Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In San Francisco

1992 Perennial Plant of the Year. Moonbeam Coreopsis may slowly spread by rhizomes. Deadheading will help ensure a fall repeat. 2" primrose yellow daisies top the fine-textured blue-green foliage of this durable native perennial from late spring to late...

The seeds of this Monarch host plant were shared with us via Dr. Bill Grant. Admittedly the flowers of Talayote are not extra large and showy but it could certainly be used in the garden as a screen or at the back of the garden if so desired.

Like the native Maypop Passionflower, Incense readily spreads by rhizomes. To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties

Few other woody vines can provide the long flowering show that this wonderful native can provide as well as attracting loads of Hummingbirds. For more information see our Coral Honeysuckle Growing Guide .

Possum Purple is considered to be a self pollinating Passionfruit but having another cultivar for cross pollination may be beneficial as well. In order to produce their delicious tangy tropical tasting fruit most (Possum Purple is considered to be self...

Attracts Butterflies. To learn more visit the Cajun Prairie Society or do a search for Gulf Coast prairies. Grown from locally collected seed. Slender Blazingstar, Liatris acidota, is a denizen of the imperiled Coastal Prairie ecosystem.

Sweet Goldenrod is the state herb of Delaware and is has been used to make the medicinal Blue Mountain Tea. Another of the garden friendly clump forming Goldenrods, Sweet Goldenrod makes a nice addition to the garden, as well as in natural areas and along...

Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with your local state offices before purchasing. Ice Chip is the newest introduction in this line of compact, basically sterile Butterfly Bushes.

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...

Periodic deadheading is not required but may help to keep the plants looking fresher. An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production.

Whiteleaf Mountainmint has a strong minty sage-like fragrance and can be used in place of sage in cooking as well as in the place of mint for teas and coffee. It is a clump forming native perennial with an upright growth habit that generally dies back...

We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen from the vine. Ruby Glow Passionflower is sometimes mistakenly sold as a selection of Passiflora alata but it has been determined that this is...

As tropical as it looks to be the Lady Margaret Passionflower is reported to survive in zone 8B if provided with a protective mulch. We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen from the vine.

This is a tough and hardy, perennial US Native. Blooms from late spring through summer. Each golden yellow petal is heavily splashed with burgundy and surround the tall brown central cone of each daisy-like flower.

May produce yellow ripening to orange tangy fruit if cross-pollinated. Provide a winter mulch where marginally hardy or enjoy this free flowering, lightly fragrant vine as a container plant or annual where not hardy.

The far right image showing the Ruby Throat Hummingbird taking a breather, or is she really guarding her stock of nectar?, was taken and kindly shared with us by Susan Whitney. Porterweed is known to reseed particularly in mild winter climates.

Perennial Verbenas make wonderful additions to the butterfly garden providing nectar even in late winter for early visitors. A nearly endless procession of vivid, deep bluish-purple flower clusters are born in mass above the low, ferny foliage of this...

An unusually pure white selection of Vitex. Silver Spires produces medium sized spikes of white flowers that are held against the dark blue-green fragrant foliage. These durable and easily grown shrubs are basically pest and disease free, are deer resistant,...

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.

Lecompte Vitex is noted for its extra large 8-12" spikes of purple-blue flowers that are born from late spring to fall. This is a vigorous and disease free and drought tolerant spreading to upright deciduous shrub or small tree that attracts hummingbirds,...

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...

Spikes of 2" vivid fuchsia tubular fuzzy flowers emerge from dark colored calyxes and are held atop the dark green, glossy rounded foliage from spring to fall on this compact growing Salvia.

Winter Cassia has the potential to reseed and may be considered invasive in some areas. For a very nice article on Winter Cassia from the MSU Cares Extension by Dr. Gary Bachman click here or the "More Info from Universities..." below.

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.

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.

Attracts butterflies and a host of other pollinators. Plants readily multiply into dense clumps. Stoke's Asters or Stokesia Daisies are durable drought, deer, and rabbit resistant, clump-forming native perennials.

Medium to high drought tolerance once established. Ripe seeds are utilized by birds. The dark green, deeply dissected foliage of the Compass Plant was used as a compass as the large leaves generally point north and south.