Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Cambridge

Thank you for allowing us to use this image! Henry Duelberg Mealycup Sage has been selected as a Texas Superstar for its reliable performance and garden qualities. Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed...

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. Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip Jr. Butterfly Bush is slightly smaller and more compact than Lo' & Beholdtm Blue...

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. Black and Blue Salvia, an Anise Sage, is a highly sought after nectar plant for hummingbirds, larger butterflies, and other pollinators.

Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves. Dwarf Red Porterweed is the smallest and most compact Porterweed that we offer and it lends itself to use near the front of...

This species is from Eurasia Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved. Deep blue tubular flowers are held on spikes at the ends of the narrow Rosemary like foliage in summer.

Provide your Turk's Caps with a well-draining, moderately fertile soil, preferably with at least 4-6 hours a day of direct sunlight for the best results. Tough, easy, and great for Hummingbirds.

Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers. The flowers of Pentas will attract butterflies and other nectar loving creatures to your gardens throughout summer.

Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with your local state offices before purchasing. A tight compact mound of blue-green foliage is topped with spikes of lilac colored, fragrant flowers.

To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen from the...

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...

For these areas consider some of the sterile or near sterile hybrids like " Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip ". 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.

Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant. Give it a rich fertile soil and periodic water during dry spells. You can learn more about this original cultivar at the Online Plant Guide .

Dan's Everblooming Native Coral Honeysuckle came to us from the good people at Stephen F. Hopefully this item will be back in stock mid-to-late summer of 2018. The aspiring plantsman is obviously named Dan but at the time of this writing that is all i...

This naturally sprawling vine-like shrub can easily be pruned to produce a dense mass of foliage and flowers. Sweetly fragrant clusters of 2", star-like, pure white blooms are produced continuously throughout the summer months against a rich glossy green...

The nectar rich flowers are adored by larger bees and the foliage is a host to a variety of butterflies. Bahama Blue Passion Flower is a beautiful and vigorous free flowering selection of the Blue Crown Passion Flower, Passiflora caerulea, with all its...

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.

Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves. Porterweeds are excellent nectar producers outperforming nearly all other butterfly plants in the garden.

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!

Grandiflora syn. Moderately drought tolerant once well established. Large spikes of deep blue, tubular flowers are born in summer, late summer, and sometimes into fall on this clump forming native perennial wildflower.

It gets the name Shiny Goldenrod from its shiny foliage. Unlike many of the Goldenrods this is a true clump forming perennial that stays where you put it. Easy to grow and with few apparent pest or disease problems, Shiny Goldenrod is also a good candidate...

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.

The Flutterby series of Butterfly Bushes or Buddleias were selected not only for their compact habit, fragrant colorful flowers, their ability to flower continuously throughout the growing season, and landscape potential but also for their sterility or...

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...

Give this big guy plenty of room because it can exceed 6' wide by the end of summer with a mature height of about 4'! Amistad Salvia is thought to be a hybrid of Anise Sage, Salvia gauranitica and possibly Mexican Sage, Salvia mexicana .

The trailing Verbenas are one of the earliest flowering perennials in our gardens and provide the early hummingbirds and butterflies with plenty of choice nectar at a time when few other perennials are in flower.

Few plants can bring color to the fall garden like the Winter Cassia! Clusters of butterfly-like bright yellow 1" blooms are borne in October-November on this large arching tree-like shrub or root hardy perennial.

Use Blue-Violet Tapien Verbena as a groundcover, a spiller in containers, or as a beautiful hanging basket. Perennial Verbenas make wonderful additions to the butterfly garden providing nectar even in late winter for early visitors.