Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Salinas

In cooler climates it may act as a die-back perennial returning from the roots in spring. Although Crucita is somewhat drought resistant once well established it will flower most consistently where it gets regular moisture during the growing season.

This is considered to be the Southernmost of the Echinaceas making it an excellent addition to the perennial garden. Flowers begin in May and may continue through August. This is a tough and easy pinewoods native plant that is great for butterflies and...

Plant Rough Coneflower as a specimen or in mass for a wonderful effect. Drought tolerant once well-established but it does enjoy average moisture. A clump forming native that flowers from late spring through mid-summer and sometimes into fall.

Flowers from late spring to frost and is adored by Hummingbirds. A larger flowering form of the common Batface Cuphea which produces 1-1/2" long red tubular blooms that end with a purple bat-like face that is accented by the bright red 'ears'.

Some authors recommend a hard winter pruning, to as low as 6", every 2-3 years to rejuvenate plants and to promote longevity. Black Knight Butterfly Bush is an exceptionally free-flowering shrub, producing the intensely deep purple, fragrant flowers from...

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. Indigo Spires has long been one of our favorites and is a reliable performer in the landscape producing a 2-4 high plant with medium green foliage.

Tolerant of light shade is does flower best in full sun. The flowers attract a variety of pollinators including butterflies. The silvery grass-like foliage of Narrowleaf Silk Grass could fool anyone to thinking it might actually be a grass but by late...

Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant. 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.

Called Popcorn Cassia because when brushed or crushed the foliage emits the wonderful fragrance of freshly buttered popcorn. Tall spikes of dark golden yellow 1" blooms are born in summer and fall on an upright growing shrub.

May reseed under good conditions though it may be unlikely to where mulched. Super easy and tough. Stoke's Aster or Stokesia Daisies are durable drought, deer, and rabbit resistant, clump-forming native perennials.

Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. Red Satin Coreopsis is a sterile selection from Darrel Probst so it can spend all summer flowering. Attracts pollinators. Threadleaf Coreopsis is a durable generally clump forming native that may slowly spread...

In order to produce their delicious tangy tropical tasting fruit Passionflowers must be cross-pollinated by another seedling, species, or cultivar. With most passionflowers the 5 stamens (pollen producing glands) arch downward once they are ready to release...

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

This is a tough and hardy, perennial US Native. Finely textured blue-gray foliage on a plant that becomes more dense with age. Blooms from late spring through summer. Each golden yellow petal is heavily splashed with burgundy and surround the tall brown...

Mainly they do not like to stay wet and avoid over fertilizing these plants as they can grow too lush and soft and may have a tendency to flop. The Achillea's fragrant foliage deters deer and rabbits.

Winter Cassia has the potential to reseed and may be considered invasive in some areas. Be sure to consult your state and local agriculture offices before planting. A host plant to Sulphur butterflies and nectar source for a variety of pollinators.

Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant. 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.

Attracts butterflies and a host of other pollinators. Did we mention that it doesn't flop like older cultivars? A durable and reliable US native perennial, Stoke's Aster comes highly recommended and its easy to see why with its moderate drought resistance,...

Provide full to partial sun with average drainage with average moisture for best results. Black and Blue Salvia, an Anise Sage, is a highly sought after nectar plant for hummingbirds, larger butterflies, and other pollinators.

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.

There is reported to be sister species, E. Neglecta , that has white, pink, to purplish ray petals that more closely resemble those of the Sanguin Purple Coneflower, E. This is a clump forming, taprooted perennial that prefers well-drained soils The Yellow...

May reseed under good conditions though it may be unlikely to where mulched. 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...

Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves. This is one of the few plants that you will find consistently at nearly every butterfly conservatory.

Provide full to partial sun with average drainage and average moisture for best results. This a great perennial for full sun to mostly sunny gardens or medium to large containers. It has been known to spread by rhizomes but under most conditions stays...

Images were taken at Allen Acres B and B, Pitkin, Louisiana. Blue Mistflower is often listed as an excellent butterfly plant but we find mostly bees using it. Excellent for pollinators, particularly native bees.

Fringed Twinevine is fairly drought resistant once well-established. It produces large clusters of white flowers sometimes tinged with pink or purple that attract a variety of pollinators.

An easy and sometimes vigorous groundcover or container plant that remains evergreen in mild winter climates. Found naturally throughout much of the southern half of the US from east to west.