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White Katie Dwarf Ruellia, Dwarf Mexican Petunia, Desert Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells, Florida Bluebells
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

In mild winter climates, like zone 9 and 10, they can remain evergreen and will flower for most of the year. 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...
  • Grows To: 6-12"H x 8-12"W
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8,9,10
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Salt Tolerance: Slight
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
Louisiana
Lafayette
Almost Eden\'s Purple Lace Sky Flower
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

We hope that you enjoy as much as we do! Interestingly this is another plant, along with Porterweed, that I consistently find when visiting butterfly conservatories. Duranta's are tropical to subtropical evergreen shrubs but can easily be trained into...
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9,10,11
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
Louisiana
Lafayette
Black and Blue Salvia, Anise Sage
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. It has been known to spread by rhizomes but under most conditions stays neatly where it's put and where hardy will return year after year.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 7,8,9,10,11
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Native To / Origin: South America
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, well-drained, moderately fertile soils.
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
Louisiana
Lafayette
Incense Passionflower, Passionvine
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

In order to produce their delicious tangy tropical tasting fruit Passionflowers must be cross-pollinated by another seedling, species, or cultivar. Like the native Maypop Passionflower, Incense readily spreads by rhizomes.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Native To / Origin: Garden hybrid - Passiflora incarnata x P. cinccinata
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight
  • Grows To: 15-20'H
Louisiana
Lafayette
Henry Duelberg Mealycup Sage
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Thank you for allowing us to use this image! For more about the story about the discovery of Henry Duelberg and Augusta Duelberg mealycup sages see the 'External Info Link' below. Henry Duelberg Mealycup Sage has been selected as a Texas Superstar for...
  • Grows To: 3'H x 3'W
  • Native To / Origin: US - Greg Grant, TX
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
Louisiana
Lafayette
Butterflytm Deep Pink Pentas, Egyptian Star Cluster
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers. The Butterfly Series Pentas are excellent heat and humidity tolerant free flowering Pentas with a medium sized well-branched growth habit.
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Grows To: 18-24''H x 12-18''W
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9B,10,(9? with protection)
Louisiana
Lafayette
Narrow-Leaved Mountainmint, Slender Mountain Mint
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

A good choice for a minty tea. Tolerant of wet and dry soil conditions. Grown from locally collected seed. An excellent choice for native pollinators like bees and butterflies. The finely textured blue-green to deep green fragrant foliage of Narrow-Leaved...
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5,6,7,8,9
  • Native To / Origin: US- Eastern and South Central
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
Louisiana
Lafayette
Coronation Gold Achillea, Yarrow
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Coronation Gold, a hybrid Achillea , was named in honor of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. This is an award winning perennial and has received the Royal Horticulture Society's Award of Garden Merit.
  • Grows To: 24-40"H x 18-24"W
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8
  • Native To / Origin: Garden Hybrid
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Deer Resistance: Not Likely to Be Bothered
Louisiana
Lafayette
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. Snow Queen Passionflower is a vigorous, hardy, and exceptionally free-flowering Riverside hybrid created...
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, fertile, well-drained soils.
  • Native To / Origin: UK Garden hybrid - Myles Irvine
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8B,9,10,11,(8A?)
Louisiana
Lafayette
Early Bird Gold Black-Eyed Susan, Rudbeckia
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

This exciting new day-length neutral and thusly free flowering Black-Eyed Susan was discovered at Dupont Nursery near Plaquemine, Louisiana and is sure to bring in the butterflies and pollinators as well as providing color all summer.
  • Container Size: Quart / 30 fl.oz. / 887 ml
  • Grows To: 12-18''H x 12-18''W (Flower stalks 24''H)
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,9
Louisiana
Lafayette
Miss Pearl Butterfly Bush, Buddleja
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

Photo courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com 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...
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Salt Tolerance: Slight
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5,6,7,8,9
Louisiana
Lafayette
Dwarf Mouse-Eared Coreopsis, Dwarf Lobed Tickseed
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

1-1/2" bright orange-yellow daisies top this diminutive and durable dwarf Coreopsis in late spring and early summer. Provide Mouse-Eared Tickseed with average moisture and good drainage in average garden soils for best results.
  • Native To / Origin: US - Eastern
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9
  • Soil & Moisture: Well-drained, average moist soils.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Grows To: 6-9''H x 10-12''W
Louisiana
Lafayette
Torpedo Cuphea, Giant Bat Face Cuphea, Batface
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

Flowers from late spring to frost and is adored by Hummingbirds. 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'.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 10,11,12
  • Grows To: 18-24''H x 24-30''W
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
Louisiana
Lafayette
Blue-Violet Tapien Verbena
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

