Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In New Haven

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 and compact habits for the garden and landscape.

Plants readily multiply into dense clumps. May reseed under good conditions though it may be unlikely to where mulched. Their only downfall is wet soggy winter soils which could cause rot.

A nearly endless procession of rich pink flower clusters are born in mass above the low, ferny foliage of this wonderful free-flowering perennial Verbena. Perennial Verbenas make wonderful additions to the butterfly garden providing nectar even in late...

A paradoxically yellow flowered purple coneflower with deep sunny yellow ray petals that surround the dark bristly rounded cone. This rare plant is sustainably produced in nurseries and is now available to the public.

1999 Perennial Plant of the Year. This is an easy, durable, and reliable drought tolerant and deer resistant perennial for any sunny border. A profusion of dark-eyed golden yellow, 3-5'', daisies are held above the tidy rosette of foliage throughout summer.

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.

Periodic removal of spent flower spikes will help keep your Scarlet Sage looking great and flowering throughout the growing season. Summer Jewel Lavender is an exciting new color development in this free flowering native that hummingbirds, bees, and other...

Attracts butterflies and a host of other pollinators. Stokesia Daisy is one of those plant it and forget it perennials, once they become established in nearly any garden or landscape they require almost no additional care.

Revels in the heat and sun but is known to flower in some shade as well! Deer resistant, moderately salt tolerant, and a tough and easy to enjoy native with flower power. An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower...

Dense flat topped clusters that can be 6" or more across are composed of tightly packed, tiny, dark golden yellow daisies. Yarrow or Achillea are as at home in the herb garden as they are the flower garden provided they have excellent drainage and receive...

A caterpillar host plant of the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly. The large tropical looking foliage turns a golden yellow in fall. It is reported to have a banana custard-like flavor, some say that fully ripe fruit of the Dwarf Pawpaw is equal to the Pawpaw,...

The flowers and foliage, fresh or dried, is often used to make a very nice herbal tea, as a mild spice in cooking, and could certainly be used in potpourris as well (Bonnie fell in love with the fragrance of the dried seed heads!).

Providing a well-draining site will be key to helping it survive the winter as well as a loose breathable mulch such as pinestraw. Many of these images were taken at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas to learn more about their great gardens,...

Finely textured blue-gray foliage on a plant that becomes more dense with age. This is a tough and hardy, perennial US Native. Blooms from late spring through summer. Great for smaller pollinators.

An excellent cut flower that can last for up to a week in a vase. A Dawn Stover Nifty Fifty favorite herbaceous plant! Dawn is a Research Associate at Stephen F Austin in Nacogdoches, TX and currently maintains the Mast Arboretum plant collection.

Cut back the stems to the rosette in winter. 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.

Great for pollinators. To read more about this "stately coneflower", as Dr. Neil Odenwald puts it, in the Online Plant Guide.com click here or the "More Info..." link below. The large attractive soft, blue-green foliage makes a nice garden accent and...

The Chinese Abelia is an easy to grow, drought tolerant, and pest resistant, and reliable shrub. Abelias are easily grown, drought, salt, deer, and pest resistant upright to arching evergreen to semi-evergreen shrubs.

Thank you John from Florida for bringing that to our attention. Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers. A popular hummingbird and butterfly plant, few other plants can compete with it's profuse...

Batface Cuphea, or Georgia Scarlet Batface Cuphea, is a tough and reliable low mounding perennial which blooms from late spring to frost. An excellent choice for hummingbirds, mixed containers, hanging baskets, and in mass plantings.

Our plants are seed grown and so some variability is possible. A native of the southern most portions of Texas and Florida, Crucita can be found in flower as early as mid summer to late fall.

Whiteleaf Mountainmint has a strong minty sage-like fragrance and can be used in place of sage in cooking as well as in the place of mint for teas and coffee. It is a clump forming native perennial with an upright growth habit that generally dies back...

The dainty nectar rich flowers are visited by bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. 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...

Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven Butterfly Bush is a densely branching compact deciduous shrub with gray-green foliage that makes colorful addition to the garden and landscape but is small enough to use in medium-sized containers.

These hardy, erect-branching shrubs will grow 5-10' tall for an informal privacy screen or can be trimmed for a neat, colorful hedge. (Our choice of color.) Plants may have single or double blooms.

Black Adder Agastache is a vigorous sterile hybrid with fragrant licorice scented foliage and so it continues to flower throughout the growing season. Easy to grow and the flowers attract loads of pollinators especially bees.

For more information see our Coral Honeysuckle Growing Guide . The native Coral Honeysuckle is not an aggressive vine, unlike the white and yellow flowered invasive Japanese Honeysuckle.