Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Colorado

Scarlet Sage is the number one most recommended Salvia species for hummingbirds! A perennial in mild winter climates and may reseed under good conditions. Periodic removal of spent flower spikes will help keep your Scarlet Sage looking great and flowering...

Most sources disagree on the hardiness of this plant. The large attractive soft, blue-green foliage makes a nice garden accent and is at its prime in winter and spring. Great for pollinators.

Provide ample sunlight and good drainage. This is one of the few plants that can compete for the attention that butterflies pay to the Porterweeds or Stachystarpheta species. Sturdy and winter hardy compact plants with excellent flower power.

Provide Peach Perfectiontm Abelia with a full to mostly sunny position in most any well-drained soil for the best color and optimum flowering. They are salt tolerant and deer resistant and can be pruned to shape if desired although their natural arching...

Tall spikes of dark golden yellow 1" blooms are born in summer and fall on an upright growing shrub. Considered by some to be root hardy in zone 9 with protection. Called Popcorn Cassia because when brushed or crushed the foliage emits the wonderful fragrance...

Clusters of rich purple flowers are produced on sturdy stems atop the medium green foliage from spring through summer and into fall. Cloud Eight is a semi-dwarf selection of Purole-Top Vervain with a compact and free flowering habit.

Great for hot sunny positions but will also tolerate part sun as well. The flowers of Pentas will attract butterflies and other nectar loving creatures to your gardens throughout summer.

A larger flowering form of the common Batface Cuphea which produces 1-1/2" long red tubular blooms that end with a purple bat-like face that is accented by the bright red 'ears'. Use in mixed containers or in mass to create a bold effect.

Colorwheel Stokesia is just as tough and reliable as its brethren creating a mound of foliage on a durable and dense clump forming native perennial. May reseed under good conditions though it may be unlikely to where mulched.

Inspiration Passionvine, like most other root hardy tropicals, should be established in the garden after the danger of frost/freeze has passed and soil temperatures have begun to warm.

For more about Dawn, the wonderful arboretum, and Stephen F Austin's excellent horticultural program click here. These seedlings originated from a vigorous native Louisiana population of this beautiful perennial.

Another of the smaller varieties creating a dense bush with loads of nectar rich flowers for the butterflies and hummingbirds. Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves.

Photos courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com Ice Chip is the newest introduction in this line of compact, basically sterile Butterfly Bushes. The small size lends Ice Chip to the perennial border, smaller spaces, and containers where it is...

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.

Possum Purple is considered to be a self pollinating Passionfruit but having another cultivar for cross pollination may be beneficial as well. Bumblebees are perfectly designed for this as the pollen is rubbed on their back as they circle the corona drinking...

Whiteleaf Mountainmint has a strong minty sage-like fragrance and can be used in place of sage in cooking as well as in the place of mint for teas and coffee. The dainty flowers are pollinated by a variety of smaller pollinators but are definitely relished...

2001 RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. 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.

Where not hardy the Yellow Butterfly Vine is easily maintained as a container plant. The Stigmaphyllon has caudate or heart shaped leaf bases where the Mascagnia macroptera does not among other characteristics but this is the quickest way to tell them...

1-1/2" bright orange-yellow daisies top this diminutive and durable dwarf Coreopsis in late spring and early summer. Deadhead to extend flowering into fall. An evergreen perennial that slowly develops into a 6-9" high slowly spreading stoloniferous groundcover.

Provide Ruby Glow Passionflower with a moderately fertile, well-drained soil in a full to partial sun location for the best results. To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties

Climbing Milkweed is a vigorous vine easily reaching 15' under good conditions. The seed for these originated in the southern most portions of Texas. This is a drought resistant, taprooted, twining, native, perennial vine, expect the top to die-back in...

Duranta's are tropical to subtropical evergreen shrubs but can easily be trained into medium-sized tree standards. 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...

To learn more about the beneficial insects that Milkweeds support see our growing guide: Milkweed: Much More than Just a Monarch Host. A Dawn Stover Nifty Fifty favorite herbaceous plant! Dawn is a Research Associate at Stephen F Austin in Nacogdoches,...

Revels in the heat and sun but is known to flower in some shade as well! Enjoy it in the garden and add it to containers. A.k.a. Texas Sage, Scarlet Salvia, Tropical Sage. Spikes of deep lavender tubular flowers are produced from spring to fall on this...

The 'red' coloration of this butterfly magnet is often most pronounced in southern climates. Deadheading is not required but removing spent flowers will help the plant look 'cleaner'.

A nearly endless procession of rich pink flower clusters are born in mass above the low, ferny foliage of this wonderful free-flowering perennial Verbena. Use Pink TapienVerbena as a groundcover, a spiller in containers, or as a beautiful hanging basket.

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.