Butterfly Attracting Plant Perennial Plant For Sale In California

Blooms late summer to early fall. * The flowers are often used for dried flower displays. * Echinops ritro is a species of globe thistle . * If all the flowers are removed early in the season, the plant will often produce a second flush of bloom later...

Plant in full to partial sun. This spectacular cultivar of butterfly bush is valued for its intense, deeply colored wine-red flowers. Drought tolerant. The fragrant, long panicles are showy from June to September and attracts loads of butterflies and...

Ptarmica yields an essential oil that is used in herbal medicine. * The plant can tolerate maritime exposure. * So called because the roots were once ground for snuff. * Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked.

* An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely pink or white) flowers resembling scabiosa; likes moist, peaty soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, north Africa, east to...

Native to moist prairies and sedge meadows. 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...

It is perennial so will continue to supply fresh chives for years to come. * Used in cooking, on baked potatoes, and in salads ; flowers rose to rosy purple. * This heirloom variety matures in about 80-90 days but some stems can be cut before maturity.

It produces a spike of zygomorphic flowers in the late summer. It is an herbaceous, perennial dicot native to eastern and central Canada and United States. * It was believed by some native North American Indian tribes that if the finely ground roots were...

Occidentalis) and Queen-of-the-prairie (F. Vulgaris), both native to Europe, and Queen-of-the-forest (F. The species grow to between 0.5-2 m tall, with large inflorescences of small five-petalled flowers, creamy-white to pink-tinged in most species, dark...

* An herbaceous perennial, forming a basal rosette to 1', from which arise 3' flowering stems with purplish blue (rarely pink or white) flowers resembling scabiosa; likes moist, peaty soil in sun or part shade; native to Europe, north Africa, east to...

Grows 18-24'' tall and wide. In late summer, lots of purple-pink flowers open up to make a stunning contrast with the foliage. In the fall and winter, the foliage is bright red. Grows in sunny warm areas where it will tolerate heat and drought very well.

Petiole 2-4.5 cm; leaf blade often purplish red when young, greenish when mature, cordate or triangular-orbicular, * Open or dense forests, mountain slopes, along valleys near roads, on rocks; 600-1900 m.

It is an easy to grow perennial that spreads fast. Will bloom again in late summer if spring blossoms are cut off. Enjoy astonishing numbers of snowy, gold-centered blooms every June and July.

Provide Peach Perfectiontm Abelia with a full to mostly sunny position in most any well-drained soil for the best color and optimum flowering. Spring and summer bring clusters of large bell-shaped, nectar rich, white flowers that draw butterflies, bees,...

1999 Perennial Plant of the Year. Excellent for butterflies and the birds will enjoy the seedheads in winter. A profusion of dark-eyed golden yellow, 3-5'', daisies are held above the tidy rosette of foliage throughout summer.

Porterweed is known to reseed particularly in mild winter climates. Another of the smaller varieties creating a dense bush with loads of nectar rich flowers for the butterflies and hummingbirds.

Anise or Brazilian Sage, Salvia guaranitica , is an upright growing perennial that may flower nearly continuously from spring to frost. Glossy rich green foliage. Black and Blue Salvia, an Anise Sage, is a highly sought after nectar plant for hummingbirds,...

Porterweeds are excellent nectar producers outperforming all other butterfly plants in the garden. Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves.

Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. Major Wheeler produces loads of large clusters of deep red 2" tubular flowers with yellow throats are held above the rich blue-green disease resistant foliage of this selection of the tame native Coral Honeysuckle.

Flowers are mildly fragrant, and very attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds and bees. With dense and well- branched plants Glass Slippers is very manageable and practical for use in patio containers.

To read more about this "stately coneflower", as Dr. Neil Odenwald puts it, in the Online Plant Guide.com click here or the "More Info..." link below. Great for pollinators. Most sources disagree on the hardiness of this plant.

Vitex are adaptable to a wide variety of soil types and are considered to be drought tolerant enough to be suitable for Xeric gardens. Lecompte Vitex is another excellent introduction from noted plant breeder and author Greg Grant.

In midsummer it produces the fragrant, nectar rich yellow flowers atop sturdy 2-3' high stems. This is a clump forming, taprooted perennial that prefers well-drained soils. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved.

Use as fresh or dried cutflower. To learn more click here . May reseed under good conditions. Wild Bergamot is the 2013 Notable Native from the Herb Society of America. The flowers are considered fragrant by some and the foliage certainly is.

Shipped: potted. Its compact size of only 6' tall makes it perfect for a hedge or specimen planting. Josee can rebloom up to four times in a season with the most spectacular show in late spring.

Established plant image courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. 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.

They make an attractive garnish to salads, and can also be used as a cookedvegetable or in conserves etc. Both the flowers and the leaves canbe made into a syrup or a tea. The leaves are often available all through the winter.

Capsule oblong, (1-)1.2-1.7 cm, smooth. Anthers yellow, inserted near or slightly below mouth of corolla tube. Calyx 2-3.5 mm. * Fragrant lilac flowers in clusters as long as 1'; leaves to 6"; native to Manchuria and Korea.