Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Michigan

Vitex are adaptable to a wide variety of soil types and are considered to be drought tolerant enough to be suitable for Xeric gardens. Excellent for Butterflies, Bees, and Hummingbirds.

An excellent choice for butterfly and hummingbird gardens that will flower from summer until frost. Rich pink 3" flowers clusters. Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant.

Frilly, rounded clusters of dainty white tubular flowers are borne in summer atop sturdy stems and are an excellent nectar source for a variety of smaller pollinators and garden beneficials.

A durable and reliable US native perennial, Stoke's Aster comes highly recommended and its easy to see why with its moderate drought resistance, few pest or disease problems, deer and rabbit resistance and the fact that it revels in the heat and sun of...

Use this beautiful native near the front of the garden or landscape as a groundcover, in mass, or allow it to spill over walls or from containers. Rounded clusters of bluish purple flowers are produced from mid spring to early summer and again in fall...

Excellent fall color for the garden as well as drought tolerance and pest and disease resistance make this an excellent addition to the perennial or wildflower border. Masses of 1" yellow-eyed bluish purple daisies absolutely cover this plant for weeks...

The flower clusters make great resting places for tired pollinators. Dense flat topped clusters that can be 6" or more across are composed of tightly packed, tiny, dark golden yellow daisies.

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 held above the attractive bluish white bracts.

Use this reliable perennial Salvia in beds or containers. Deep cobalt-blue tubular flowers are held atop the medium green lightly fragrant foliage from summer to fall. Kobalt Anise Sage is sometimes often sold as 'Cobalt'.

In some states and counties Buddleia's are considered invasive, please check with your local state offices before purchasing. Photo courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com

This is the selection with the deepest red color, comes from seed collected in southern Baja California. It dies to the ground in winter, but faithfully returns from the ground each spring.

The finely textured blue-green to deep green fragrant foliage of Narrow-Leaved Mountainmint is topped by large clusters of tiny light lavender to light pink tubular blooms in summer.

Climbing Milkweed is a vigorous vine easily reaching 15' under good conditions. The seed for these originated in the southern most portions of Texas. Remove seed pods to prevent unwanted seedlings as it can be difficult to eradicate once it is well-established.

Deep blue tubular flowers are held on spikes at the ends of the narrow Rosemary like foliage in summer. Blue Dragon Nordic Dragonhead can be enjoyed as a container plant or in the garden and landscape as a groundcover or as part of your summer tapestry.

Grow Redwings as a vine or a sprawling shrub preferably in a sunny location and it should reward you for many years to come. For more information see an excellent article from JC Raulston Arboretum by clicking here or the "More info from Universities,...

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

Excellent for pollinators, particularly native bees. Flat topped clusters of bluish-purple Ageratum-like flowers are born atop sturdy stems in summer and sometimes into fall. Images were taken at Allen Acres B and B, Pitkin, Louisiana.

This beautiful perennial wildflower is found only in the Pineywoods of western Louisiana and east Texas. Plant several together for the best effect. Sharp or Slender Blazing Star is tolerant of moisture but is also drought tolerant once well-established.

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

Vibrant yellow, orange, and red flowers are borne from Spring to frost on an upright to spreading perennial. A Dawn Stover Nifty Fifty favorite herbaceous plant! Dawn is a Research Associate at Stephen F Austin in Nacogdoches, TX and currently maintains...

Lecompte Vitex is another excellent introduction from noted plant breeder and author Greg Grant. Lecompte Vitex is noted for its extra large 8-12" spikes of purple-blue flowers that are born from late spring to fall.

Masses of tall wispy deep pink spikes are covered by a succession of large pink butterfly-like flowers throughout summer. A tough and hardy, drought tolerant, perennial US Native.

Periodic removal of spent flower spikes will help keep your Scarlet Sage looking great and flowering throughout the growing season. 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.

To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties The Maypop is also known as: Purple Passionflower, Purple Passionvine, and Apricot Vine.

This is one of the few plants that you will find consistently at nearly every butterfly conservatory. Porterweed is known to reseed particularly in mild winter climates. 1/4" soft red blooms adorn the long spike-like bloom stems from spring to frost.

Buddleias are excellent for attracting pollinators including butterflies, bees, and other garden beneficials! Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with your local state offices before purchasing.

Attracts butterflies. 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...