Full Sun Butterfly Plants

Tropical Flair in a Cold Hardy Perennial The Crocosmia Lucifer, 'Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora', a spring planted corm, produces beautiful red flowers. Crocosmias are clump forming and bloom best in crowded conditions.

Grow Ice Ballet as a Beautiful Monarch Butterfly Habitat Plant No butterfly garden would be complete without a food source for monarch butterfly larvae! And Ice Ballet doesn't just help our winged friends, it's a beautiful plant in it's own right.

Purple Plumes All Summer Karley Rose Grass, Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose' (PP#12,909), displays clouds of smoky rose-purple flowers which burst into color in June. 'Karley Rose' is a good choice for busy gardeners because it requires little or no...

Winner of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit! We are so pleased to be offering this gorgeous variety which many consider to be the best blue-flowered Rose of Sharon on the market.

To learn more about this excellent perennial Salvia " Salvia x "Indigo Spires", Indigo Spires Salvia " from the University of Florida Extension Service by Edward Gilman and David Marshall.

What a discovery that must've been! Homestead Verbena was discovered by Dr. Allan Armitage and Dr. Michael Dirr on an old homestead in Georgia. Spreads and slowly creates a dense groundcover or as a trailing plant in containers.

Cloud Eight is a semi-dwarf selection of Purole-Top Vervain with a compact and free flowering habit. The dainty nectar rich flowers are visited by bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

The Maypop is the caterpillar host for the Gulf Fritillary and other members of the Longwing family as well as the Variegated Fritillary. To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties...

Average moist, well-drained, moderately fertile soils.Average moist, well-drained, moderately fertile soils. Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers.

Photos courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with your local state offices before purchasing. The small size, exceptional flower power, and spreading habit lends Lilac Chip to...

This Turk's Cap has won the prestigious Lynn Lowery Award from the Native Plant Society of Texas! For more on Greg's introductions from the SFA Gardens website click the "More Info" link below.

A tough and hardy, drought tolerant, perennial US Native. Masses of tall wispy deep pink spikes are covered by a succession of large pink butterfly-like flowers throughout summer.

Large, up to 5" wide, sweetly fragrant, long-lasting, pure white flowers are produced from spring to fall or year round under warm, frost-free conditions. This Passionvine along with many of Myles Irving's Riverside hybrids appear to rarely produce fruit...

This naturally sprawling vine-like shrub can easily be pruned to produce a dense mass of foliage and flowers. Train it on a trellis or other support to produce a small-medium sized fragrant evergreen vine.

Rich red 3" flowers clusters. Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers. Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant.

Rudbeckia fulgida is native to much of the central and eastern United States. Early Bird Gold was selected from a stand of Goldstrum Rudbeckia and inherits all of that award winning perennial's attributes yet it flowers continuously over a much longer...

Masses of 1" yellow-eyed bluish purple daisies absolutely cover this plant for weeks in late summer and fall. Pruning if necessary should not be done after June as you may be removing flower buds for the late summer/fall show.

Texas Coneflower provides us with a medium-sized Rudbeckia that is similar in habit to the stately Giant Coneflower. A rosette of large, rich dark green glossy foliage subtends the flower stalks.

Nectar-rich, light purple flowers are produced continuously from spring to fall on tall spikes that butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds cannot seem to resist! Lavender Porterweed is a medium to large growing exceptionally full and vigorous Porterweed...

Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers. If your Salvia or Sage starts to look unkempt in mid to late summer consider giving it a light shearing or remove the spent...

Photos courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with your local state offices before purchasing. The small size, exceptional flower power, and spreading habit lends Lilac Chip to...

On a recent trip to west Texas, we saw what must have been over 50 butterflies on one vine! Coral Vine is considered invasive in some regions, please consult your local county extension office before planting.

Royal Red is vigorous and fast growing quickly developing into a medium-sized deciduous shrub that flowers from late spring until frost. It is known to have escaped in several other states - California, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and others along the...

The Ozark, Bush's, or simply the Yellow Coneflower is a native of the Ozark regions of northern Arkansas and central Missouri. The Yellow Purple Coneflower or Yellow Coneflower, Echinacea paradoxa var.

For more about Dawn, the wonderful arboretum, and Stephen F Austin's excellent horticultural program click here. A Dawn Stover Nifty Fifty favorite herbaceous plant! Dawn is a Research Associate at Stephen F Austin in Nacogdoches, TX and currently maintains...

This is a wonderful drought tolerant, reliable, native perennial for the garden as well as butterflies and other pollinators. The last image in the group with a Bumblebee on the spikes of Henry Duelberg Sage was contributed by L Ledda of Texas.

Jack in the Bush can become shrub-like in frost free climates but often look their best after an annual pruning. A native of the southern most portions of Texas and Florida, Crucita can be found in flower as early as mid summer to late fall.