Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Chula Vista

They are shade tolerant but flower best when grown in sunny areas. Here in zone 8B they freeze to the ground in most winters and we plant them atop winter growing bulbs like Spanish Bluebells that take their place during the Ruellia's dormant period and...

Where not hardy the Yellow Butterfly Vine is easily maintained as a container plant. Mascagnia macroptera is not the same as Stigmaphyllon ciliatum . Also known as the Yellow Orchid Vine, well-established plants are considered somewhat drought resistant...

Deep blue tubular flowers are held on spikes at the ends of the narrow Rosemary like foliage in summer. Dracocephalum is moderately drought resistant once well-established and is considered to be deer resistant.

Passionvines have been coping with hungry caterpillars for thousands of years and many have noticeable orange to yellow colored swollen glands, a.k.a. nectaries, near the base of the leaf or along the petiole that invite local ant populations who in turn...

The flowers shine brightly against the backdrop of deep blue-green foliage. Large, up to 5" wide, sweetly fragrant, long-lasting, pure white flowers are produced from spring to fall or year round under warm, frost-free conditions.

Frogfruit or Turkey Tangle Fogfruit is adaptable to soil types including clay, sand, as well as coastal plantings. The USDA Plants database offers 11 synonyms for Phyla nodiflora but are generally variations of Lippia incisa, Lippia nodiflora , and Lippia...

This is a wonderful drought tolerant, reliable, native perennial for the garden as well as butterflies and other pollinators. This Greg Grant introduction produces loads of white spikes of tubular flowers from late spring to fall on this durable, Texas...

The Duranta can easily be overwintered indoors as a container plant where it is provided with direct sunlight to high light conditions. Interestingly this is another plant, along with Porterweed, that I consistently find when visiting butterfly conservatories.

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 .

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.

An excellent cut flower that can last for up to a week in a vase. A superb butterfly nectar plant! Masses of large pinkish-purple daisy-like blooms are often born from late spring to fall.

Lecompte Vitex is another excellent introduction from noted plant breeder and author Greg Grant. Lecompte Vitex is noted for its extra large 8-12" spikes of purple-blue flowers that are born from late spring to fall.

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

Lecompte Vitex is another excellent introduction from noted plant breeder and author Greg Grant. Shoal Creek Vitex is noted for its extra large 8-12" spikes of purple-blue flowers that are born from late spring to fall.

For sheer flower power and durability it is hard to beat the Dwarf Mexican Petunias! These reliable perennials lend themselves to use as a groundcover, as a replacement border plant for the old Monkey Grass and Liriope because they do actually produce...

An excellent choice for butterfly and hummingbird gardens that will flower from summer until frost. Rich red 3" flowers clusters. In the northern portions of their hardiness range provide mulch to help ensure their return for the following season.

With that ID, we can now finally add Beauregard parish to the record books! I don't know about you, but I find that rather exciting. A rare native Liatris, Gulf Blazingstar produces small clusters of rich purple disc flowers that are loosely scattered...

This is one of the few plants that you will find consistently at nearly every butterfly conservatory. It is also known as Pink Porterweed, Orange Porterweed, Pink Snakeweed. In zone 8B we find that the larger growing Porterweeds, like Lavender, Coral,...

For sheer flower power and durability it is hard to beat the Dwarf Mexican Petunias! These reliable perennials lend themselves to use as a groundcover, as a replacement border plant for the old Monkey Grass and Liriope because they do actually produce...

Clusters of deep violet-purple flowers emerge from short upright to arching stems in summer and are held above the deep green grass-like foliage of this tough bulbous native perennial wildflower.

These durable and easily grown shrubs are basically pest and disease free, are deer resistant, and are moderately salt tolerant. Silver Spires was the top rated white flowered Vitex in trials at Longwood Gardens.

Wild Bergamot is the 2013 Notable Native from the Herb Society of America. Provide full to most of a day of sun and good air circulation to prevent powdery mildew. This tough little native is drought tolerant and prefers to be on the dry side of moist...

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. Somewhat drought resistant once well-established but will grow and flower better under average water conditions.

Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved. A paradoxically yellow flowered purple coneflower with deep sunny yellow ray petals that surround the dark bristly rounded cone.

Great for butterflies and pollinators. Excellent deer resistance. Plant Rough Coneflower as a specimen or in mass for a wonderful effect. 3-4" bright golden yellow daisies are held on sturdy stems atop the medium green foliage.

The flowering stalks emerge from a rosette of wide medium green foliage on this fibrous rooted native perennial. 2-3" bright yellow sunflower-like flowers are held on 3'H branching sturdy stems from late spring to fall.

In the northern portions of their hardiness range provide mulch to help ensure their return for the following season. Give your Pentas a rich fertile soil and periodic water during dry spells.