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May Pop Passion Flower, Passion Vine, Passionflower
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

Pollinated flowers are followed by round passion fruit that ripen to yellow and contain a tangy tropical tasting clear flesh that surrounds each of the small black inedible seeds. To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties...
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 6,7,8,9,10,11
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist to somewhat dry soils.
Louisiana
Merryville
Buchanan\'s Sage, Purple Autumn Sage, Fuchsia Sage, Salvia
Prices start at : 8.99 USD

A popular and easy to grow beauty that is now considered to be very rare if not extinct in its native habitat of Mexico. An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production.Average moist, well-drained, moderately...
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9,10,11, (8B?)
  • Grows To: 18-24''H x 18-24''W
  • Native To / Origin: Mexico
Louisiana
Merryville
Lo\' & Beholdtm Lilac Chip Butterfly Bush, Buddleja
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

Lilac Chip is one of the newest introductions in this line of compact, basically sterile Butterfly Bushes. The small size, exceptional flower power, and spreading habit lends Lilac Chip to use in the perennial border, as a groundcover, smaller spaces,...
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens- NC, JC Raulston, Dr. Dennis Werner - 2012
  • Grows To: 12-24''H x 18-24''W
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5,6,7,8,9,10,11
Louisiana
Merryville
Pam Puryear\'s Pink Turks Cap
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

In mild winter climates they can get fairly large but are certainly amenable to pruning. 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...
  • Native To / Origin: US- Greg Grant, SFA Gardens, Nacogdoches, TX
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 7B,8,9,10,11
  • Pruning: Cutback hard if desired in early spring, and remove dead and freeze damaged stems.
Louisiana
Merryville
Siskyou Pink Gaura, Apple Blossom Grass, Wand Flower, Lindheimer\'s Bee Blossom
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

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.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Grows To: 2-3'H x 2-3''W
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Native To / Origin: US - TX, LA - Siskyou Rare Plant Nursery, Medford, OR
Louisiana
Merryville
Snow Queen Passion Flower, Passionvine
Prices start at : 17.99 USD

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. The Snow Queen Passionflower is a host to the Gulf Frittilary Butterfly and will most likely serve...
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, fertile, well-drained soils.
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Mostly sunny, Part shade
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Native To / Origin: UK Garden hybrid - Myles Irvine
Louisiana
Merryville
Angel Wing Jasmine, Shining Jasmine, Star Jasmine
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

Sweetly fragrant clusters of 2", star-like, pure white blooms are produced continuously throughout the summer months against a rich glossy green foliage. Train it on a trellis or other support to produce a small-medium sized fragrant evergreen vine.
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Grows To: 5'H x 6'W
  • Salt Tolerance: Slight
Louisiana
Merryville
Butterflytm Red Pentas, Egyptian Star Cluster
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Rich red 3" flowers clusters. Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant. Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Indoor Light: Direct sunlight
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Native To / Origin: Africa
Louisiana
Merryville
Early Bird Gold Black-Eyed Susan, Rudbeckia
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

Drought tolerant, deer resistant, and reliable. This exciting new day-length neutral and thusly free flowering Black-Eyed Susan was discovered at Dupont Nursery near Plaquemine, Louisiana and is sure to bring in the butterflies and pollinators as well...
  • Grows To: 12-18''H x 12-18''W (Flower stalks 24''H)
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,9
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Native To / Origin: US - Dupont Nursery, Plaquemine, LA - 2011
Louisiana
Merryville
October Skies Aromatic Aster
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Masses of 1" yellow-eyed bluish purple daisies absolutely cover this plant for weeks in late summer and fall. May not tolerate poor drainage but at the same time will do well in most soils from clay, calcareous, limestone, and sand.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5,6,7,8,9
  • Native To / Origin: US - Much of the central and eastern US - introduced by Primrose Path
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
  • Grows To: 18-24"H x 24-30"W
Louisiana
Merryville
Texas Coneflower
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

The most current treatment in the Flora of North America separates the two as individual species. Rudbeckia texana and R. A rosette of large, rich dark green glossy foliage subtends the flower stalks.
  • Soil & Moisture: Average to moist.
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic
  • Native To / Origin: US- Louisiana and SE Texas
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
Louisiana
Merryville
Lavender Porterweed
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

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...
  • Pruning: Not needed except to remove spent flower stems though it's not required, pinch to improve branching.
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, well-drained soils.
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Fertilizing: Spring-frost or year round in warm, frost free conditions.
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
Louisiana
Merryville
Summer Jewel Red Scarlet Sage, Blood Sage, Hummingbird Sage
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

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 enjoy native with flower power. A.k.a. Texas Sage, Scarlet Salvia, Tropical Sage.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 10,11, (9A-9B?)
  • Salt Tolerance: Moderate
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Native To / Origin: US - TX, LA, MS, GA, AL, FL - Bred by Takii & Co, Ltd
  • Grows To: 18-24"H x 18-24''W
Louisiana
Merryville
Lo\' & Beholdtm Lilac Chip Butterfly Bush, Buddleja
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

Lilac Chip is one of the newest introductions in this line of compact, basically sterile Butterfly Bushes. The small size, exceptional flower power, and spreading habit lends Lilac Chip to use in the perennial border, as a groundcover, smaller spaces,...
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Grows To: 12-24''H x 18-24''W
  • Salt Tolerance: Slight
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5,6,7,8,9,10,11
Louisiana
Merryville
Baja Red Rose of Montana, Coral Vine
Prices start at : 12.99 USD

