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Victorian Gardens of Cape May
In 1942, 15 concrete towerswere built to serve as lookout towers The concrete structures stand tall and cylindrical and cannot be missed.On a recent visit, we stopped on our bikes and walked to the top of the sole remaining NJ tower.
California
El Segundo
Got Milkweed? - Attracting Monarch Butterflies to Your Garden
After this waiting period, the adult butterfly is ready to fly, provided temperatures are warm enough (60º). Let's go back to science class for a Monarch Butterfly Lesson.The Monarch is one of the most identifiable butterflies in the United States.
California
El Segundo
Miss Ruby Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

Your Miss Ruby Butterfly Bush is sure to astound you with its brilliant floral display and seemingly magical allure to pollinators. Miss Ruby has no significant disease or insect issues, and both rabbits and deer tend to pass it by.
  • Mature Spread: 3 - 4 feet
  • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
  • Mature Height: 4 - 5 feet
  • Flower Color: Pink
  • Brand: Proven Winners
Nebraska
Omaha
Pink Delight Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 55.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

You could also use several in a side yard where its flowers can dress up your summer/fall landscape (at a time when fewer flowers are in bloom). Pink Delight is a vigorous shrub, and a magnet to any pollinator passing near your yard.

4 - 6 feet

    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Mature Height: 4 - 6 feet
    • Flower Color: Pink
    • Foliage: Gray Green
    • Mature Spread: 4 - 6 feet
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Black Knight Butterfly Bush
    Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    It blooms on new growth and should be pruned back to the ground in spring. * Attractive to butterflies * Lovely flowers * Easy to care for * Sweet fragrance Planting a few in your front yard will ensure a spectacular floral display and impressive gathering...
    • Mature Spread: 4 - 5 feet
    • Growth Rate: Fast
    • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
    • Mature Height: 4 - 6 feet
    • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Summer Skies Butterfly Bush
    Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

    It is heat and drought tolerant, and the variegated leaves are even resistant to scorching. It's easy to care for, and the fragrant flowers are excellent cut flowers to bring indoors.
    • Soil Type: Adaptable
    • Mature Spread: 5 - 6 feet
    • Moisture: Moderate
    • Foliage: Green
    • Flower Color: Violet
    • Mature Height: 4 - 5 feet
    Nebraska
    Omaha
    Pugster Blue Butterfly Bush
    Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

    You can't help but stop and look! Its beauty might make it seem fragile, but this is one tough plant! It laughs at even the coldest zone 5 winter. These will go fast! * Full sized true-blue honey scented flowers * True dwarf at only 2' tall * No deadheading...

    2 - 3 feet

      • Mature Spread: 2 - 3 feet
      • Botanical Name: Buddleia x 'SMNBDBT'
      • Mature Height: 2 - 3 feet
      • Moisture: Well-Drained, Moist
      • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
      • Foliage: Deciduous Shrub
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Buzztm Hot Raspberry Butterfly Bush
      Prices start at : 29.95 USD / Quart Container

      (This also makes it a perfect plant for larger containers.) The flowers are unforgettable. For starters, it is more compact and less gangly than the species so it is the perfect fit for smaller gardens.
      • Flower Color: Pink
      • Moisture: Moderate
      • Mature Spread: 36 inches
      • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
      • Growth Rate: Fast
      • Botanical Name: Buddleia davidii BUZZ 'Hot Raspberry'
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Tutti Fruitti Butterfly Bush
      Prices start at : 38.98 USD / Plant

      Deer resistant. Buddleias emit a special honey-scented fragrance that lures butterflies like a moth to a light, and then once there, they find the flowers super-rich in nectar. Here's why: It's not just the pretty flowers that attract the butterflies,...
      • Flower Color: Purple
      • Mature Height: 24-30" tall
      • Tolerates: Dry Sites
      • Deer Resistant: Yes
      • Planting Depth: Crown of plant should rest just at or above the soil surface after watering in.
      • Bloom Time: Early to late summer
      Vermont
      Shelburne
      Buzztm Lavender Butterfly Bush
      Prices start at : 35.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

      Fast-growing, prolific flowers and a hardy nature…Buzz Lavender Butterfly Bush is not only easy to grow but also a remarkably beautiful shrub. It has an upright, somewhat bushy nature and has a more compact nature than some other, larger varieties.
      • Flower Color: Lavender
      • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
      • Moisture: Moderate
      • Mature Height: 4 feet
      • Growth Rate: Fast
      Nebraska
      Omaha
      Miss Pearl Butterfly Bush
      Prices start at : 33.95 USD / Quart Container

      It has a semi-compact nature and is both drought and heat tolerant. Miss Pearl looks perfect in a mixed border or butterfly garden, but will even do well in containers on your patio.

