Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Charlotte

Provide a full to mostly sunny position in well-drained soils. Buddleias or Butterfly Bushes do best where they have good to excellent drainage and prefer a full to mostly sunny position for the best overall health and flowering.

They are salt tolerant and deer resistant and can be pruned to shape if desired although their natural arching to mounding form will often produce the most flowers for pollinators.

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...

Photos courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com The small size, exceptional flower power, and spreading habit lends Lilac Chip to use in the perennial border, as a groundcover, smaller spaces, and containers where it is sure to attract loads...

Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven Butterfly Bush is a densely branching compact deciduous shrub with gray-green foliage that makes colorful addition to the garden and landscape but is small enough to use in medium-sized containers.

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

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. A hybrid bred by Myles Irvine of the UK, this Passionvine is moderately vigorous and exceptionally...

An old favorite and an excellent performer, Royal Red Butterfly Bush produces a continuous wave of rich reddish-purple spikes of flowers that are adored by butterflies, bees, and other beneficials.

This is an easy, durable, and reliable drought tolerant and deer resistant perennial for any sunny border. 1999 Perennial Plant of the Year. Excellent for butterflies and the birds will enjoy the seedheads in winter.

Average moist, well-drained, moderately fertile soils.Average moist, well-drained, moderately fertile soils. An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production.Average moist, well-drained, moderately fertile...

The Achillea's fragrant foliage deters deer and rabbits. The flower clusters are perched atop sturdy stems held 2-3' above the rosettes of fragrant, soft gray-green, feathery foliage.

In some states and counties Buddleia's are considered invasive, please check with your local state offices before purchasing. Photo courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com

This Buddleia is a densely branching compact deciduous shrub with gray-green foliage that makes colorful addition to the garden and landscape but is small enough to use in medium-sized containers.

Rounded clusters of bluish purple flowers are produced from mid spring to early summer and again in fall and butterflies and other pollinators are seemingly unable to resist stopping to partake of the nectar rich buffet.

It was discovered by it's namesake and was introduced by plantsman Larry Lowman. This Rudbeckia is unusual in that it will grow and flower quite well even under deciduous shade. A vigorous clump forming perennial common to stream banks and moist areas...

Drought tolerant and deer resistant. 2" wide sunny yellow daisies top the fine-textured blue-green foliage of this durable native perennial from late spring to late summer and sometimes up until frost.

It is considered to be a cross with either P. Lady Margaret has rarely fruited under our growing conditions although it may occasionally produce a fruit here or there. Lady Margaret Passionflower is a prolific flowering hybrid that is a showoff throughout...

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.

Plant with caution as Wedelia has escaped and has become a pest in portions of Florida where it is now considered a class 2 invasive by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council for central and southern Florida.

Under natural conditions Azure Blue Sage produces tall arching stems that terminate into large, often branching, spikes of flowers that are quite suited to use by Hummingbirds and butterflies.

The Butterfly Series Pentas have been selected as a 2012 Louisiana Super Plant! Give it a rich fertile soil and periodic water during dry spells. Rich pink 3" flowers clusters. The flowers of Pentas will attract butterflies and other nectar loving creatures...

Dark purple petals and sepals with a corona of deep blue to purple, and white filaments combine to produce up to 5" wide, sweetly and at times headily fragrant, exotic looking passionflowers that are produced throughout the growing season on this vigorous...

Aromatic Aster is native to much of the central and eastern US. Masses of 1" yellow-eyed bluish purple daisies absolutely cover this plant for weeks in late summer and fall. Excellent drought tolerance once well-established as well as good deer resistance...

Interestingly the flowers of S. In zone 10 Blue Porterweed is likely to be a reliable perennial if not evergreen. An excellent choice for butterfly gardens or in containers. Blue Porterweed is an intermediate growing Porterweed and has a fairly dense...

On a recent trip to west Texas, we saw what must have been over 50 butterflies on one vine! Coral Vine is considered invasive in some regions, please consult your local county extension office before planting.

Rudbeckia fulgida is native to much of the central and eastern United States. This exciting new day-length neutral and thusly free flowering Black-Eyed Susan was discovered at Dupont Nursery near Plaquemine, Louisiana and is sure to bring in the butterflies...

Miss Pearl is the latest release in the Miss series from the breeding work of Dr. Dennis Werner at North Carolina State University where he has developed sterile Buddlejas with greater flower power and compact habits for the garden and landscape.