Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Tampa

Considered by many to be the best of the Mountainmints, Clustered Mountainmint produces an abundance of tiny whitish tubular blooms touched with purple or lavender in tight clusters held above the attractive bluish white bracts.

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.

This Greg Grant introduction produces loads of white spikes of tubular flowers from late spring to fall on this durable, Texas tough native. If your Salvia or Sage starts to look unkempt in mid to late summer consider giving it a light shearing or remove...

Flat topped clusters of bluish-purple Ageratum-like flowers are born atop sturdy stems in summer and sometimes into fall. This beautiful native wildflower is commonly found in moist, organic rich soils along streams, ditches, and swamps throughout the...

A superb butterfly nectar plant! Masses of large pinkish-purple daisy-like blooms are often born from late spring to fall. A Dawn Stover Nifty Fifty favorite herbaceous plant! Dawn is a Research Associate at Stephen F Austin in Nacogdoches, TX and currently...

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 and other beneficials.

Attracts butterflies as well as serves as a host to Sulphur butterfly caterpillars. The University of Florida recommends pruning last year's plants hard in spring to promote branching and strengthening of the trunks.

Wow! Excellent flower power on a vigorous vine, Aphrodite's Purple Nightietm Passion Flower produces an explosion of 3-4" wide flowers composed of purple petals and sepals that are topped by a crown of deep purple, blue, and white filaments.

In 2002 Herbstonne Rudbeckia received the Royal Horticulture Society's Award of Garden Merit! A reliable and vigorous clump forming perennial that is adored by butterflies and pollinators of all shapes and sizes.

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.

The Dwarf Mexican Petunias are drought resistant once well established but will also grow in poorly drained moist sites. This durable perennial makes a great border, groundcover, or makes a great addition to containers.

Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip Jr. Butterfly Bush is slightly smaller and more compact than Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip Butterfly Bush and is less brittle. Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip Jr. Butterfly Bush makes a great addition to the garden and landscape but this...

Considered by many to be the best of the Mountainmints, Clustered Mountainmint produces an abundance of tiny whitish tubular blooms touched with purple or lavender in tight clusters held above the attractive bluish white bracts.

This southern selection originated from the gardens of and was named for Peachie Saxon of Mississippi. Peachies Pick is a dense clump forming and exceptionally long flowering selection of the Stokesia Daisy.

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.

Each golden yellow petal is heavily splashed with burgundy and surround the tall brown central cone of each daisy-like flower. This is a tough and hardy, perennial US Native. Great for smaller pollinators.

Grow Redwings as a vine or a sprawling shrub preferably in a sunny location and it should reward you for many years to come. For more information see an excellent article from JC Raulston Arboretum by clicking here or the "More info from Universities,...

Bumblebees are perfectly designed for this as the pollen is rubbed on their back as they circle the corona drinking nectar and then carry it to the next flower. Protect from frost and freezing temperatures, although it is reported that well-established...

Somewhat drought resistant once well-established but will grow and flower better under average water conditions. Revels in the heat and sun but is known to flower in some shade as well! Deer resistant, moderately salt tolerant, and a tough and easy to...

This is the selection with the deepest red color, comes from seed collected in southern Baja California. An easy to grow and drought tolerant heirloom plant. On a recent trip to west Texas, we saw what must have been over 50 butterflies on one vine! Coral...

Porterweeds are excellent nectar producers outperforming all other butterfly plants in the garden. The textual version of the link is here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3430612/

Buddleias can grow to become large shrub-like perennials in mild climates but most grow as herbaceous perennials in zone 6 and colder. Butterfly Bushes are easily grown, free flowering butterfly magnets and are moderately drought tolerant once well established.

2-3" bright yellow sunflower-like flowers are held on 3'H branching sturdy stems from late spring to fall. Starry Rosinweed is a common native of our local pineywoods where it can be seen flowering sometimes as early as March.

The extra large, up to 5" wide, long lasting flowers of the Star of Surbiton Passion Flower are composed of pure white petals and sepals that are topped with a large corona of contrasting deep purple, white, and light pink filaments.

A relatively new introduction from that great Texas plantsman Greg Grant and was named after his friend and the 'Rose Rustler' founder Pam Puryear. Turk's Cap is well-loved and so is known by a variety of common names including: Turk's Turban, Ladie's...

4-5" wide flowers with white petals and sepals are topped by a crown of white filaments with a light purple halo surrounding the central portion of these exotic looking flowers. We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars)...

Buddleias can grow to become large shrub-like perennials in mild climates but most grow as herbaceous perennials in zone 6 and colder. Butterfly Bushes are easily grown, free flowering butterfly magnets and are moderately drought tolerant once well established.