Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Santa Ana

Where they don't freeze back, a hard late-winter pruning will act as a renewal and may help to rid them of overwintering pests as well as to keep them full and in bounds (if you can stand to remove the flower buds).

A 'Texas Lilac' Vitex selection. Removing spent flowers and seed heads will promote the production of wave after wave of new flowers throughout the summer and into fall. Vitex are great for summer color and their large spikes of colorful flowers attract...

Revels in the heat and sun but is known to flower in some shade as well! Enjoy it in the garden and add it to containers. Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers.

In some states and counties Buddleia's are considered invasive, please check with your local state offices before purchasing. A new Buddleja color from the breeding work of Dr. Dennis Werner at JC Raulston Arboretum.

A nearly endless procession of rich pink flower clusters are born in mass above the low, ferny foliage of this wonderful free-flowering perennial Verbena. Perennial Verbenas make wonderful additions to the butterfly garden providing nectar even in late...

Drought tolerant once well established but will enjoy average moisture in a garden setting. The tall sturdy spikes of this Liatris quickly develop white pearl-like buds that open to clusters of lavender flowers.

Somewhat drought resistant once well-established. Easy to grow and deer and pest resistant. Grown from locally collected seed. Clusters of tiny, light pink, tubular flowers are encircled by a mass of velvety white, bract-like leaves in mid to late summer.

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

To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties The Maypop is also known as: Purple Passionflower, Purple Passionvine, and Apricot Vine.

It is also known as Pink Porterweed, Orange Porterweed, Pink Snakeweed. This is one of the few plants that you will find consistently at nearly every butterfly conservatory. The far right image showing the Ruby Throat Hummingbird taking a breather, or...

Hard late winter or early spring pruning promotes new growth and more flowers and helps to keep the plants more compact. The Fragrant White Mistflower produces clusters of fragrant, white, nectar-rich flowers in fall just as the Monarch butterflies are...

A payoff of sorts to one hungry mob to defend their turf from another. Inspiration Passionflower is a vigorous climbing, evergreen to perennial vine, with medium to dark green foliage.

We have to say thank you to Marc Pastorek of Meadowmakers for sharing a start of this great native perennial with us! Wild Bergamot is a clump forming native perennial with good deer resistance.

Under natural conditions Azure Blue Sage produces tall arching stems that terminate into large, often branching, spikes of flowers that are quite suited to use by Hummingbirds and butterflies.

These durable and easily grown shrubs are basically pest and disease free, are deer resistant, and are moderately salt tolerant. Large spikes of purple-blue fragrant flowers, reportedly to 18'' long, are borne in summer and are held atop the soft green...

Seedlings may have different characteristics than the parent plants. Plants readily multiply into dense clumps. In the northern most portions of their range, zones 5 and 6, they should be provided with a deep winter mulch.

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.

Bee Balm is a clump forming, slowly spreading perennial well suited to moist, well-drained soils in a sunny garden setting whether in the herb garden or in mass as an informal groundcover.

Photos courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com Spikes of fragrant tiny pink flowers emerge from this diminutive Butterfly Bush from early spring through fall. An excellent choice for small spaces, the front of the garden and landscape, as well...

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'. Flowers from late spring to frost and is adored by Hummingbirds.

For more information see our Coral Honeysuckle Growing Guide . Clusters of deep orange 2" tubular flowers with yellow throats are held above the rich blue-green foliage of this selection of the tame native Coral Honeysuckle.

Adaptable to a variety of soil conditions. Abelias are easily grown, drought, salt, deer, and pest resistant upright to arching evergreen to semi-evergreen shrubs. According to one Oklahoma gardener who was kind enough to bring this to our attention,...

1992 Perennial Plant of the Year. 2" primrose yellow daisies top the fine-textured blue-green foliage of this durable native perennial from late spring to late summer and sometimes up until frost.

Drought tolerant once established, Wedelia revels in the heat and sun creating a dense 8-12" high mass of foliage, stems and flowers. Plant with caution as Wedelia has escaped and has become a pest in portions of Florida where it is now considered a class...

Attracts butterflies and a host of other pollinators. A beautiful purple selection of this tough perennial. Otherwise these are great garden performers that will bring their owners many years of enjoyment with almost no maintenance required.

In some states and counties Buddleia's are considered invasive, please check with your local state offices before purchasing. Buddleias can grow to become large shrub-like perennials in mild climates but most grow as herbaceous perennials in zone 6 and...

Butterfly Bush is considered invasive in some areas, please consult your local state offices before purchasing. White, fragrant bloom spikes reaching 16", are held against the green, velvety foliage.