Spicebush Butterfly

* Attractive to butterflies * Lovely flowers * Easy to care for * Sweet fragrance With a name like Butterfly Bush you might expect a plant to be attractive to butterflies. If you love flowering shrubs with impressive flowers and the enchanting presence...

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. Long spikes of deep indigo blue, tubular flowers are borne continuously from spring to frost on this vigorous perennial Salvia.

A good choice for butterfly gardens. Homestead Verbena was discovered by Dr. Allan Armitage and Dr. Michael Dirr on an old homestead in Georgia. What a discovery that must've been!

Cloud Eight is a semi-dwarf selection of Purole-Top Vervain with a compact and free flowering habit. Clusters of rich purple flowers are produced on sturdy stems atop the medium green foliage from spring through summer and into fall.

One of the hardiest of passion vines the Maypop is native well into the central portion of the US reaching Illinois, Indiana, Ohio. The round fruit 'may pop' when you step on them giving this beautiful native passion flower its name.

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production.Average moist, well-drained, moderately fertile soils. Spikes of 2" vivid fuchsia tubular fuzzy flowers emerge from dark colored calyxes and are held atop the...

Lilac Chip is one of the newest introductions in this line of compact, basically sterile Butterfly Bushes. Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with your local state offices before purchasing.

In mild winter climates they can get fairly large but are certainly amenable to pruning. A relatively new introduction from that great Texas plantsman Greg Grant and was named after his friend and the 'Rose Rustler' founder Pam Puryear.

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.

The flowers shine brightly against the backdrop of deep blue-green foliage. Snow Queen Passionflower is a vigorous, hardy, and exceptionally free-flowering Riverside hybrid created by Myles Irvine of the UK that can be enjoyed in gardens or as a container...

This naturally sprawling vine-like shrub can easily be pruned to produce a dense mass of foliage and flowers. Sweetly fragrant clusters of 2", star-like, pure white blooms are produced continuously throughout the summer months against a rich glossy green...

An excellent choice for butterfly and hummingbird gardens that will flower from summer until frost. The Butterfly Series Pentas are excellent heat and humidity tolerant free flowering Pentas with a medium sized well-branched growth habit.

Drought tolerant, deer resistant, and reliable. 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 period.

Excellent fall color for the garden as well as drought tolerance and pest and disease resistance make this an excellent addition to the perennial or wildflower border. October Skies Aster is a low mounding perennial that develops into a compact shrub-like...

We have to say thank you to Marc Pastorek and C.C. Richmond for sharing this with us! The Texas Coneflower is found only in Louisiana and SE Texas. The most current treatment in the Flora of North America separates the two as individual species.

Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves. Porterweeds are excellent nectar producers outperforming nearly all other butterfly plants in the garden.

A.k.a. Texas Sage, Scarlet Salvia, Tropical Sage. Summer Jewel Red is a 2011 All American Selection Award winner and produces a nearly non-stop display of scarlet red tubular flowers from spring to frost on a compact plant that begins flowering earlier.

Lilac Chip is one of the newest introductions in this line of compact, basically sterile Butterfly Bushes. Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with your local state offices before purchasing.

It dies to the ground in winter, but faithfully returns from the ground each spring. An easy to grow and drought tolerant heirloom plant. It flowers all summer and fall. On a recent trip to west Texas, we saw what must have been over 50 butterflies on...

For these areas consider some of the sterile or near sterile hybrids like " Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip ". Royal Red is vigorous and fast growing quickly developing into a medium-sized deciduous shrub that flowers from late spring until frost.

Neglecta , that has white, pink, to purplish ray petals that more closely resemble those of the Sanguin Purple Coneflower, E. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved.

These seedlings originated from a vigorous native Louisiana population of this beautiful perennial. A Dawn Stover Nifty Fifty favorite herbaceous plant! Dawn is a Research Associate at Stephen F Austin in Nacogdoches, TX and currently maintains the Mast...

Thank you for allowing us to use this image! This is a wonderful drought tolerant, reliable, native perennial for the garden as well as butterflies and other pollinators. Henry Duelberg Mealycup Sage has been selected as a Texas Superstar for its reliable...

To learn more click here . In cooler climates it may act as a die-back perennial returning from the roots in spring. It is definitely worth the trip and they have a great Butterfly festival each fall.

Super easy and tough. Stokesia Daisy is one of those plant it and forget it perennials, once they become established in nearly any garden or landscape they require almost no additional care.

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

This Rudbeckia is unusual in that it will grow and flower quite well even under deciduous shade. Henry Eiler's is unique in that is has petals that are quilled or rolled into tubes as well as having flowers that are more yellow than gold all with the...