Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Oceanside

The Butterfly Series Pentas have been selected as a 2012 Louisiana Super Plant! Give it a rich fertile soil and periodic water during dry spells. An excellent choice for butterfly and hummingbird gardens that will flower from summer until frost.

Drought tolerant, deer resistant, and reliable. A must have perennial! Early Bird Gold Rudbeckia produces wave after wave of bright golden yellow, 3-4" daisies from late spring to fall on a nicely branching plant.

This vigorous native produces masses of black-eyed golden yellow daisies from mid-summer to fall on tall sturdy stems. Along with 'Herbstonne', the Sweet Coneflower is one of the latest to flower.

Elderberry was selected as the 2013 Herb of the Year by the International Herb Society. Periodic removal of older and weaker canes will help to keep them growing vigorously. A mulch will also provide many benefits as well.

Provide ample sunlight and good drainage. The Purple Coneflower is an excellent plant for pollinators with its nectar rich flowers. These 'daisies' are actually a composite flower and are composed of a multitude of ray flowers (the wide normally colorful...

Deep cobalt-blue tubular flowers are held atop the medium green lightly fragrant foliage from summer to fall. One of the darkest blue flowers for the perennial garden Kobalt Salvia, an Anise Sage, is much enjoyed by hummingbirds and larger butterflies.

Bumblebees are perfectly designed for this as the pollen is rubbed on their back as they circle the corona drinking nectar and then carry it to the next flower. Like the native Maypop Passionflower, Incense readily spreads by rhizomes.

Turk's Cap is well-loved and so is known by a variety of common names including: Turk's Turban, Lady's Eardrops, Scotchman's Purse, Wild Fuchsia, Drummond Wax-Mallow, Texas Mallow, Mexican Apple, Red Mallow, May Apple, Wild Turk's Cap, Bleeding Heart,...

Drought tolerant and deer resistant. Deadheading will help ensure a fall repeat. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. Zagreb Coreopsis may slowly spread by rhizomes. Zagreb Coreopsis is slightly more compact than Moonbeam.

The large attractive soft, blue-green foliage makes a nice garden accent and is at its prime in winter and spring. The huge, to 6", golden, daisy-like blooms with tall dark brown cones or eyes are held on tall sturdy stems which can grow to 7' or more!...

Mexican Hat is an easy to grow clump forming perennial with finely textured blue-gray foliage. Brilliant golden yellow drooping petals surround the tall gray cones from late spring to fall.

The 3" wide, cornflower-like daisies open white, slowly work their way through shades of lavender, and finally deepen to a violet blue creating a rainbow of cool-colored flowers even on the same flower stalk.

Lady in Red Scarlet Sage produces a nearly non-stop display of loose spikes of scarlet red tubular flowers from spring to frost on an upright to spreading plant. Scarlet Sage is the number one most recommended Salvia species for hummingbirds! A tender...

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.

This naturally sprawling vine-like shrub can easily be pruned to produce a dense mass of foliage and flowers. Sweetly fragrant clusters of 2", star-like, pure white blooms are produced continuously throughout the summer months against a rich glossy green...

We suspect that this may be the same as the cultivar sold as 'Big Swing' but we cannot fully attest to that at this point. Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers.

Plant it at the back of the border in small to large groupings for a wonderful effect and the butterflies will love you for it as well. No staking is required for this beautiful native clump-forming cormous perennial.

Grown from locally collected seed. Attracts Butterflies. Multiple plants per pot. This beautiful perennial wildflower is found only in the Pineywoods of western Louisiana and east Texas.

Attracts butterflies and other pollinators. The dark green, deeply dissected foliage of the Compass Plant was used as a compass as the large leaves generally point north and south.

Provide a winter mulch where marginally hardy or enjoy this free flowering, lightly fragrant vine as a container plant or annual where not hardy. The extra large, up to 5" wide, long lasting flowers of the Star of Surbiton Passion Flower are composed...

In mild winter climates, like zone 9 and 10, they can remain evergreen and will flower for most of the year. For sheer flower power and durability it is hard to beat the Dwarf Mexican Petunias! These reliable perennials lend themselves to use as a groundcover,...

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 native perennial wildflower.

Spikes of deep violet, nectar rich, fragrant flowers are borne all summer on this vigorous yet compact Butterfly Bush. Buddleias can grow to become large shrub-like perennials in mild climates but most grow as herbaceous perennials in zone 6 and colder.

An excellent choice for butterfly gardens as well as providing nectar for a host of other pollinators including hummingbirds. Black Knight Butterfly Bush is an exceptionally free-flowering shrub, producing the intensely deep purple, fragrant flowers from...

For excellent info on Elderberry from the Herb Society of America click here . Elderberries are dioecious, both male and female at the same time, and may be semi-self fertile but it is best to plant at least two for cross pollination and the heaviest...

Brown, Horticulture Agent, and Kim Cooprider, Master Gardener, from the Lee County University of Florida Extension. An excellent choice for butterfly gardens or in containers. Deep indigo 1/4" blooms adorn the long spike-like bloom stems from spring to...

The blooms are borne continuously from late spring to fall. Buddlejas are considered invasive in some areas, please consult your local state offices before purchasing. Deep violet flowers hang like grapes from this upright to arching shrub.