Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In San Jose

Butterfly Bush is considered invasive in some regions, consider sterile selections or deadhead periodically to prevent unwanted seedlings. An excellent choice for butterfly gardens as well as providing nectar for a host of other pollinators including...

Otherwise these are great garden performers that will bring their owners many years of enjoyment with almost no maintenance required. Their reliability and durability make them highly recommended garden perennials.

Vitex are adaptable to a wide variety of soil types and are considered to be drought tolerant enough to be suitable for Xeric gardens. Lecompte Vitex is another excellent introduction from noted plant breeder and author Greg Grant.

Missy Puryear Turkscap was developed by noted plantsman and horticulturist Greg Grant, a result of his many years of Turkscap breeding. Loads of rich pink flowers are produced from late spring or early summer until frost on a slightly more compact Turkscap.

Great for smaller pollinators. Blooms from late spring through summer. This is a tough and hardy, perennial US Native. Finely textured blue-gray foliage on a plant that becomes more dense with age.

Inspiration Passionflower is a vigorous climbing, evergreen to perennial vine, with medium to dark green foliage. The yellow to orange glands also have a strong resemblence to pairs of butterfly eggs and so hopefully a gravid female butterfly will look...

Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers. An excellent choice for butterfly and hummingbird gardens that will flower from summer until frost.

Clustered Mountainmint is one of our favorites to pick and smell as we walk through the garden. The foliage is wonderfully fragrant and can be used in teas and cooking. This is a durable and slowly spreading native perennial that flowers throughout the...

It is a clump forming native perennial with an upright growth habit that generally dies back to the ground in winter. Clusters of tiny, light pink, tubular flowers are encircled by a mass of velvety white, bract-like leaves in mid to late summer.

Butterfly Bushes are easily grown, free flowering butterfly magnets and are moderately drought tolerant once well established. Spikes of deep violet, nectar rich, fragrant flowers are borne all summer on this vigorous yet compact Butterfly Bush.

Trumpet Honeysuckle is an excellent choice anywhere a 'tame' vine is needed. An Almost Eden exclusive! Clusters of soft orange buds open to intense dark orange tubular blooms. Flowering from early spring to fall.

To learn more click here . All of these images were taken at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas to learn more about their great gardens, or to see hundreds of butterflies be sure to visit.

Abelias are easily grown, drought, salt, deer, and pest resistant upright to arching evergreen to semi-evergreen shrubs. Incredibly fragrant (considered to be even better than a lilac by some!) rich pink flowers in summer are held above the rich green...

Somewhat drought resistant once well-established but will grow and flower better under average water conditions. Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers.

The fragrant flowers of Buddleias are excellent for attracting butterflies, bees, and a host of other garden beneficials. Wave after wave of fragrant blue to blue-purple flowers with a contrasting orange eye are produced in dense spikes from spring to...

If your dwarf Mexican Petunias get too tall or leggy just cut them back to a few inches above the ground and they will quickly regrow and soon return to flowering. For sheer flower power and durability it is hard to beat the Dwarf Mexican Petunias! These...

Abelias are adaptable to a wide range of soil conditions but will do best in the long run when soils have average or better drainage. They are salt tolerant and deer resistant and can be pruned to shape if desired although their natural arching to mounding...

This Passionvine along with many of Myles Irving's Riverside hybrids appear to rarely produce fruit and are often triploid to tetraploid in nature. The flowers shine brightly against the backdrop of deep blue-green foliage.

This is an easy, durable, and reliable drought tolerant and deer resistant perennial for any sunny border. Excellent for butterflies and the birds will enjoy the seedheads in winter.

Grassleaved Goldenaster is a durable native that makes a nice groundcover under larger perennials and naturalistic settings including meadows and roadside plantings. A near perfect replacement for lawn grass that provides a burst of brilliant fall color...

Pruning if necessary should not be done after June as you may be removing flower buds for the late summer/fall show. Excellent fall color for the garden as well as drought tolerance and pest and disease resistance make this an excellent addition to the...

Deer resistant. Attracts pollinators. Threadleaf Coreopsis is a durable generally clump forming native that may slowly spread by short rhizomes under good conditions. Deep dark red, 2-3" wide daisies are born all summer long on this exciting new perennial.

Dig and divide every 2-3 years for the best results. A clump forming, slowly spreading winter deciduous perennial that enjoys moist but well-drained soils and ample sunlight. In the wild Scarlet Beebalm is most common in the Northeastern and Northcentral...

An excellent source for cut flowers. Extremely hardy, they thrive in any garden with little care. Profusion of blooms from June through September. Rose of Sharon grows 5-10' tall. You'll enjoy this old-fashioned favorite that bears an abundance of large,...

Prairie Blazing Star is common in the prairies and forests of the central and north eastern US. The large bulb-like corm will produce several flower spikes once mature. Grow in an average to moist soil.

Great in foliage or flower. The interesting and beautiful, yellow foliage of this Greg Grant selection of the Giant Coneflower makes for a wonderful contrast with other garden plants.

In zone 8B-9 we find that a small percentage larger growing Porterweeds, like Lavender, Coral, and Purple, may return from the roots in late spring if well mulched. Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and...