Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Antioch

Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. The sweetly scented foliage gives it its common name. Along with 'Herbstonne', the Sweet Coneflower is one of the latest to flower. Henry Eiler's is unique in that is has petals that are quilled or rolled into...

Deadhead to extend flowering into fall. Provide Mouse-Eared Tickseed with average moisture and good drainage in average garden soils for best results. An evergreen perennial that slowly develops into a 6-9" high slowly spreading stoloniferous groundcover.

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.

Remove seed pods to prevent unwanted seedlings as it can be difficult to eradicate once it is well-established. The seed for these originated in the southern most portions of Texas.

The Star of Surbiton Passionflower is definitely a caterpillar host for the Gulf Frittilary butterfly and will probably prove to be a host for additional species. Provide a winter mulch where marginally hardy or enjoy this free flowering, lightly fragrant...

This is an easy, durable, and reliable drought tolerant and deer resistant perennial for any sunny border. Goldstrum Rudbeckia is an award winning selection of our native Rudbeckia fulgida which is native to much of the eastern and central United States.

Beautifully cut medium green deeply cut lacy foliage that is reminiscent of the delicately cut foliage of some Japanese Maples adorns this vigorous 'Chaste Tree'. The Lace-Leaf Vitex is considered by many to be the most hardy of the Chaste Trees.

Photo courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com Miss Violet is another excellent introduction from the breeding work of Dr. Dennis Werner at North Carolina State University.

Bahama Blue Passion Flower is a beautiful and vigorous free flowering selection of the Blue Crown Passion Flower, Passiflora caerulea, with all its hardiness and reliability. We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars)...

Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers. Buchanan's Sage is considered hardy in zones 9-11, with some reports suggesting into zone 8B, provide a well-drained soil...

Huge, conicle, bright pink bloom spikes can reach 18" long and 4" wide at the base! An excellent choice for butterfly gardens. Butterfly Bush is considered invasive in some regions, please consult your local state offices before purchasing.

Few Salvias can compete with the ever popular 'Indigo Spires' for pure flower power but the newly introduced 'Mystic Spires' may have an edge. An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production.

Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant. The Butterfly Series Pentas are excellent heat and humidity tolerant free flowering Pentas with a medium sized well-branched growth habit.

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.

This beautiful perennial wildflower is common to the Pineywoods of western Louisiana and east Texas and needs a well drained soil for best results. Attracts Butterflies. Considered to be one of the most beautiful Blazing Stars by L.H. Bailey.

Prairie Blazing Star is common in the prairies and forests of the central and north eastern US. When the Liatris are in flower, few plants can compete for the multitude of butterflies and other pollinators that they attract.

Cloud Eight is a semi-dwarf selection of Purole-Top Vervain with a compact and free flowering habit. Use Cloud Eight Verbena in the garden, landscape, or in container gardens. The dainty nectar rich flowers are visited by bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

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.

Where not hardy the Yellow Butterfly Vine is easily maintained as a container plant. Mascagnia macroptera is not the same as Stigmaphyllon ciliatum . The Stigmaphyllon has caudate or heart shaped leaf bases where the Mascagnia macroptera does not among...

This durable perennial makes a great border, groundcover, or makes a great addition to containers. The Dwarf Mexican Petunias are drought resistant once well established but will also grow in poorly drained moist sites.

Drought tolerant once well established but will enjoy average moisture in a garden setting. Tall Blazing Star is a native of the central US where it commonly found growing on clay soils.

Tall spikes of dark golden yellow 1" blooms are born in summer and fall on an upright growing shrub. 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...

An exceptionally hardy Abelia and a great addition to any garden. Adapatable to a variety of soil conditions. Abelias are easily grown, drought, salt, deer, and pest resistant upright to arching evergreen to semi-evergreen shrubs.

This naturally sprawling vine-like shrub can easily be pruned to produce a dense mass of foliage and flowers. Train it on a trellis or other support to produce a small-medium sized fragrant evergreen vine.

A nearly endless procession of rich pink flower clusters are born in mass above the low, ferny foliage of this wonderful free-flowering perennial Verbena. Use Pink TapienVerbena as a groundcover, a spiller in containers, or as a beautiful hanging basket.

Butterfly Bush is considered invasive in some regions, consider sterile selections or deadhead periodically to prevent unwanted seedlings. Black Knight, an RHS Award of Garden Merit winner, is still one of the most strikingly colored and popular of all...

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. It is well suited for beds or containers. Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these...