stalked and uniquely divided into two leaflets about 1 1/2 inches long.

It is an upright annual (sometimes biennial or perennial ) native to most of North America , and is one of a number of plants with the common name Black-eyed Susan with flowers having dark purplish brown centers.

Japonica is also popularly grown in bonsai . * Chaenomeles japonica is a species of Japanese Quince . The fruit is called (Kusa-boke ) in Japanese. * It is best known for its colorful spring flowers of red, white, pink or multi.

It is commonly grown in gardens for its showy purple flowers (pink or white in some cultivars). All spikes of purple flowers appear in July and August. * Liatris spicata , the dense blazing star or prairie gay feather , is an herbaceous perennial plant...

The Cherokee in the Tennessee area called it ocoee ; the Ocoee River and valley are named after this plant, which is the Tennessee State Wildflower . One of the hardiest species of passionflower, it is a common wildflower in the southern United States...

Its use has also been adopted by Ayurvedic medicine. Plants in this genus were probably the most frequently used of N. * Echinacea is considered to be the most effective detoxicant in Western herbal medicine for the circulatory, lymphatic and respiratory...

Older leaves are used as a flavouring in cooked foods. The 2 to 3 inch leaves are ovate to cordate, opposite, and coarsely toothed, they are covered with soft, white fuzz. * Nepeta cataria (also known as catnip , catswort , or catmint ) is a plant in...

* Sakaki ( Cleyera japonica ) is a flowering evergreen tree or shrub native to warm areas of Japan , Korea and mainland China . * The small, scented, cream-white flowers open in early summer, and are followed later by berries which start red and turn...

The flowers are fragrant and range in colour from pink to mauve, sometimes with a white base; they are produced in early summer on panicles 4-25 cm long and are attractive to bees, butterflies, and birds.

It is native to almost every area in North America east of the Rocky Mountains, but excluding the far north of Canada as well as some of the southern United States. * New England American-aster is large and showy, growing to 6 or more ft.

Leaves appear in whorls of 3–5. * It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5–3 m (5–10 feet) tall, found in moist, rich soil alongside ditches and marshes, or in wet forests.

* Tolerates a wide range of soils, but prefers moist, humusy, nutrient-rich, neutral to slightly acidic loams. * Fruits are sour and usually not consumed raw by humans, but may be cooked for use in the preparation of wine, jelly and pies.

The seed usually germinates in 10 - 20 days at 20°c. It is being investigated for use as a biofuel. It is a common roadside weed in the southwestern United States, and an invasive plant species in California native plant habitats.

* The flowers are pink to white. This species can be found in China and Japan. * Callicarpa dichotoma (common names, Purple Beautyberry or Early Amethyst ) is species of beautyberry .

* I've always liked Spicebush. I never knew about the Spicebush Swallowtail until recently though, thanks to the internet! I think I would grow these just to see the caterpillars! I'll be checking my plants next summer.