Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Alabama

I would be surprised to find a plant that produces a more continuous supply of nectar rich flowers from summer to frost, even most Lantana has to catch its breath from time to time during the heat of summer.

Summer Jewel Red is a 2011 All American Selection Award winner and produces a nearly non-stop display of scarlet red tubular flowers from spring to frost on a compact plant that begins flowering earlier.

The bracts are probably more showy than the flowers but the flowers attract loads of pollinators including bees and small butterflies. Considered by many to be the best of the Mountainmints, Clustered Mountainmint produces an abundance of tiny whitish...

Dense flat topped clusters that can be 6" or more across are composed of tightly packed, tiny, dark golden yellow daisies. The Achillea's fragrant foliage deters deer and rabbits. Proper deadheading may encourage the show to return in fall.

A truly dwarf Buddleia producing loads of fragrant blue spikes on a low mounding plant that only grows to 2-1/2'!Of 107 Butterfly Bushes on trial at Wisley Gardens Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip Butterfly Bush was the#2vote getter.

An unusually large-growing variety. Huge scarlet pine-cone-like blooms to 8 inches long are borne in summer atop the large deep green tropical foliage.

Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers. Use this reliable perennial Salvia in beds or containers.

Stoke's Aster comes highly recommended and its easy to see why with moderate drought resistance, few pest or disease problems, deer and rabbit resistance and it revels in the heat and sun of our southern summers.

The Maypop Passionvine or Passion Flower produces a summer long display of 2-3" wide white, lavender, and purple exotic flowers that are held against medium green tropical foliage.

These Butterfly Bush hybrids can be pruned back to 12-24" in late winter/early spring to help promote health and vigor as well as to rejuvenate older plants. Royal Red is vigorous and fast growing quickly developing into a medium-sized deciduous shrub...

To learn more about the beneficial insects that Milkweeds support see our growing guide: Milkweed: Much More than Just a Monarch Host. Solid yellow blooms are borne from spring to fall on this vigorous and fast growing upright perennial.

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...

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

Fringed Twinevine is fairly drought resistant once well-established. Climbing Milkweed is a vigorous vine easily reaching 15' under good conditions. This is a drought resistant, taprooted, twining, native, perennial vine, expect the top to die-back in...

Removing spent flowers and seed heads will promote the production of wave after wave of new flowers throughout the summer and into fall. Vitex are great for summer color and their large spikes of colorful flowers attract butterflies and bees.

Flowers can range from nearly solid burgundy to nearly solid yellow and almost any combination in between. This is a tough and hardy, perennial US Native. Great for smaller pollinators.

Spikes of fragrant tiny pink flowers emerge from this diminutive Butterfly Bush from early spring through fall. An excellent choice for small spaces, the front of the garden and landscape, as well as in containers where it can bring pollinators of all...

This sterile hybrid from Euroamerican Propagators has garnered top marks in gardens across the US! Provide ample sunlight in a well-drained, fertile soil and stand back as this passion flower may be the star of the show!

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...

White, fragrant bloom spikes reaching 16", are held against the green, velvety foliage. 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.

Buddleias or Butterfly Bushes do best where they have good to excellent drainage and prefer a full to mostly sunny position for the best overall health and flowering. Spikes of deep fuchsia buds open to pale pink flowers with an orange eye.

Deep dark red, 2-3" wide daisies are born all summer long on this exciting new perennial. Red Satin Coreopsis is a sterile selection from Darrel Probst so it can spend all summer flowering.

Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved. Frilly, rounded clusters of dainty white tubular flowers are borne in summer atop sturdy stems and are an excellent nectar source for a variety of smaller pollinators and garden beneficials.

We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen from the vine. Cross pollination may produce tropical tasting tangy fruit that surrounds the dark seeds inside.

Ruby Glow is a vigorous growing, heat loving tropical vine that can reach 20'H under good conditions. Ruby Glow Passionflower is sometimes mistakenly sold as a selection of Passiflora alata but it has been determined that this is actually a selection...

Photo courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com A new Buddleja color from the breeding work of Dr. Dennis Werner at JC Raulston Arboretum. Of 107 Butterfly Bushes on trial at Wisley Gardens this was the top vote getter! Butterfly Bush is considered...

It dies to the ground in winter, but faithfully returns from the ground each spring. A beautiful climbing perennial with sprays of lacy pink flowers all summer and fall. Some bee-keepers say it is good for honey, also.