Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In San Diego

Betonyleaf Mistflower may act like a dieback perennial in the northern portion of its hardiness range. Provide a full sun location and a well drained soil for the best results. Also consider a warm protected exposure such as on the eastern or southern...

One of the hardiest of passion vines the Maypop is native well into the central portion of the US reaching Illinois, Indiana, Ohio.The round fruit 'may pop' when you step on them giving this beautiful native passion flower its name.

The tubular, nectar rich flowers of Monardas attract a variety of pollinators including hummingbirds, butterflies, and some bees. Dig and divide every 2-3 years for the best results.

Considered hardy well into zone 8 it is still best to select a protected site and provide a breathable winter mulch. The beautiful flowers provide nectar and pollen to a variety of garden beneficials including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

Anise or Brazilian Sage, Salvia guaranitica , is an upright growing perennial that may flower nearly continuously from spring to frost. This a great perennial for full sun to mostly sunny gardens or medium to large containers.

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. Mystic Spires has excellent heat tolerance, loves the sun, and the dark blue flowers attract a variety of pollinators including bees, butterflies, and the...

He describes it as "chartreuse-green foliage and the normal tall golden yellow flowers. Greg Grant mentions that ‘Golda Emanis' was named for his great aunt. Read more about Greg Grant's plant selections on the SFA Gardens website here .

The flowers of Pentas will attract butterflies and other nectar loving creatures to your gardens throughout summer. Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers.

We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen from the vine. Passiflora mooreana was named in honor of Dugald Moore of the Royal Dublin Society's Botanic Garden of Glasnevin, Ireland.

The Candlestick Tree does readily reseed, consider removing ripe seed pods to prevent unwanted seedlings. And the more branches you create the more Candelabra's you'll get to enjoy! With a protective mulch in mild winter climates the Candlestick Tree...

Verbena's are cool season growing perennials and so that is when fertilize should be applied. The trailing Verbenas are one of the earliest flowering perennials in our gardens and provide the early hummingbirds and butterflies with plenty of choice nectar...

This species is from Eurasia Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved. Dracocephalum is moderately drought resistant once well-established and is considered to be deer resistant.

Phoenicia selected and introduced by Patrick Worley of Suncrest Nurseries. Protect from frost and freezing temperatures, although it is reported that well-established plants may return from the roots if a light freeze or frost does occur.

Grown from locally collected seed. A good choice for a minty tea. Tolerant of wet and dry soil conditions. An excellent choice for native pollinators like bees and butterflies. This tough low native seems to remain where you put it creating a clump forming...

A small to medium-sized, spreading to upright, moderately slow growing, native deciduous shrub. Produces small maroon to greenish flowers flowers in spring. Seedling grown. The large tropical looking foliage turns a golden yellow in fall.

Coronation Gold, a hybrid Achillea , was named in honor of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. Like most Achilleas, this one benefits from very well-drained, sandy soils in full to mostly sunny locations preferably with good air circulation.

In the northern most portions of its range, zones 5 and 6, it should be provided with a deep winter mulch. Stoke's Aster or Stokesia Daisies are durable drought, deer, and rabbit resistant, clump-forming native perennials.

Flowers the first year! Echinacea or Purple Coneflowers are beautiful and hardy, clump forming fibrous rooted or taprooted North American native perennials that attract butterflies and other pollinators.

Ripe seeds are utilized by birds. Medium to high drought tolerance once established. The Compass Plant is native to much of the central and eastern US. The dark green, deeply dissected foliage of the Compass Plant was used as a compass as the large leaves...

Like its sister seedling Incense, a diploid and another cross of Passiflora incarnata x P. Inspiration Passionvine, like most other root hardy tropicals, should be established in the garden after the danger of frost/freeze has passed and soil temperatures...

Their reliability and durability make them highly recommended garden perennials. Super easy and tough. Plants readily multiply into dense clumps. Large, 3-4" cornflower-like daisies are born in summer on this durable and reliable US native perennial.

Give it a rich fertile soil and periodic water during dry spells. Pentas are excellent heat loving tropicals with plenty of flower power that do great in the ground or in containers.

Anise Scented Goldenrod a.k.a. Anisescented Goldenrod. Wonderfully fragrant of licorice or anise when bruised or dried, Sweet Goldenrod produces medium to large pyramidal clusters of golden yellow flowers in summer that are excellent for attracting pollinators...

Easy to grow and deer and pest resistant. The dainty flowers are pollinated by a variety of smaller pollinators but are definitely relished by bees. Grown from locally collected seed.

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.

Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers. The Butterfly Series Pentas have been selected as a 2012 Louisiana Super Plant! The flowers of Pentas will attract butterflies and other nectar loving...

Selected by the noted plant guru Herbert Kelly, Jr. A light pruning to remove spent flowers can bring flowers nearly until frost. Large spikes of purple-blue fragrant flowers, reportedly to 18'' long, are borne in summer and are held atop the soft green...