It dies to the ground in winter, but faithfully returns from the ground each spring. It flowers all summer and fall. 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...
  • Grows To: Vining to 40'
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 8,9,10
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
Louisiana
Merryville
Royal Red Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

It is known to have escaped in several other states - California, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, and others along the eastern half of the US. For these areas consider some of the sterile or near sterile hybrids like " Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip ".
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5,6,7,8,9,10,11
  • Grows To: 4-6'H x 3-5'W
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens - Good and Reese Nursery, Ohio, 1928
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
Louisiana
Merryville
Bush\'s Yellow Coneflower, Ozark Coneflower, Yellow Purple Cone Flower
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

Attracts butterflies, bees, and a variety of other pollinators. This rare plant is sustainably produced in nurseries and is now available to the public. The Yellow Purple Coneflower or Yellow Coneflower, Echinacea paradoxa var.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 5,6,7,8
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • Grows To: 2-3'H x 1-1-1/2'W
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Fertilizing: Spring - midsummer.
Louisiana
Merryville
Native Purple Cone Flower
Prices start at : 6.99 USD

These seedlings originated from a vigorous native Louisiana population of this beautiful perennial. An excellent cut flower that can last for up to a week in a vase. For more about Dawn, the wonderful arboretum, and Stephen F Austin's excellent horticultural...
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Native To / Origin: US
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Louisiana
Merryville
Henry Duelberg Mealycup Sage
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

The last image in the group with a Bumblebee on the spikes of Henry Duelberg Sage was contributed by L Ledda of Texas. Thank you for allowing us to use this image! This Greg Grant introduction produces loads of medium-dark blue spikes of tubular flowers...
  • Native To / Origin: US - Greg Grant, TX
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
Louisiana
Merryville
Crucita, Jack in the Bush, Fragrant Mist Flower, Blue Mist Flower
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

It is definitely worth the trip and they have a great Butterfly festival each fall. Readily reseeds under good conditions. 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.
  • Soil & Moisture: Well draining somewhat dry soils.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 9,10
  • Grows To: 3-6'H x 4-6'W
  • pH Range: Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline
  • Deer Resistance: Not Normally Bothered
Louisiana
Merryville
Colorwheel Stokesia Daisy, Stoke\'s Aster
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Super easy and tough. A durable and reliable US native perennial, Stoke's Aster comes highly recommended and its easy to see why with its moderate drought resistance, few pest or disease problems, deer and rabbit resistance and the fact that it revels...
  • Native To / Origin: US Gardens - Itsaul Plants, Alpharetta, GA, circa 2000
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Soil & Moisture: Average moist, well-drained soils. Moderately drought tolerant once well-established.
Louisiana
Merryville
White Profusion Butterfly Bush
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

White, fragrant bloom spikes reaching 16", are held against the green, velvety foliage. Considered by many to be the best white butterfly bush. Attracts scads of butterflies. Butterfly Bush is considered invasive in some areas, please consult your local...
  • Grows To: 4-6'H x 3-5'W
  • Salt Tolerance: Slight
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
Louisiana
Merryville
Henry Eilers Quilled Sweet Coneflower
Prices start at : 9.99 USD

A vigorous clump forming perennial common to stream banks and moist areas but will do fine in average garden soils. This Rudbeckia is unusual in that it will grow and flower quite well even under deciduous shade.
  • Container Size: 4.5 inch / 20 fl.oz. / 591 ml
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8,9
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic
  • Grows To: 4-6'H x 2-3'W
Louisiana
Merryville
Coronation Gold Achillea, Yarrow
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

The flower clusters make great resting places for tired pollinators. This is an award winning perennial and has received the Royal Horticulture Society's Award of Garden Merit. Dense flat topped clusters that can be 6" or more across are composed of tightly...
  • Deer Resistance: Not Likely to Be Bothered
  • Soil & Moisture: Well-drained, average moist to dryish, poor mineral soils.
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 3,4,5,6,7,8
  • Native To / Origin: Garden Hybrid
  • Grows To: 24-40"H x 18-24"W
Louisiana
Merryville
Kobalt Blue Salvia, Anise Sage
Prices start at : 8.99 USD

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. Kobalt Anise Sage is sometimes often sold as 'Cobalt'. Deep cobalt-blue tubular flowers are held atop the medium green lightly fragrant foliage from summer...
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun, Part shade
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Grows To: 36''H x 18-24''W
  • Native To / Origin: South America
Louisiana
Merryville
Augusta Duelberg Mealycup Sage
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

This Greg Grant introduction produces loads of white spikes of tubular flowers from late spring to fall on this durable, Texas tough native. An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production.
  • pH Range: Acidic, Mildly Acidic, Neutral, Mildly Alkaline, Alkaline
  • Native To / Origin: US - Greg Grant, TX
  • Grows To: 2-3'H x 2-3'W
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Mostly sunny
  • USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 7,8,9,10,11
Louisiana
Merryville
Red Midget Dwarf Mexican Hat, Grey Headed Coneflower, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Red Hats
Prices start at : 7.99 USD

Blooms from late spring through summer. Finely textured blue-gray foliage on a plant that becomes more dense with age. Great for smaller pollinators. Each golden yellow petal is heavily splashed with burgundy and surround the tall brown central cone of...
  • Outdoor Light: Full sun, Part sun
  • Container Size: 3.5 inch / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
  • Deer Resistance: Rarely Bothered
  • Grows To: 18-24''H x 24-30''W
Louisiana
Merryville