Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Richmond

Periodic removal of spent flower spikes will help keep your Scarlet Sage looking great and flowering throughout the growing season. A.k.a. Texas Sage, Scarlet Salvia, Tropical Sage.

Sweetly fragrant clusters of 2", star-like, pure white blooms are produced continuously throughout the summer months against a rich glossy green foliage. Train it on a trellis or other support to produce a small-medium sized fragrant evergreen vine.

The dainty flowers are pollinated by a variety of smaller pollinators but are definitely relished by bees. Grown from locally collected seed. Whiteleaf Mountainmint has a strong minty sage-like fragrance and can be used in place of sage in cooking as...

Removing spent flowers and seed heads will promote the production of wave after wave of new flowers throughout the summer and into fall. This is a vigorous and disease free and drought tolerant spreading to upright deciduous shrub or small tree that attracts...

For excellent info on Elderberry from the Herb Society of America click here . The woody stems of the American Elderberry can be cut back in winter to help promote a fuller and lower plant.

A very early and often long flowering drought tolerant Liatris. Attracts butterflies. 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...

Spikes of deep purplish blue, nectar rich flowers are produced from summer to fall and attract butterflies and a menagerie of other garden beneficials. Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip Jr. Butterfly Bush makes a great addition to the garden and landscape but...

With that ID, we can now finally add Beauregard parish to the record books! Commonly found growing in sandy pine uplands in eastern Texas and western Louisiana. One of the smaller growing and longer flowering Blazingstars with good drought resistance...

Porterweed is known to reseed particularly in mild winter climates. Like all of our Porterweeds, this one is an exceptional flowering plant producing copious amounts of nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies, and a variety of bees from spring to fall or...

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. Amistad Salvia begins flowering even when still small and your hummingbirds, butterflies, and native bees will love you for its continuous supply of rich nectar.

Porterweed is known to reseed particularly in mild winter climates. Porterweeds are excellent nectar producers outperforming nearly all other butterfly plants in the garden. Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners...

The How-How Passionvine may reproduce from rhizomes although not as vigorously as the Maypop. To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties Passionvines are the...

Deer resistant. A slowly spreading clump former that prefers average moisture. Attracts pollinators. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. The non-fading, dark daisies of this easy perennial are held above and among the fine dark green foliage.

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.

The flowering stalks emerge from a rosette of wide medium green foliage on this fibrous rooted native perennial. Starry Rosinweed is a common native of our local pineywoods where it can be seen flowering sometimes as early as March.

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. Augusta Duelberg Mealycup Sage is larger growing than the ones found at most nurseries and will top out at about 30"H and wide.

If your Salvia or Sage starts to look unkempt in mid to late summer consider giving it a light shearing or remove the spent flowering spikes to help promote new growth and flower production.

Huge scarlet pine-cone-like blooms to 8 inches long are borne in summer atop the large deep green tropical foliage. An unusually large-growing variety.

The Flutterby series of Butterfly Bushes or Buddleias were selected not only for their compact habit, fragrant colorful flowers, their ability to flower continuously throughout the growing season, and landscape potential but also for their sterility or...

It flowers all summer and fall. An easy to grow and drought tolerant heirloom plant. This is the selection with the deepest red color, comes from seed collected in southern Baja California.

Give your Pentas a rich fertile soil and periodic water during dry spells. Great for hot sunny positions but will also tolerate part sun as well. The flowers of Pentas will attract butterflies and other nectar loving creatures to your gardens throughout...

Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant. The Butterfly Series Pentas are excellent heat and humidity tolerant free flowering Pentas with a medium sized well-branched growth habit.

To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties We have offered this plant under the name of White Passionvine for many years.

Deadheading is not required but removing spent flowers will help the plant look 'cleaner'. Photo courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com The 'red' coloration of this butterfly magnet is often most pronounced in southern climates.

The Winter Cassia may freeze to the ground in the northern portions of its range but it is quick to return in spring. Few plants can bring color to the fall garden like the Winter Cassia! Clusters of butterfly-like bright yellow 1" blooms are borne in...

Super easy and tough. A durable and reliable US native perennial, Stoke's Aster comes highly recommended and its easy to see why with its moderate drought resistance, few pest or disease problems, deer and rabbit resistance and the fact that it revels...

Deadheading is not required but removing spent flowers will help the plant look 'cleaner'. Photo courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com Miss Violet is another excellent introduction from the breeding work of Dr. Dennis Werner at North Carolina...