Butterfly Gladioli

With a name like Butterfly Bush you might expect a plant to be attractive to butterflies. If you love flowering shrubs with impressive flowers and the enchanting presence of butterflies in your yard, you can't go wrong with this easy-to-care-for ornamental...

If your Salvia or Sage starts to look unkempt in mid to late summer consider giving it a light shearing or remove the spent flowering spikes to help promote new growth and flower production.

An old and reliable perennial Verbena that produces large clusters of deep purple blooms from spring to fall. Homestead Verbena was discovered by Dr. Allan Armitage and Dr. Michael Dirr on an old homestead in Georgia.

The dainty nectar rich flowers are visited by bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Use Cloud Eight Verbena in the garden, landscape, or in container gardens. Clusters of rich purple flowers are produced on sturdy stems atop the medium green foliage from...

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...

Buchanan's Sage is considered hardy in zones 9-11, with some reports suggesting into zone 8B, provide a well-drained soil and part shade in hot summer climates for the best results.

The small size, exceptional flower power, and spreading habit lends Lilac Chip to use in the perennial border, as a groundcover, smaller spaces, and containers where it is sure to attract loads of butterflies and other pollinators! The Lo & Beholdtm Buddleja...

Either way, these are excellent, hardy, and long-lived perennials with immense flower power. In the northern portion of their range the Turk's Caps are die-back perennials that freeze nearly to the ground in winter and return vigorously in spring.

Masses of tall wispy deep pink spikes are covered by a succession of large pink butterfly-like flowers throughout summer. A tough and hardy, drought tolerant, perennial US Native.

This Passionvine along with many of Myles Irving's Riverside hybrids appear to rarely produce fruit and are often triploid to tetraploid in nature. The Snow Queen Passionflower is a host to the Gulf Frittilary Butterfly and will most likely serve as a...

Train it on a trellis or other support to produce a small-medium sized fragrant evergreen vine. Sweetly fragrant clusters of 2", star-like, pure white blooms are produced continuously throughout the summer months against a rich glossy green foliage.

Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers. Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant. Rich red 3" flowers clusters.

This exciting new day-length neutral and thusly free flowering Black-Eyed Susan was discovered at Dupont Nursery near Plaquemine, Louisiana and is sure to bring in the butterflies and pollinators as well as providing color all summer.

Pruning if necessary should not be done after June as you may be removing flower buds for the late summer/fall show. May not tolerate poor drainage but at the same time will do well in most soils from clay, calcareous, limestone, and sand.

The Texas Coneflower is found only in Louisiana and SE Texas. The most current treatment in the Flora of North America separates the two as individual species. A choice native coneflower, the Texas Coneflower produces 3-5" bright golden yellow daisies...

In zone 8B-9 we find that a small percentage larger growing Porterweeds, like Lavender, Coral, and Purple, may return from the roots in late spring if well mulched. Porterweed is known to reseed particularly in mild winter climates.

Periodic removal of spent flower spikes will help keep your Scarlet Sage looking great and flowering throughout the growing season. An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production.

The small size, exceptional flower power, and spreading habit lends Lilac Chip to use in the perennial border, as a groundcover, smaller spaces, and containers where it is sure to attract loads of butterflies and other pollinators! The Lo & Beholdtm Buddleja...

It flowers all summer and fall. This is the selection with the deepest red color, comes from seed collected in southern Baja California. It dies to the ground in winter, but faithfully returns from the ground each spring.

The Butterfly Bush does best where it gets most of a day of sun (>6 hours, preferably 8 or more) and has good to excellent drainage. Buddleia had become invasive in some parts of the US particularly Oregon, Washington.

Neglecta , that has white, pink, to purplish ray petals that more closely resemble those of the Sanguin Purple Coneflower, E. In midsummer it produces the fragrant, nectar rich yellow flowers atop sturdy 2-3' high stems.

An excellent cut flower that can last for up to a week in a vase. A superb butterfly nectar plant! Masses of large pinkish-purple daisy-like blooms are often born from late spring to fall.

Henry Duelberg Mealycup Sage has been selected as a Texas Superstar for its reliable performance and garden qualities. An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production.

In cooler climates it may act as a die-back perennial returning from the roots in spring. It is definitely worth the trip and they have a great Butterfly festival each fall. Jack in the Bush or Crucita is truly one of the very best butterfly plants as...

In the northern most portions of their range, zones 5 and 6, they should be provided with a deep winter mulch. Plants readily multiply into dense clumps. Seedlings may have different characteristics than the parent plants.

Considered by many to be the best white butterfly bush. Butterfly Bush is considered invasive in some areas, please consult your local state offices before purchasing. White, fragrant bloom spikes reaching 16", are held against the green, velvety foliage.

The sweetly scented foliage gives it its common name. Along with 'Herbstonne', the Sweet Coneflower is one of the latest to flower. This Rudbeckia is unusual in that it will grow and flower quite well even under deciduous shade.