Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Albuquerque

The Purple Porterweed is a medium sized variety becoming fairly dense as it matures. This is one of the few plants that you will find consistently at nearly every butterfly conservatory.

Considered by some to be root hardy in zone 9 with protection. Called Popcorn Cassia because when brushed or crushed the foliage emits the wonderful fragrance of freshly buttered popcorn.

Rudbeckia fulgida is native to much of the central and eastern United States. Early Bird Gold was selected from a stand of Goldstrum Rudbeckia and inherits all of that award winning perennial's attributes yet it flowers continuously over a much longer...

Cloud Eight is a semi-dwarf selection of Purole-Top Vervain with a compact and free flowering habit. Clusters of rich purple flowers are produced on sturdy stems atop the medium green foliage from spring through summer and into fall.

To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties The Maypop is also known as: Purple Passionflower, Purple Passionvine, and Apricot Vine.

To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties A heady sweet fragrance fills the air when this beautiful passionvine is in flower and it may produce very large, up...

Provide full to partial sun with average drainage and average moisture for best results. Anise or Brazilian Sage, Salvia guaranitica , is an upright growing perennial that may flower nearly continuously from spring to frost.

This is one of the few plants that you will find consistently at nearly every butterfly conservatory. 1/4" soft red blooms adorn the long spike-like bloom stems from spring to frost.

Photo courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip Jr. Butterfly Bush makes a great addition to the garden and landscape but this one is compact enough for containers too.

An unusual and uncommon native found growing along stream sides and woodlands that is most common in western Louisiana and eastern Texas but is also found in much of the southeast as well.

The blooms are borne continuously from late spring to fall. Deep violet flowers hang like grapes from this upright to arching shrub. Buddlejas are considered invasive in some areas, please consult your local state offices before purchasing.

These were grown from locally collected seed. A mulch will also provide many benefits as well. Periodic removal of older and weaker canes will help to keep them growing vigorously.

Considered a native (by some) of southern Florida, the Skyflower can grow into a small tree or large shrub in freeze free areas but will often act like a die-back perennial in mild winter areas.

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.

The relaxed petals surround a tall central cone of each daisy-like flower.Finely textured blue-gray foliage on a plant that becomes more dense with age.Blooms from late spring through summer.

Colorwheel Stokesia is just as tough and reliable as its brethren creating a mound of foliage on a durable and dense clump forming native perennial. Super easy and tough. A durable and reliable US native perennial, Stoke's Aster comes highly recommended...

In mild winter climates, like zone 9 and 10, they can remain evergreen and will flower for most of the year. If your Dwarf Mexican Petunias get too tall or leggy just cut them back to a few inches above the ground and they will quickly regrow and soon...

Admittedly the flowers of Talayote are not extra large and showy but it could certainly be used in the garden as a screen or at the back of the garden if so desired. Talayote produces clusters of small cream and green milkweed flowers that are held above...

To learn more about this excellent perennial Salvia " Salvia x "Indigo Spires", Indigo Spires Salvia " from the University of Florida Extension Service by Edward Gilman and David Marshall.

Includes: 3 each of Black-Eyed Susans and Purple Coneflower.

Great for cut flowers. Masses of large, crimson-red, flowers from summer to fall! This exciting new variety has the same wonderfully compact, uniform growth habit as Arizona Sun Gaillardia, but in the exciting color of crimson red.

This Texas and Mexican native with an upright to arching growth habit is a root hardy perennial in the northern portions of its range but may become shrub-like in mild winter climates.

May reseed under good conditions though it may be unlikely to where mulched. Klaus Jiletto has some of the largest flowers of any Stokesia Daisy cultivar. Their only downfall is wet soggy winter soils which could cause rot.

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. Blue Arrowleaf Sage has large velvety arrowhead shaped aromatic foliage that seems to retain its tidiness throughout the growing season.

Seed grown from a north Louisiana population. Plant it at the back of the border in small to large groupings for a wonderful effect and the butterflies will love you for it as well.

Where they don't freeze back, a hard late-winter pruning will act as a renewal and may help to rid them of overwintering pests as well as to keep them full and in bounds (if you can stand to remove the flower buds).

Ideal for cut-flowers. For a rain garden. Attracts butterflies. Winner of the prestigous 2005 Fleuroselect Gold Medal! Deer resistant. Highly drought tolerant. Blooms from early summer into fall! Enjoy masses of 3'' orange-red blooms tipped with yellow.