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Goldstrum Black-Eyed Susan, Rudbeckia
Prices start at : 5.99 USD

A profusion of dark-eyed golden yellow, 3-5'', daisies are held above the tidy rosette of foliage throughout summer. A reliable, tough, and deservedly award winning clump forming perennial.
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,9
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Columbia
Under the Sea Selfheal, Heal-all, Prunella
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

An easy groundcovering perennial, Under the Sea Selfheal produces fat spikes of dark bracts from which tubular purplish pink flowers emerge over an extended period from late spring and through early summer providing nectar to bees, butterflies, and other...
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, preferably well-drained but adaptable.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Mostly sunny
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5,6,7,8,9
South Carolina
Columbia
Betonyleaf Mistflower, Betonyleaf Thoroughwort, Padre Island Mistflower
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Many of these images were taken at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas to learn more about their great gardens, or to see hundreds of butterflies be sure to visit. Rounded clusters of bluish purple flowers are produced from mid spring to early...
  • Native To / Origin: US- Texas Gulf Coast from Jackson county to Mexico and Guatemala
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Mostly sunny
  • Soil & Moisture: Well draining soils. May be drought somewhat resistant once well-established.
  • Grows To: 18-30"H x 24-36"W+
  • Salt Tolerance: High to moderate soil salt tolerance.
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Columbia
Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven Butterfly Bush, Buddleia
Prices start at : 10.99 USD

The Flutterby Petite Tutti Fruitti Pink Butterfly Bush was selected as a Louisiana Super Plant by the LSU Agcenter in 2014. The Flutterby series of Butterfly Bushes or Buddleias were selected not only for their compact habit, fragrant colorful flowers,...
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Grows To: 24-30''H x 24-30''W
  • Soil & Moisture: Well-drained soils, with average moisture. Does not tolerate wet feet / poor drainage but are otherwise fairly adaptable.
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens - Peter Podaras, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - 2011
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Columbia
Scaly Blazing Star, Gayfeather, Liatris
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

A very early and often long flowering drought tolerant Liatris. 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.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Native To / Origin: US - S Central
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Columbia
Prairie Blazing Star, Thickspike Gayfeather, Kansas Gayfeather, Liatris
Prices start at : 5.99 USD

The tall sturdy dense spikes of rich purple flowers of this beautiful native wildflower attract loads of butterflies and pollinators in summer. Prairie Blazing Star is an easily grown native perennial that also makes an excellent cut flower, fresh or...
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist to moderately moist, acidic to neutral, low to moderately fertile soils.
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
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Columbia
Star of Surbiton Passion Flower, Passionvine
Prices start at : 17.99 USD

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. Provide a winter mulch where marginally hardy or enjoy this free flowering, lightly fragrant...
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Mostly sunny, Part shade
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8B,9,10,11,(8A?)
  • Grows To: 8-12'H+
  • Native To / Origin: UK Garden hybrid - Myles Irvine
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, fertile, well-drained soils.
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Columbia
Almost Eden\'s Purple Lace Sky Flower
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

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...
  • Grows To: 4-6'H x 4'W (8-10'H x 10-15' in mild climates)
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9,10,11
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, well-drained, fertile soils.
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
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Columbia
Snow Queen Passion Flower, Passionvine
Prices start at : 17.99 USD

This Passionvine along with many of Myles Irving's Riverside hybrids appear to rarely produce fruit and are often triploid to tetraploid in nature. Provide your Snow Queen Passionvine with a breathable protective winter mulch and a well-drained soil in...
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, fertile, well-drained soils.
  • Native To / Origin: UK Garden hybrid - Myles Irvine
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight
  • Grows To: 8-12'H+
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
South Carolina
Columbia
Eared Goldenrod
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Eared Goldenrod should make a nice addition to an informal perennial or woodland garden where its summer flowers will add a touch of sunshine to the landscape. Shade tolerant, clump forming and it attracts a variety of pollinators when in flower.
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch SQ / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Deer Resistance: High
  • Grows To: 24-36"H when in flower space at 12" apart
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8,9
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Columbia
John Clayton Native Coral Honeysuckle
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

Clusters of deep orange 2" tubular flowers with yellow throats are held above the rich blue-green foliage of this selection of the tame native Coral Honeysuckle. This easily grown evergreen vine is an excellent choice for hummingbirds and butterflies...
  • Salt Tolerance: Poor
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, moderately fertile soils with good drainage. Moderate drought tolerance once well-established.
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Columbia
Pinkscale Blazing Star, Gayfeather, Liatris
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Purple to light lavender pink flowers are nestled among the long-lasting pink to lavender 'scales' on dense beautiful arching to upright flower spikes from summer and lasting well into fall.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 7,8,9
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Native To / Origin: US - S Central
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
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Columbia
White Katie Dwarf Ruellia, Dwarf Mexican Petunia, Desert Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells, Florida Bluebells
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

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...
  • Soil & Moisture: Average to moist soils for the best flowering, moderately drought resistant once well-established.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Grows To: 6-12"H x 8-12"W
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Columbia
Magnifica Native Coral Honeysuckle
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

Clusters of deep orange 2" tubular flowers with yellow throats are held above the rich blue-green foliage of this selection of the tame native Coral Honeysuckle. This easily grown evergreen vine is an excellent choice for hummingbirds and butterflies...
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, moderately fertile soils with good drainage. Moderate drought tolerance once well-established.
  • Grows To: 6-10'(-15')H, spaced at 4-6' or more.
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Columbia
Raspberry Wine Bee Balm, Monarda, Oswego Tea, Bergamot
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