      4 - 5 feet

        • Mature Spread: 4 - 5 feet
        • Growth Rate: Fast
        • Brand: Proven Winners
        • Mature Height: 4 - 5 feet
        • Moisture: Medium
        • Foliage: Green
        Nebraska
        Omaha
        Lo & Behold Blue Chip Butterfly Bush
        Prices start at : 33.95 USD / Quart Container

        This charming butterfly bush can be a wonderful ground cover or low hedge since it stays shorter, growing to only 36 inches tall! ‘Blue Chip' is a must have for your patio containers, and it is also a perfect companion for ornamental grasses! * Outstanding...
        • Foliage: Green
        • Mature Spread: 2 - 4 feet
        • Growth Rate: Medium
        • Mature Height: 20 - 30 inches
        • Flower Color: Blue
        Nebraska
        Omaha
        Psychedelic Skytm Butterfly Bush
        Prices start at : 59.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

        Psychedelic Sky flowers are a fresh color in buddleais. Plant it with other butterfly attracting plants in shades of yellows, oranges and reds or lavenders and whites. Take care to deadhead this beauty and you will have flowers well into autumn.

        Medium

          • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
          • Growth Rate: Medium
          • Mature Height: 4 - 6 feet
          • Moisture: Medium
          • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
          • Botanical Name: Buddleia davidii 'PIIBD-III' PP26,306
          Nebraska
          Omaha
          Nanho Purple Butterfly Bush
          Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

          Nanho Purple Butterfly Bush will grow up to 6 feet tall with a spread of up to 5 feet. The delicate blossoms cluster in long spikes of up to six inches long! The fragrant blooms amid the grey-tinted, green foliage will be a strong lure to pollinators,...
          • Growth Rate: Fast
          • Mature Height: 5 - 6 feet
          • Botanical Name: Buddleia davidii 'Nanho Purple'
          • Flower Color: Magenta, Purple
          • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
          Nebraska
          Omaha
          Lo & Behold Ice Chip Butterfly Bush
          Prices start at : 33.95 USD / Quart Container

          All in all, it's hard to find a more attractive shrub for your yard. It's a hardy little shrub that won't require a lot of fussing from you, but is tolerant of pruning if you prefer.
          • Brand: Proven Winners
          • Mature Spread: 2 - 3 feet
          • Botanical Name: Buddleia x LO & BEHOLD 'Ice Chip'
          • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
          • Foliage Color: Yes
          Nebraska
          Omaha
          Buddleia Flutterby Petite Tutti Fruitti Pink
          Prices start at : 59.95 USD / #3 Container range: 2.3 - 2.8 gallons (10 - 12 liters)

          You'd think that a plant that pumped out flowers like this would be a garden diva, but Tutti Fruitti Pink is one of the easiest and most carefree plants you'll grow in your garden! Once established it is drought tolerant, heat tolerant and it rarely reseeds.
          • Mature Spread: 1 - 4 feet
          • Foliage Color: Silvery blue
          • Soil Type: Well drained soils best
          • Moisture: Water to establish, then very drought tolerant
          • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
          • Foliage: Deciduous
          Nebraska
          Omaha
          Ultra Violet Butterfly Bush
          Prices start at : 33.95 USD / Quart Container

          The appearance is one of a vibrant bush, with an abundance of long violet spikes drifting on the breeze above it. Butterfly Bushes are always a welcomed sight, but many can have trouble maintain their shape, presenting a lanky, unsightly form.
          • Mature Spread: 2 - 3 feet
          • Mature Height: 3 - 4 feet
          • Flower Color: Purple
          • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
          • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
          • Moisture: Medium
          Nebraska
          Omaha
          White Profusion Butterfly Bush
          Prices start at : 29.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

