Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Newport News

This is the only species of Echinacea that naturally produces yellow flowers. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved. There is reported to be a sister species, E.

Beautiful deep red to coral, yellow throated tubular blooms are born from spring to fall. For more information see our Coral Honeysuckle Growing Guide . Its tame habit and long blooming season make this manageable Honeysuckle an choice for covering a...

The flowers of Pentas will attract butterflies and other nectar loving creatures to your gardens throughout summer. Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers.

A succession of red tubular blooms that end in a purple bat-like 'face' are topped by a pair of glowing red 'ears' creating the interesting 'bat face' look. A well-drained soil is key to winter survival of the Georgia Scarlet Batface Cuphea.

Occasionally we pick the large ripe fruit clusters whole as a treat for our chickens. In the colder winter portions of its range, it should be planted in spring or early summer so that it has ample time to establish before winter sets in.

1" golden yellow daisies sit atop the dark rich green foliage of this durable groundcover. Plant with caution as Wedelia has escaped and has become a pest in portions of Florida where it is now considered a class 2 invasive by the Florida Exotic Pest...

Flowers can range from nearly solid burgundy to nearly solid yellow and almost any combination in between. The relaxed petals surround a tall central cone of each daisy-like flower.Finely textured blue-gray foliage on a plant that becomes more dense with...

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

Tolerant of wet and dry soil conditions. A good choice for a minty tea. This tough low native seems to remain where you put it creating a clump forming perennial that is fairly tough and durable.

Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves. The far right image showing the Ruby Throat Hummingbird taking a breather, or is she really guarding her stock of nectar?, was...

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.

An Almost Eden exclusive! Clusters of soft orange buds open to intense dark orange tubular blooms. For more information see our Coral Honeysuckle Growing Guide . Trumpet Honeysuckle is an excellent choice anywhere a 'tame' vine is needed.

The flower clusters are perched atop sturdy stems held 2-3' above the rosettes of fragrant, soft gray-green, feathery foliage. Dense flat topped clusters that can be 6" or more across are composed of tightly packed, tiny, dark golden yellow daisies.

Can be successfully grown indoors. Considered by many to be one of the most fragrant Passionvines with a strong gardenia-like perfume emanating from the 2" white flowers that have a purple stripe centered on the frilly corona.

Summer Jewel Pink is a 2012 All American Selection Award winner and produces a nearly non-stop display of pink lipped white tubular flowers from spring to frost on compact plants that begin flowering even earlier.

One of our favorites! There has been much confusion as to exact parentage/species of this excellent cultivar though many believe that it originated as a German developed hybrid of two US natives, Rudbeckia laciniata and R.

Attracts Butterflies. This beautiful perennial wildflower is common to the Pineywoods of western Louisiana and east Texas and needs a well drained soil for best results. This tough and drought tolerant clump forming bulbous native perennial produces rosettes...

A low growing member of the Verbena family Frogfruit makes a beautiful, easy groundcover that is covered by tiny heads of dainty, nectar filled white flowers from late spring to fall.

A good nectar and pollen source for pollinators. The Texas Coneflower is found only in Louisiana and SE Texas. A choice native coneflower, the Texas Coneflower produces 3-5" bright golden yellow daisies that are borne singly, or in small clusters of up...

Ruby Glow is a vigorous growing, heat loving tropical vine that can reach 20'H under good conditions. In order to produce their delicious tangy tropical tasting fruit Passionflowers must be cross-pollinated by another seedling, species, or cultivar.

Clusters of rich purple flowers are produced on sturdy stems atop the medium green foliage from spring through summer and into fall. Cloud Eight is a semi-dwarf selection of Purole-Top Vervain with a compact and free flowering habit.

Dig and divide every 2-3 years for the best results. Earlier flowering in the Southeast and later flowering as you move northward. Rounded clusters of raspberry colored buds open to 2" long tubular, nectar rich, raspberry wine colored flowers in summer.

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

Images were taken at Allen Acres B and B, Pitkin, Louisiana. 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.

A drought resistant perennial preferring well drained mostly sunny sites, Blue Boa Agastache requires minimal care and provides big rewards. Blue Boa Agastache won the "Too Good to Wait Performer" award at the 2013 Colorado State Perennial Trials and...

Stoke's Aster comes highly recommended and its easy to see why with moderate drought resistance, few pest or disease problems, deer and rabbit resistance and it revels in the heat and sun of our southern summers.

They are salt tolerant and deer resistant and can be pruned to shape if desired although their natural arching to mounding form will often produce the most flowers for pollinators.