The image with near raspberry colored foliage is the color Raspberry Wine may take on during fall and winter. In the wild Scarlet Beebalm is most common in the Northeastern and Northcentral US and may prefer afternoon shade in the hotter portions of its...
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens - Darrell Probost of Hubbardston, MA - 1992
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Soil & Moisture: Evenly moist, well-drained, moderately fertile soils.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Mostly sun
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Columbia
Tangerine Princess Coral Honeysuckle
Prices start at : 14.99 USD

We often see a few flowers on our vines in the garden in winter but the main show is in spring with flowers continuing on and off often until fall. This selection of our native Trumpet or Coral Honeysuckle was growing in N Louisiana, and was spotted during...
  • Grows To: 6-10'(-15')H, spaced at 4-6' or more.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Native To / Origin: US- LA - Jeff McMillian, Dr. Charles M. Allen, Kent and Sonie Milton, etal.
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
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Columbia
Mexican Hat, Grey Headed Coneflower, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Red Hats
Prices start at : 5.99 USD

Great for smaller pollinators. This is a tough and hardy, perennial US Native. The relaxed petals surround a tall central cone of each daisy-like flower.Finely textured blue-gray foliage on a plant that becomes more dense with age.Blooms from late spring...
  • Soil & Moisture: Average to well-drained soils. Moderately drought resistant once well-established.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
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Columbia
Narrowleaf Silk Grass, Grassleaved Goldenaster
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

The silvery grass-like foliage of Narrowleaf Silk Grass could fool anyone to thinking it might actually be a grass but by late summer and fall you can be sure that this is definitely in the aster family when it puts up sturdy stems that are topped by...
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
  • Grows To: 6-10"H reaching 18-24"H when in flower. Space at 12".
  • Soil & Moisture: Well-draining, average moist to dryish, poor to moderately fertile soils. Moderately drought resistant once well-established.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade, Light shade
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
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Columbia
Yellow Butterfly Vine, Yellow Orchid Vine, Mascagnia, Butterfly Pea Vine, Gallinita
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

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 apart at a glance.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Grows To: 12-20'+H x 20-30'W, 4-6'H Shrub
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8,9,10,11,(7?)
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, moderately fertile, well-drained soils for the best flowering, moderately drought resistant once well-established.
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Columbia
Chi-Chi Dwarf Pink Ruellia, Dwarf Mexican Petunia, Dwarf Pink Ruellia, Desert Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells, Florida Bluebells
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

If your dwarf Mexican Petunias get too tall or leggy just cut them back to a few inches above the ground and they will quickly regrow and soon return to flowering. In mild winter climates, like zone 9 and 10, they can remain evergreen and will flower...
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Soil & Moisture: Average to moist soils for the best flowering, moderately drought resistant once well-established.
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Columbia
Red Satin Permathreadtm Threadleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Threadleaf Coreopsis is a durable generally clump forming native that may slowly spread by short rhizomes under good conditions. Deer resistant. A slowly spreading clump former that prefers average moisture.
  • Grows To: 18-24''H x 18-24''W
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens- Darrell Probst - Hubbardston, Massachusetts
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5,6,7,8,9
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Columbia
Red Midget Dwarf Mexican Hat, Grey Headed Coneflower, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Red Hats
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Great for smaller pollinators. Blooms from late spring through summer. This is a tough and hardy, perennial US Native. Finely textured blue-gray foliage on a plant that becomes more dense with age.
  • Native To / Origin: N America
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
  • Grows To: 18-24''H x 24-30''W
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Columbia
Nova Pentas, Egyptian Star Cluster
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

In the northern portions of their hardiness range provide mulch to help ensure their return for the following season. Give it a rich fertile soil and periodic water during dry spells.
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Grows To: 30-36''H x 18-24''W
  • Soil & Moisture: Well-draining, average moist, acidic soils.
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
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Columbia
Chinese Abelia
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

Adaptable to a variety of soil conditions. Abelia chinensis is one of the parent plants of the widely planted Abelia x grandiflora hybrids. Abelias are easily grown, drought, salt, deer, and pest resistant upright to arching evergreen to semi-evergreen...
  • Native To / Origin: Asia
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
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Columbia
Orange Glory Butterfly Plant
Prices start at : 6.99 USD / each

It is a strong field-grown plant. Is especially effective in mass plantings -- ground covers, borders, and bed plantings. It blooms continuously from June to August. Will start blooming this summer and have plenty of brilliant flowers for cutting as well...
  • Colors: Orange
  • Season Color: Summer
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun, Partial Sun/Shade
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Spread: 2'
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Flat-Top Goldenrod, Shiny Goldenrod
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

Easy to grow and with few apparent pest or disease problems, Shiny Goldenrod is also a good candidate for natural areas, meadows, and roadsides where it will readily reseed on exposed soils.
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch SQ / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Native To / Origin: US- mainly west LA and east TX but also into AR and MS
  • Deer Resistance: Moderate to High
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
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Columbia
Purple Coneflower
Prices start at : 4.49 USD / each

Drought and deer resistant, attracts butterflies, great cut flower. The Purple Coneflowers bloom from mid-summer to fall on 2-3 foot stems. Charming 5'' purple daisy-like blooms with orange-brown raised centers.
  • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
  • Zones: 3-9
  • Deer Resistant: Yes
  • Genus: Echinacea purpurea
  • Spread: 18-24''
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