Perennial Verbenas make wonderful additions to the butterfly garden providing nectar even in late winter for early visitors. A nearly endless procession of vivid, deep bluish-purple flower clusters are born in mass above the low, ferny foliage of this...
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8B,9,10
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch SQ / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
Louisiana
Lafayette
Blue Mistflower, Wild Ageratum, Hardy Ageratum, Blue Boneset
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Remove spent flower heads before seeds ripen if reseeding is a concern. Blue Mistflower is a rhizomatous colonizing native perennial that may be best suited to naturalistic settings or among larger growing plants as a tall groundcover.
  • Native To / Origin: US- Central and Eastern
  • Grows To: 18-30"H x spreading, space at 8-12" apart
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
Louisiana
Lafayette
Summer Jewel Red Scarlet Sage, Blood Sage, Hummingbird Sage
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Periodic removal of spent flower spikes will help keep your Scarlet Sage looking great and flowering throughout the growing season. Somewhat drought resistant once well-established but will grow and flower better under average water conditions.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Native To / Origin: US - TX, LA, MS, GA, AL, FL - Bred by Takii & Co, Ltd
  • Soil & Moisture: Moderately fertile to poor soils. Average to dry soils with good to excellent drainage. Do not overwater.
Louisiana
Lafayette
Royal Red Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

For these areas consider some of the sterile or near sterile hybrids like " Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip ". Deadheading spent flowers will help to promote continuous flowering but this is not required.
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Salt Tolerance: Slight
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens - Good and Reese Nursery, Ohio, 1928
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5,6,7,8,9,10,11
Louisiana
Lafayette
Black & Bloom Salvia, Anise Sage
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. It has been known to spread by rhizomes but under most conditions stays neatly where it's put and where hardy will return year after year.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8,9,10
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Grows To: 3-4'H x 2-3'W
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Mostly sunny, Part shade
Louisiana
Lafayette
Augusta Duelberg Mealycup Sage
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers. Augusta Duelberg Mealycup Sage is larger growing than the ones found at most nurseries and will top out at about 30"H and...
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 7,8,9,10,11
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Native To / Origin: US - Greg Grant, TX
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Mostly sunny
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
Louisiana
Lafayette
Clustered Mountainmint, Bigleaf Mountain Mint, Short-Toothed Mountainmint, Sage
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

The bracts are probably more showy than the flowers but the flowers attract loads of pollinators including bees and small butterflies. Clustered Mountainmint is one of our favorites to pick and smell as we walk through the garden.
  • Grows To: 2-3'H x 18-24''W
  • Native To / Origin: US- Eastern and South Central
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
Louisiana
Lafayette
Narrowleaf Silk Grass, Grassleaved Goldenaster
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

Grassleaved Goldenaster is a durable native that makes a nice groundcover under larger perennials and naturalistic settings including meadows and roadside plantings. This is a rhizomatous and thus spreading native perennial common to much of the Pineywoods...
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 6,7,8,9
  • Native To / Origin: US- Southeastern
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Soil & Moisture: Well-draining, average moist to dryish, poor to moderately fertile soils. Moderately drought resistant once well-established.
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
Louisiana
Lafayette
Starry Rosinweed, Southern Rosinweed
Prices start at : 8.99 USD

The flowering stalks emerge from a rosette of wide medium green foliage on this fibrous rooted native perennial. It is quite drought tolerant once established and seems to prefer well-drained soils.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Native To / Origin: E & Central US, excluding FL
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
  • Grows To: 24-36"H x 12-18"W
Louisiana
Lafayette
Giant Red Justicia, Brazilian Plume, Cardinal\'s Guard
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

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.
  • Outdoor Light: Light shade, AM sun
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9,10
Louisiana
Lafayette
Blue Porterweed
Prices start at : 8.99 USD

Jamaicensis and S. Also known as Blue Snakeweed, Verbena Azul, Cayenne Snakeweed. An excellent choice for butterfly gardens or in containers. Frantzii , along with other species, are repellent to some species of ants which prevents nectar robbing.
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch SQ / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Grows To: 3-4'H x 2-3'W
  • Pruning: Not needed except to remove spent flower stems though it's not required, pinch to improve branching.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9B,10,11
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
Louisiana
Lafayette
Candlestick Tree, Empress Candlebush, Christmas Candles
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

And the more branches you create the more Candelabra's you'll get to enjoy! With a protective mulch in mild winter climates the Candlestick Tree may return from the roots to grace your garden the next season but it is not always reliable.
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 10,11,(9?,8?)
  • Native To / Origin: Argentina
Louisiana
Lafayette
Mary Gregory Stokesia Daisy, Stokes Aster
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Attracts butterflies and a host of other pollinators. Their only downfall is wet soggy winter soils which could cause rot. In the northern most portions of its range, zones 5 and 6, it should be provided with a deep winter mulch.
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 7,8,9,(5,6 if mulched)
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, well-drained soils. Moderately drought tolerant once well-established.
Louisiana
Lafayette
Vining Maple, Red Wings, Mariposa
Prices start at : 14.99 USD

Redwing, Vining Maple, and Mariposa are among its many names, whatever you choose to call it this rather hardy vine with tropical origins creates quite a show throughout the warmer months of the year with a near continuous display of yellow, orchid-like...
  • Grows To: Vine to 15'L, Shrub to 4'H
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Native To / Origin: South America
Louisiana
Lafayette