Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Colorado Springs

Summer Jewel Pink is a 2012 All American Selection Award winner and produces a nearly non-stop display of pink lipped white tubular flowers from spring to frost on compact plants that begin flowering even earlier.

This rare plant is sustainably produced in nurseries and is now available to the public. This is a clump forming, taprooted perennial that prefers well-drained soils. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved.

Spikes of deep violet, nectar rich, fragrant flowers are borne all summer on this vigorous yet compact Butterfly Bush. Deadheading is not required but removing spent flowers will help the plant look 'cleaner'.

An old and reliable perennial Verbena that produces large clusters of deep purple blooms from spring to fall. The trailing Verbenas are one of the earliest flowering perennials in our gardens and provide the early hummingbirds and butterflies with plenty...

Use in mixed containers or in mass to create a bold effect. 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'.

This a very easy and strong-growing, perennial vine with beautiful glossy leaves, exotic white and purple flowers, which are followed by large purple, rounded fruit, about the size of tangerines, with a nice flavor.

This is a tough and easy pinewoods native plant that is great for butterflies and pollinators. 3-4" light pink to purplish pink coneflowers with drooping petals are held high above the foliage on sturdy stems.

Vitex are great for summer color and their large spikes of colorful flowers attract butterflies and bees. Lecompte Vitex is noted for its extra large 8-12" spikes of purple-blue flowers that are born from late spring to fall.

Provide a winter mulch where marginally hardy or enjoy this free flowering, lightly fragrant vine as a container plant or annual where not hardy. The extra large, up to 5" wide, long lasting flowers of the Star of Surbiton Passion Flower are composed...

Drought tolerant, deer resistant, and reliable. A must have perennial! Early Bird Gold Rudbeckia produces wave after wave of bright golden yellow, 3-4" daisies from late spring to fall on a nicely branching plant.

Beebalm, though not really suited for bee pollination, is a wonderful native with good garden potential as well as being suited to natural areas. Provide full to most of a day of sun and good air circulation to prevent powdery mildew.

The interesting and beautiful, yellow foliage of this Greg Grant selection of the Giant Coneflower makes for a wonderful contrast with other garden plants. Greg Grant mentions that ‘Golda Emanis' was named for his great aunt.

Summer Jewel Red is a 2011 All American Selection Award winner and produces a nearly non-stop display of scarlet red tubular flowers from spring to frost on a compact plant that begins flowering earlier.

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

The foliage is wonderfully fragrant and can be used in teas and cooking. Considered by many to be the best of the Mountainmints, Clustered Mountainmint produces an abundance of tiny whitish tubular blooms touched with purple or lavender in tight clusters...

Tall Blazing Star is a native of the central US where it commonly found growing on clay soils. Drought tolerant once well established but will enjoy average moisture in a garden setting.

Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers. Who knew you could out do Black and Blue Salvia?! Black & Bloom Salvia produces larger flowers that emerge from deep black...

Drought tolerant, deer resistant, and reliable. A must have perennial! Early Bird Gold Rudbeckia produces wave after wave of bright golden yellow, 3-4" daisies from late spring to fall on a nicely branching plant.

Rounded clusters of raspberry colored buds open to 2" long tubular, nectar rich, raspberry wine colored flowers in summer. The image with near raspberry colored foliage is the color Raspberry Wine may take on during fall and winter.

A tightly clump forming perennial, Eared Goldenrod produces loose arching arrays of bright yellow flowers in summer atop sturdy stems. An unusual and uncommon native found growing along stream sides and woodlands that is most common in western Louisiana...

If your Salvia or Sage starts to look unkempt in mid to late summer consider giving it a light shearing or remove the spent flowering spikes to help promote new growth and flower production.

'John Clayton' , named for the colonial botanist, was selected by the Virginia Native Plant Society and was found growing on the grounds of the 17th century Abington church in Gloucester, VA.

Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers. Each rosy pink, star shaped flower has a contrasting dark fuchsia eye. This is not the same as the original 'Starburst' Penta cultivar.

Goldstrum Rudbeckia is an award winning selection of our native Rudbeckia fulgida which is native to much of the eastern and central United States. This is an easy, durable, and reliable drought tolerant and deer resistant perennial for any sunny border.

The Duranta can easily be overwintered indoors as a container plant where it is provided with direct sunlight to high light conditions. Large 1/2" wide purple flowers edged in light lavender to white with the three lower petals having a deep purple stripe...

An unusually pure white selection of Vitex. Vitex is a vigorous, disease and deer resistant, drought and salt tolerant large spreading to upright deciduous shrub or small tree. Vitex are great for summer color and their large spikes of colorful flowers...

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. We have not yet tested this and so this report is only anecdotal.