Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Torrance

The nectar rich flowers are adored by larger bees and the foliage is a host to a variety of butterflies. We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen from the vine.

In order to produce their delicious tangy tropical tasting fruit Passionflowers must be cross-pollinated by another seedling, species, or cultivar. Provide a well-drained soil and a full to mostly sunny position for the best results.

Butterfly Bushes are often intensely fragrant on summer evenings. Huge, conicle, bright pink bloom spikes can reach 18" long and 4" wide at the base! An excellent choice for butterfly gardens.

Sharp or Slender Blazing Star is tolerant of moisture but is also drought tolerant once well-established. The soft texture and and gently arching flower spikes make this beautiful Blazing Star a perfect candidate for the perennial garden where it sure...

In order to produce their delicious tangy tropical tasting fruit Passionflowers must be cross-pollinated by another seedling, species, or cultivar. The Blue Crown Passionflower is a vigorous growing tropical vine and can easily reach 20' once well-established.

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. The dainty flowers are pollinated by a variety of smaller pollinators but are definitely relished...

Butterfly Bush is considered invasive in some areas, please consult your local state offices before purchasing. Considered by many to be the best white butterfly bush. Attracts scads of butterflies.

Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers. Black and Blue Salvia, an Anise Sage, is a highly sought after nectar plant for hummingbirds, larger butterflies, and other...

For sheer flower power and durability it is hard to beat the Dwarf Mexican Petunias! These reliable perennials lend themselves to use as a groundcover, as a replacement border plant for the old Monkey Grass and Liriope because they do actually produce...

They enjoy moist soils but are somewhat drought resistant once well established. An easy and sometimes vigorous groundcover or container plant that remains evergreen in mild winter climates.

A clump forming native that flowers from late spring through mid-summer and sometimes into fall. Plant Rough Coneflower as a specimen or in mass for a wonderful effect. Excellent deer resistance.

Attracts hummingbirds and occasional butterflies. Coral Honeysuckle or Trumpet Honeysuckle is a native vine that is vigorous and easy to grow as well as easy to control, unlike its white and yellow Japanese cousin.

When the Liatris are in flower, few plants can compete for the multitude of butterflies and other pollinators that they attract. Prairie Blazing Star is an easily grown native perennial that also makes an excellent cut flower, fresh or dried.

Many 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. Provide a full sun location and a well drained soil for the best results.

Use Cloud Eight Verbena in the garden, landscape, or in container gardens. The dainty nectar rich flowers are visited by bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Cloud Eight is a semi-dwarf selection of Purole-Top Vervain with a compact and free flowering...

Blue Dragon Nordic Dragonhead can be enjoyed as a container plant or in the garden and landscape as a groundcover or as part of your summer tapestry. Blue Dragon Nordic Dragonhead is clump forming perennial whose brilliant blue flowers are sure to attract...

Dan's Everblooming begins flowering in late winter and early spring and lasts through fall on established plants. Dan's Everblooming Native Coral Honeysuckle came to us from the good people at Stephen F.

This Buddleia is a densely branching compact deciduous shrub with gray-green foliage that makes colorful addition to the garden and landscape but is small enough to use in medium-sized containers.

Starry Rosinweed is a common native of our local pineywoods where it can be seen flowering sometimes as early as March. The flowering stalks emerge from a rosette of wide medium green foliage on this fibrous rooted native perennial.

An excellent choice for butterfly and hummingbird gardens that will flower from summer until frost. In the northern portions of their hardiness range provide mulch to help ensure their return for the following season.

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. Periodic removal of spent flower spikes will help keep your Scarlet Sage looking great and flowering throughout the growing season.

In the wild Scarlet Beebalm is most common in the Northeastern and Northcentral US and may prefer afternoon shade in the hotter portions of its range. Raspberry Wine Monarda is a disease resistant selection with strongly fragrant, deer and rabbit resistant...

The Duranta can easily be overwintered indoors as a container plant where it is provided with direct sunlight to high light conditions. Duranta's are tropical to subtropical evergreen shrubs but can easily be trained into medium-sized tree standards.

Super easy and tough. Stoke's Asters or Stokesia Daisies are durable drought, deer, and rabbit resistant, clump-forming native perennials. Plants readily multiply into dense clumps.

'John Clayton' , named for the colonial botanist, was selected by the Virginia Native Plant Society and was found growing on the grounds of the 17th century Abington church in Gloucester, VA.

Cutleaf Coneflower grows across much of the central and eastern US and is a spreading rhizomatous perennial that enjoys a moist soil. The flowers are produced on tall, narrow but sturdy stems and flowers are produced singly and in small clusters.

Flat-Top or Shiny Goldenrod provides a perfect landing platform for pollinators while they enjoy its rich nectar and pollen. It gets the name Shiny Goldenrod from its shiny foliage.