Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In New Hampshire

Cutleaf Coneflower grows across much of the central and eastern US and is a spreading rhizomatous perennial that enjoys a moist soil. The flowers are produced on tall, narrow but sturdy stems and flowers are produced singly and in small clusters.

This sterile hybrid from Euroamerican Propagators has garnered top marks in gardens across the US! Provide ample sunlight in a well-drained, fertile soil and stand back as this passion flower may be the star of the show!

The seeds of this Monarch host plant were shared with us via Dr. Bill Grant. Admittedly the flowers of Talayote are not extra large and showy but it could certainly be used in the garden as a screen or at the back of the garden if so desired.

This is also one of the most reliably cold hardy Passionvines with foliage remaining evergreen in the mildest 8B winters but dying back to the ground in severe winters and returning readily in spring.

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.

A food source for the Buckeye, Phaon Crescent, and White Peacock butterfly caterpillars as well as a nectar source for a host of pollinators. Found naturally throughout much of the southern half of the US from east to west.

Pruning the stems back by half in spring will produce fuller, shorter plants that are less apt to flop. This is IMO but due its large size we expect this to be Salvia azurea var. Full sun is preferred but it will still grow and flower if it gets more...

This is a rhizomatous and thus spreading native perennial common to much of the Pineywoods as well as much of the Southeastern US. The flowers attract a variety of pollinators including butterflies.

Providing a well-draining site will be key to helping it survive the winter as well as a loose breathable mulch such as pinestraw. Also consider a warm protected exposure such as on the eastern or southern side of a building or other protective structure.

Use Cloud Eight Verbena in the garden, landscape, or in container gardens. Cloud Eight is a semi-dwarf selection of Purole-Top Vervain with a compact and free flowering habit. Clusters of rich purple flowers are produced on sturdy stems atop the medium...

Cincinata , Inspiration Passionvine is a triploid and appears to rarely produce fruit which may or may not be of any reliable quality. Like other Passionvines, cross-pollination may be required or it may be that like Incense, it too is sterile, and is...

Excellent for Butterflies, Bees, and Hummingbirds. Vitex are great for summer color and their large spikes of colorful flowers attract butterflies and bees. Vitex are adaptable to a wide variety of soil types and are considered to be drought tolerant...

Did you know that Salvia is the number one recommended plant for hummingbirds. Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers.

For more about the story about the discovery of Henry Duelberg and Augusta Duelberg mealycup sages see the 'Extermal Info Link' below. Once again we should all thank Greg Grant for another excellent selection! This tough little sage was found growing...

To learn more about the beneficial insects that Milkweeds support see our growing guide: Milkweed: Much More than Just a Monarch Host. Solid yellow blooms are borne from spring to fall on this vigorous and fast growing upright perennial.

Texas Coneflower provides us with a medium-sized Rudbeckia that is similar in habit to the stately Giant Coneflower. A good nectar and pollen source for pollinators. The Texas Coneflower is found only in Louisiana and SE Texas.

It is also known as Pink Porterweed, Orange Porterweed, Pink Snakeweed. Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves.

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.

Hard late winter or early spring pruning promotes new growth and more flowers and helps to keep the plants more compact. The flowers attract a large variety of pollinators including bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and other garden beneficials.

This is one of the few plants that you will find consistently at nearly every butterfly conservatory. I would be surprised to find a plant that produces a more continuous supply of nectar rich flowers from summer to frost, even most Lantana has to catch...

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

Otherwise these are great garden performers that will bring their owners many years of enjoyment with almost no maintenance required. In the northern most portions of its range, zones 5 and 6, it should be provided with a deep winter mulch.

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 as the Bluebells are finishing up the Ruellias are on their way...

Vitex are great for summer color and their large spikes of colorful flowers attract butterflies and bees. A highly recommended 'Texas Lilac' selection of Vitex. This is a vigorous and disease free and drought tolerant spreading to upright deciduous shrub...

The seed for these originated in the southern most portions of Texas. It produces large clusters of white flowers sometimes tinged with pink or purple that attract a variety of pollinators.

Where they don't freeze back, a hard late-winter pruning will act as a renewal and may help to rid them of overwintering pests as well as to keep them full and in bounds (if you can stand to remove the flower buds).

Photo courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com An excellent addition to the perennial or shrub border and in containers. A truly dwarf Buddleia producing loads of fragrant blue spikes on a low mounding plant that only grows to 2-1/2'!Of 107...