Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Charleston

For more about Dawn, the wonderful arboretum, and Stephen F Austin's excellent horticultural program click here. A superb butterfly nectar plant! Masses of large pinkish-purple daisy-like blooms are often born from late spring to fall.

Katie Blue Dwarf Mexican Petunia is a lovely dwarf perennial that produces loads of bluish purple trumpet shaped flowers tucked in among the dark green glossy foliage from spring to frost on a compact low mounding plant.

Produces larger purple flowers with a slightly lighter red-purple eye and less conspicuous white throat, Henlea's Hummingbird Heaven Porterweed appears to be the true Lavender Porterweed although it has a denser more compact growth habit than our Coral...

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

Flat topped clusters of bluish-purple Ageratum-like flowers are born atop sturdy stems in summer and sometimes into fall. Blue Mistflower is often listed as an excellent butterfly plant but we find mostly bees using it.

Shoal Creek Vitex is noted for its extra large 8-12" spikes of purple-blue flowers that are born from late spring to fall. A 'Texas Lilac' Vitex selection. Vitex are adaptable to a wide variety of soil types and are considered to be drought tolerant enough...

The dwarf form of it's much larger cousin and native to the sandy and sandy loam soils of much of the southeast US. Allow the green fruit to become soft before eating, the softer the better by some accounts.

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

White Katie Dwarf Mexican Petunia is a lovely dwarf perennial that produces loads of pure white trumpet shaped flowers that shine brightly against the dark green glossy foliage from spring to frost on a compact low mounding plant.

Photo courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip Jr. Butterfly Bush is slightly smaller and more compact than Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip Butterfly Bush and is less brittle.

Grown from locally collected seed. The soft texture and and gently arching flower spikes make this beautiful Blazing Star a perfect candidate for the perennial garden where it sure to attract attention as well as butterflies and pollinators.

Medium to high drought tolerance once established. The dark green, deeply dissected foliage of the Compass Plant was used as a compass as the large leaves generally point north and south.

Turk's Cap is well-loved and so is known by a variety of common names including: Turk's Turban, Ladie's Eardrops, Scotchman's Purse, Wild Fuchsia,Drummond Wax-Mallow, Texas Mallow, Mexican Apple, Red Mallow, May Apple, Wild Turk's Cap, Bleeding Heart,...

A.k.a. Texas Sage, Scarlet Salvia, Tropical Sage. Did you know that Salvia is the number one recommended plant for hummingbirds. Periodic removal of spent flower spikes will help keep your Scarlet Sage looking great and flowering throughout the growing...

A good choice for a minty tea. An excellent choice for native pollinators like bees and butterflies. Grown from locally collected seed. Tolerant of wet and dry soil conditions. This tough low native seems to remain where you put it creating a clump forming...

One of the darkest red Pentas on the market! Ruby Glow produces large clusters of deep brilliant red star-shaped flowers that are borne from spring to frost on this large growing Penta.

Large 1/2" wide purple flowers edged in light lavender to white with the three lower petals having a deep purple stripe make this Sky Flower unique. Almost Eden's Purple Lace Sky Flower presented itself as a seedling and we chose it as a new cultivar...

Photos courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com A tight compact mound of blue-green foliage is topped with spikes of lilac colored, fragrant flowers. Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with your local state offices...

Rudbeckia texana and R. A rosette of large, rich dark green glossy foliage subtends the flower stalks. The most current treatment in the Flora of North America separates the two as individual species.

The native Coral Honeysuckle is not an aggressive vine, unlike the white and yellow flowered invasive Japanese Honeysuckle. This easily grown evergreen vine is an excellent choice for hummingbirds and butterflies that may produce flowers basically year...

2013 AAS Perennial of the Year! This award winning seed grown Purple Cone Flower produces 3-4" wide daisies in brilliant colors ranging from red, orange, yellow, pink, purple, and cream.

Raise Monarch Butterflies in your own backyard! The Monarchs migrate through our area just as the Asclepias begin to awaken in spring, just in time for the females to lay their eggs on the new growth.

Bumblebees are perfectly designed for this as the pollen is rubbed on their back as they circle the corona drinking nectar and then carry it to the next flower. Incense is considered to be one of the hardiest passionvines for US gardens along with the...

Drought tolerant once well established but will enjoy average moisture in a garden setting. No staking is required for this beautiful native clump-forming cormous perennial. Seed grown from a north Louisiana population.

The large sleepy scarlet blooms of 'Big Momma' are held upright on woody stems from late spring to fall or even year round in mild winter climates. The only real maintenance for Turk's Cap is to prune away the dead stems in winter where they freeze to...

In mild winter regions Mountain Sage is known to reach 10' x 10' but can easily be kept smaller with pruning. 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...

1992 Perennial Plant of the Year. Deadheading will help ensure a fall repeat. Moonbeam Coreopsis may slowly spread by rhizomes. Provide Moonbeam Coreopsis with good drainage and medium to low moisture.