Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Arvada

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.

Grassleaved Goldenaster is a durable native that makes a nice groundcover under larger perennials and naturalistic settings including meadows and roadside plantings. This is a rhizomatous and thus spreading native perennial common to much of the Pineywoods...

In zone 10 it is likely to be a reliable perennial if not evergreen. 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...

Perennial Verbenas make wonderful additions to the butterfly garden providing nectar even in late winter for early visitors. A nearly endless procession of vivid, deep bluish-purple flower clusters are born in mass above the low, ferny foliage of this...

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.

Hard late winter or early spring pruning promotes new growth and more flowers and helps to keep the plants more compact. The flowers attract a large variety of pollinators including bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and other garden beneficials.

Deadheading is not required but removing spent flowers will help the plant look 'cleaner'. In some states and counties Buddleia's are considered invasive, please check with your local state offices before purchasing.

Greg Grant mentions that ‘Golda Emanis' was named for his great aunt. The best foliage color is during the winter months and in full sun". Read more about Greg Grant's plant selections on the SFA Gardens website here .

Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers. Henry Duelberg Mealycup Sage has been selected as a Texas Superstar for its reliable performance and garden qualities.

They are shade tolerant but flower best when grown in sunny areas. In mild winter climates, like zone 9 and 10, they can remain evergreen and will flower for most of the year. The Dwarf Mexican Petunias are drought resistant once well established but...

An exceptionally free flowering form of our native Coral Honeysuckle producing a nearly continuous display of red tubular blooms with a yellow throat. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies.

Dig and divide every 2-3 years for the best results. A hummingbird magnet! Earlier flowering in the Southeast and later flowering as you move northward. In the wild Scarlet Beebalm is most common in the Northeastern and Northcentral US and may prefer...

Dracocephalum is moderately drought resistant once well-established and is considered to be deer resistant. Blue Dragon Nordic Dragonhead can be enjoyed as a container plant or in the garden and landscape as a groundcover or as part of your summer tapestry.

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

Occasionally we pick the large ripe fruit clusters whole as a treat for our chickens. Elderberries are dioecious, both male and female at the same time, and may be semi-self fertile.

The Dwarf Mexican Petunias are drought resistant once well established but will also grow in poorly drained moist sites. In mild winter climates, like zone 9 and 10, they can remain evergreen and will flower for most of the year.

Called Popcorn Cassia because when brushed or crushed the foliage emits the wonderful fragrance of freshly buttered popcorn. Tall spikes of dark golden yellow 1" blooms are born in summer and fall on an upright growing shrub.

To learn more about Gregg's Mist Flower see " Perennial for part shade and butterfly magnet : Gregg's Mist Flower " by the Trinity Forks Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas.

With most passionflowers the 5 stamens (pollen producing glands) arch downward once they are ready to release their pollen (and nectar) then on the next flower, hopefully, the 3 stigmas will arch downward once they are ready to receive pollen thus doing...

Provide a full to mostly sunny position in well-drained soils. The Buzztm series of Butterfly Bushes were developed for their compact habit, large flower spikes, and for their exceptional flower power.

All of these images were taken at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas to learn more about their great gardens, or to see hundreds of butterflies be sure to visit. Jack in the Bush or Crucita is truly one of the very best butterfly plants as...

Great for smaller pollinators. 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.

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.

This is a durable and slowly spreading native perennial that flowers throughout the summer months. Considered by many to be the best of the Mountainmints, Clustered Mountainmint produces an abundance of tiny whitish tubular blooms touched with purple...

This selection of our native Trumpet or Coral Honeysuckle was growing in N Louisiana, and was spotted during a Native plant walk with noted Louisiana Plant Taxonomist Dr. Charles Allen, Kent and Sonie Milton, Jeff McMillian, etal.

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!

Simply dead head old blooms to encourage reblooming. Attracts butterflies, fragrant, deer resistant, good for cutting. Shipped: potted. Enjoy the beauty and fragrance of Josee's lavender-pink flowers from May until frost! This highly unusual and desirable...