Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Pittsburgh

Where drainage is poor consider providing raised beds or grow them as container plants. Deadheading spent flowers will help to promote continuous flowering but this is not required.

A tight compact mound of blue-green foliage is topped with spikes of white fragrant flowers. The small size lends Ice Chip to the perennial border, smaller spaces, and containers where it is sure to attract loads of butterflies! The Lo & Beholdtm Buddleja...

Once again we should all thank Greg Grant for another excellent selection! This tough little sage was found growing in a cemetery along with Henry Duelberg. This Greg Grant introduction produces loads of white spikes of tubular flowers from late spring...

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 exciting new day-length neutral and thusly free flowering Black-Eyed Susan was discovered...

Anise or Brazilian Sage, Salvia guaranitica , is an upright growing perennial that may flower nearly continuously from spring to frost. It has been known to spread by rhizomes but under most conditions stays neatly where it's put and where hardy will...

Provide Peach Perfectiontm Abelia with a full to mostly sunny position in most any well-drained soil for the best color and optimum flowering. It's like having fall color year round! The new growth of Peach Perfectiontm Abelia offers shades of orange...

The best foliage color is during the winter months and in full sun". The interesting and beautiful, yellow foliage of this Greg Grant selection of the Giant Coneflower makes for a wonderful contrast with other garden plants.

The flowers attract a large variety of pollinators including bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, and other garden beneficials. The Fragrant White Mistflower produces clusters of fragrant, white, nectar-rich flowers in fall just as the Monarch butterflies...

A caterpillar host for the Gulf Fritillary, Zebra Longwing, and other Heliconian butterflies. We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen from the vine.

1992 Perennial Plant of the Year. Deadheading will help ensure a fall repeat. Moonbeam Coreopsis may slowly spread by rhizomes. Drought tolerant and deer resistant. 2" primrose yellow daisies top the fine-textured blue-green foliage of this durable native...

This is IMO but due its large size we expect this to be Salvia azurea var. We have seen singular stems reach near 8' in the garden, grown in partial sun. Pitcheri or Pitcher Sage. Large spikes of deep blue, tubular flowers are born in summer, late summer,...

This is not the same as the original 'Starburst' Penta cultivar. 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.

The two are notoriously difficult to distinguish and honestly initially we thought that it was L. Attracts loads of butterflies and a variety of other pollinators. With that ID, we can now finally add Beauregard parish to the record books!

An excellent choice for butterfly gardens or in containers. Brown, Horticulture Agent, and Kim Cooprider, Master Gardener, from the Lee County University of Florida Extension. Also known as Blue Snakeweed, Verbena Azul, Cayenne Snakeweed.

Proper deadheading may encourage the show to return in fall. If drainage is an issue use a sandy gravelly soil as this drought resistant yarrow makes an easy container plant. The flower clusters make great resting places for tired pollinators.

For more information see our Coral Honeysuckle Growing Guide . Considered by many to be the best of the red flowered Coral Honeysuckles. This is an excellent twining vine for a fences, trellises, or latticework.

An exceptionally hardy Abelia and a great addition to any garden. Incredibly fragrant (considered to be even better than a lilac by some!) rich pink flowers in summer are held above the rich green glossy foliage.

Cross pollination may produce tropical tasting tangy fruit that surrounds the dark seeds inside. We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen from the vine.

This makes this a great plant for children to enjoy as the multitudes of often alien looking caterpillars are sure to pique their interest. The Maypop Passionvine or Passion Flower produces a summer long display of 2-3" wide white, lavender, and purple...

In mild winter climates they can get fairly large but are certainly amenable to pruning. 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...

In some states and counties Buddleia's are considered invasive, please check with your local state offices before purchasing. Spikes of deep violet, nectar rich, fragrant flowers are borne all summer on this vigorous yet compact Butterfly Bush.

Their only downfall is wet soggy winter soils which could cause rot. This southern selection originated from the gardens of and was named for Peachie Saxon of Mississippi. Their reliability and durability make them highly recommended garden perennials.

Drought tolerant once well established but will enjoy average moisture in a garden setting. No staking is required for this beautiful native clump-forming cormous perennial. Seed grown from a north Louisiana population.

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. Rich red 3" flowers clusters. The Butterfly Series Pentas are excellent heat and humidity tolerant free flowering...

Raise Monarch Butterflies in your own backyard! The Monarchs migrate through our area just as the Asclepias begin to awaken in spring, just in time for the females to lay their eggs on the new growth.

Stoke's Aster or Stokesia Daisies are durable drought, deer, and rabbit resistant, clump-forming native perennials. Their reliability and durability make them highly recommended garden perennials.

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.