Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Peoria

Wow! Excellent flower power on a vigorous vine, Aphrodite's Purple Nightietm Passion Flower produces an explosion of 3-4" wide flowers composed of purple petals and sepals that are topped by a crown of deep purple, blue, and white filaments.

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...

Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. The contained habit of the native coral honeysuckle makes this a lovely vine for fences, arbors, or trellises. This variety and may produce a few flowers throughout winter even in zone 8B.

Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers. The Butterfly Series Pentas are excellent heat and humidity tolerant free flowering Pentas with a medium sized well-branched growth habit.

Vitex are adaptable to a wide variety of soil types and are considered to be drought tolerant enough to be suitable for Xeric gardens. Lecompte Vitex is noted for its extra large 8-12" spikes of purple-blue flowers that are born from late spring to fall.

Talayote produces clusters of small cream and green milkweed flowers that are held above and among the large heart shaped foliage and can be found in flower from summer and into early fall attracting a host of smaller pollinators.

Photos courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com A tight compact mound of blue-green foliage is topped with spikes of white fragrant flowers. Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with your local state offices before...

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

If your Dwarf Mexican Petunias get too tall or leggy just cut them back to a few inches above the ground and they will quickly regrow and soon return to flowering. Here in zone 8B they freeze to the ground in most winters and we plant them atop winter...

No staking is required for this beautiful native clump-forming cormous perennial. 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.

Redwing, Vining Maple, and Mariposa are among its many names, whatever you choose to call it this rather hardy vine with tropical origins creates quite a show throughout the warmer months of the year with a near continuous display of yellow, orchid-like...

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).

Removing spent flowers and seed heads will promote the production of wave after wave of new flowers throughout the summer and into fall. Vitex are great for summer color and their large spikes of colorful flowers attract butterflies and bees.

Rudbeckia fulgida is native to much of the central and eastern United States. 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.

Cross pollination may produce tropical tasting tangy fruit that surrounds the dark seeds inside. A crown of deep sapphire blue filaments create a striking contrast with the white petals and sepals that are held against the rich green foliage throughout...

Vitex are adaptable to a wide variety of soil types and are considered to be drought tolerant enough to be suitable for Xeric gardens. Shoal Creek Vitex is noted for its extra large 8-12" spikes of purple-blue flowers that are born from late spring to...

The flowers are produced on tall, narrow but sturdy stems and flowers are produced singly and in small clusters. The deeply cut, somewhat hairy, medium green foliage and delicate stems give this species a finer overall texture.

Tall spikes of dark golden yellow 1" blooms are born in summer and fall on an upright growing shrub. Considered by some to be root hardy in zone 9 with protection. Called Popcorn Cassia because when brushed or crushed the foliage emits the wonderful fragrance...

To learn more about the beneficial insects that Milkweeds support see our growing guide: Milkweed: Much More than Just a Monarch Host. Vibrant yellow, orange, and red flowers are borne from Spring to frost on an upright to spreading perennial.

Seedlings may have different characteristics than the parent plants. Colorwheel Stokesia is just as tough and reliable as its brethren creating a mound of foliage on a durable and dense clump forming native perennial.

Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves. For more information see the research paper " Nectar Theft and Floral Ant-Repellence: A Link between Nectar Volume and Ant-Repellent...

*Under full sun conditions Gregg's Mist Flower may need supplemental water during dryer periods, especially in low rain fall regions. Queen butterflies flock to the blue flowers of this species and will spend hours sipping from the nectar rich flowers...

Includes: 3 each of Black-Eyed Susans and Purple Coneflower.

If your dwarf Mexican Petunias get too tall or leggy just cut them back to a few inches above the ground and they will quickly regrow and soon return to flowering. Katie Blue Dwarf Mexican Petunia is a lovely dwarf perennial that produces loads of bluish...

Buddleias can grow to become large shrub-like perennials in mild climates but most grow as herbaceous perennials in zone 6 and colder. The 'red' coloration of this butterfly magnet is often most pronounced in southern climates.

Mystic Spires has excellent heat tolerance, loves the sun, and the dark blue flowers attract a variety of pollinators including bees, butterflies, and the occasional hummingbird. Few Salvias can compete with the ever popular 'Indigo Spires' for pure flower...

* Scabiosa ochroleuca, commonly called cream scabious, is a species of scabiosa with creamy yellow flower heads. It is native to Europe and western Asia.