          It is easily grown in average, well-drained soil (in full sun), and generally pest-free. You'll be amazed at the multitude of butterflies your shrub draws to your yard every summer, a spectacle you'll soon anticipate with excitement year-after-year.
          • Soil Type: Well drained
          • Foliage: Green/silver
          • Growth Rate: Fast
          • Botanical Name: Buddleia davidii 'White Profusion'
          • Flower Color: White
          Nebraska
          Omaha
          Buzztm Ivory Butterfly Bush
          Prices start at : 49.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

          The long spikes of blooms extend up and out from the bush in a gently cascading fashion, creating the type of dramatic display that is sure to stop you in your tracks when you witness its exceptional beauty.
          • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
          • Brand: Nature Hills Nursery
          • Soil Type: Adaptable
          • Foliage: Green
          • Flower Color: Ivory
          Nebraska
          Omaha
          Miss Violet Butterfly Bush
          Prices start at : 33.95 USD / Quart Container

          The irresistible fragrance and color acts like a beacon to pollinators, including the butterflies that will hasten to your yard in droves to partake of Miss Violet's delicious nectar.
          • Brand: Proven Winners
          • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
          • Growth Rate: Fast
          • Flower Color: Dark purple-violet
          • Foliage: Green
          • Mature Spread: 4 - 5 feet
          Nebraska
          Omaha
          Buzztm Magenta Butterfly Bush
          Prices start at : 33.95 USD / #1 Container range: 2.3 - 3.7 quarts (2.5 - 4 liters)

          Your Magenta Buzz is a remarkable variety of Butterfly Bush that not only possess' flowers as large as a full size bush, but does so in a dwarf size. Even though it's a magnet for pollinators, other wildlife (such as deer), tend to leave it alone.
          • Foliage: Green
          • Moisture: Moderate
          • Flower Color: Magenta
          • Mature Height: 3 - 5 feet
          • Sun Exposure: Full Sun
          Nebraska
          Omaha
          Lo & Behold Purple Haze Butterfly Bush
          Prices start at : 33.95 USD / Quart Container

          Leaves appear in late spring and remains late in fall and it will die to the ground and grow again in spring. Heat and drought tolerant, Purple Haze needs no deadheading and little maintenance.
          • Botanical Name: Buddleia davidii LOW & BEHOLD 'Purple Haze'
          • Flower Color: Purple Blue
          • Foliage: Green
          • Brand: Proven Winners
          • Soil Type: Widely Adaptable
          Nebraska
          Omaha
          White Butterfly Bush
          Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

          A hallmark of this shrub are the lightly scented clusters of flowers measuring one to two feet in length. Aptly named, the butterfly bush attracts loads of butterflies and is also a favorite of hummingbirds.
          • Spread: 4-6'
          • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
          • Zones: 5-9
          • Deer Resistant: Yes
          • Max Height (feet): 8
          Illinois
          Bloomington
          Butterfly Bush Sampler
          Prices start at : 19.99 USD / each

          This Butterfly Bush Sampler includes 2 each of Yellow, Red and Black butterfly bushes.
          • Genus: Buddleia
          • Season Color: Summer
          • Colors: Black, Mixed, Red, Yellow
          • Plant Lighting: Full Sun
          Illinois
          Bloomington
          The Invaders: Milkweed
          And the spring afterward, even more of them. But you and the butterflies and the bees will both have fewer regrets if you plant some of the other species.Photo credits - Bees: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_LicenseMilkweed...
          California
          El Segundo
          Yellow Butterfly Bush
          Prices start at : 3.99 USD / each

          Great cut flower. Vivid color is accented with silvery, compact foliage. Attract butterflies to your yard with this dazzling butterfly bush! The Yellow Butterfly Bush is a late summer bloomer that has sunny-yellow flowers with an orange center and rounded...
          • Season Color: Summer
          • Genus: Buddleia x weyeriana 'Honeycomb'
          • Zones: 5-9
          • Spread: 4-6'
          • Colors: Yellow
          Illinois
          Bloomington
          Butterfly Bush Collection
          Prices start at : 13.96 USD / each

          Outstanding when planted in full sun. In northern areas of the country, they will die back to the ground in winter. Aptly named, the butterfly bush attracts loads of butterflies and is also a favorite of hummingbirds.
          • Season Color: Summer
          • Zones: 5-9
          • Genus: Buddleia davidii
          • Deer Resistant: Yes
          Illinois
          Bloomington