Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Joliet

Another of the garden friendly clump forming Goldenrods, Sweet Goldenrod makes a nice addition to the garden, as well as in natural areas and along roadsides. Anise Scented Goldenrod a.k.a. Anisescented Goldenrod.

Their only downfall is wet soggy winter soils which could cause rot. Super easy and tough. Otherwise these are great garden performers that will bring their owners many years of enjoyment with almost no maintenance required.

The flowers shine brightly against the backdrop of deep blue-green foliage. This Passionvine along with many of Myles Irving's Riverside hybrids appear to rarely produce fruit and are often triploid to tetraploid in nature.

The deep purple 3-4", richly fragrant exotic looking flowers are produced throughout the growing season on this vigorous Passionvine with medium green foliage. With most passionflowers the 5 stamens (pollen producing glands) arch downward once they are...

Butterfly Bushes are easily grown, free flowering butterfly magnets and are moderately drought tolerant once well established. In some states and counties Buddleia's are considered invasive, please check with your local state offices before purchasing.

A choice native coneflower, the Texas Coneflower produces 3-5" bright golden yellow daisies that are borne singly, or in small clusters of up 5 flowers, and are held on sturdy upright stems in summer.

This is a clump forming, taprooted perennial that prefers well-drained soils. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved. Paradoxa , is a taprooted native that is typically found in or near the shallow soils of rocky glades and prairies...

Few plants can bring color to the fall garden like the Winter Cassia! Clusters of butterfly-like bright yellow 1" blooms are borne in October-November on this large arching tree-like shrub or root hardy perennial.

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. Provide Mouse-Eared Tickseed with average moisture and good drainage in average garden soils for...

We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen from the vine. Ruby Glow Passionflower is sometimes mistakenly sold as a selection of Passiflora alata but it has been determined that this is...

Anise or Brazilian Sage, Salvia guaranitica , is an upright growing perennial that may flower nearly continuously from spring to frost. Deep cobalt-blue tubular flowers are held atop the medium green lightly fragrant foliage from summer to fall.

Removing spent flowers and seed heads will promote the production of wave after wave of new flowers throughout the summer and into fall. Silver Spires was the top rated white flowered Vitex in trials at Longwood Gardens.

In order to produce their delicious tangy tropical tasting fruit most (Possum Purple is considered to be self pollinating) Passionflowers must be cross-pollinated by another seedling, species, or cultivar.

The deeply cut, somewhat hairy, medium green foliage and delicate stems give this species a finer overall texture. Rudbeckia's generally attract smaller pollinators with their disc flowers, the tiny flowers that make up the 'cone' on a cone flower.

Drought tolerant, deer resistant, and reliable. Rudbeckia fulgida is native to much of the central and eastern United States. Early Bird Gold was selected from a stand of Goldstrum Rudbeckia and inherits all of that award winning perennial's attributes...

Paradoxa , is a taprooted native that is typically found in or near the shallow soils of rocky glades and prairies as well as near balds in the rounded, aging Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and Missouri.

Plant it at the back of the border in small to large groupings for a wonderful effect and the butterflies will love you for it as well. Seed grown from a north Louisiana population.

Provide a well-drained soil with full to mostly sun for the best results. A well-drained soil is key to winter survival of the Georgia Scarlet Batface Cuphea. An excellent choice for hummingbirds, mixed containers, hanging baskets, and in mass plantings.

This compact Buddleia flowers even at a very young age and will continue flowering from spring to frost. 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...

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. Considered hardy into zone 7 Indigo Spires Salvia will need a winter mulch anywhere temperatures drop much below about 25 o F in the winter.

Interestingly the flowers of S. This is one of the few plants that you will find consistently at nearly every butterfly conservatory. Jamaicensis and S. Porterweed is known to reseed particularly in mild winter climates.

Attracts butterflies as well as serves as a host to Sulphur butterfly caterpillars. The Candlestick Tree does readily reseed, consider removing ripe seed pods to prevent unwanted seedlings.

Unlike many of the Goldenrods this is a true clump forming perennial that stays where you put it. 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...

A crown of deep sapphire blue filaments create a striking contrast with the white petals and sepals that are held against the rich green foliage throughout the growing season. With most passionflowers the 5 stamens (pollen producing glands) arch downward...

Drought tolerant and deer resistant. Moonbeam Coreopsis may slowly spread by rhizomes. 2" primrose 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.

A tough and showy native wildflower that is surely worthy of a place in any garden. Drought tolerant once well-established but it does enjoy average moisture. A clump forming native that flowers from late spring through mid-summer and sometimes into fall.

Delightful red, white or purple hibiscus-shaped flowers blossom each summer in a lifetime of natural beauty. Order today and receive strong healthy 1-2' one year old shrubs. These hardy, erect-branching shrubs will grow 5-10' tall for an informal privacy...