Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Boston

I would be surprised to find a plant that produces a more continuous supply of nectar rich flowers from summer to frost, even most Lantana has to catch its breath from time to time during the heat of summer.

Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant. Nova Pentas was a 1999 Georgia Gold Medal winner that can produce clusters 4" across. Extra large clusters of rosy pink star-shaped flowers are produced throughout the growing season...

Black Knight, an RHS Award of Garden Merit winner, is still one of the most strikingly colored and popular of all Buddlejas grown today. Showy deep violet-purple, fragrant spikes, to 8" long, are held at the ends of the arching, woody stems.

Removing spent flowers and seed heads will promote the production of wave after wave of new flowers throughout the summer and into fall. Silver Spires produces medium sized spikes of white flowers that are held against the dark blue-green fragrant foliage.

*Under full sun conditions Gregg's Mist Flower may need supplemental water during dryer periods, especially in low rain fall regions. The flowers attract loads of butterflies as well as other pollinators and Gregg's Mist Flower flowers most heavily beginning...

In order to produce their delicious tangy tropical tasting fruit Passionflowers must be cross-pollinated by another seedling, species, or cultivar. We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen...

If your Salvia or Sage starts to look unkempt in mid to late summer consider giving it a light shearing or remove the spent flowering spikes to help promote new growth and flower production.

The fragrant flowers of Buddleias are excellent for attracting butterflies, bees, and a host of other garden beneficials. An award winning Butterfly Bush, Flutterby Petite Tutti Frutti produces wave after wave of fragrant fuchsia colored flowers with...

Its tame habit and long blooming season make this manageable Honeysuckle an choice for covering a fence, arbor or trellis. Beautiful deep red to coral, yellow throated tubular blooms are born from spring to fall.

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. Deep blue tubular flowers are held on spikes at the ends of the narrow Rosemary like foliage in summer.

A tight compact mound of blue-green foliage is topped with spikes of lilac colored, fragrant flowers. Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with your local state offices before purchasing.

Either way, these are excellent, hardy, and long-lived perennials with immense flower power. Where they don't freeze back, a hard late-winter pruning will act as a renewal and may help to rid them of overwintering pests as well as to keep them full and...

A beautiful climbing perennial with sprays of lacy pink flowers all summer and fall. On a recent trip to west Texas we saw a Coral Vine that must have had 50 or more butterflies on one plant! Rose of Montana is considered invasive in some regions, please...

This sterile hybrid from Euroamerican Propagators has garnered top marks in gardens across the US! Provide ample sunlight in a well-drained, fertile soil and stand back as this passion flower may be the star of the show!

Deadheading is not required but removing spent flowers will help the plant look 'cleaner'.Buddleias can grow to become largeshrub-like perennials in mild climates but most grow as herbaceous perennials in zone 6 and colder.

An evergreen perennial that slowly develops into a 6-9" high slowly spreading stoloniferous groundcover. Deadhead to extend flowering into fall. Provide Mouse-Eared Tickseed with average moisture and good drainage in average garden soils for best results.

Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves. I would be surprised to find a plant that produces a more continuous supply of nectar rich flowers from summer to frost, even...

This easily grown evergreen vine is an excellent choice for hummingbirds and butterflies that may produce flowers basically year round with peak flowering in early to mid spring just as the Hummingbirds arrive.

Either way, these are excellent, hardy, and long-lived perennials with immense flower power. Where they don't freeze back, a hard late-winter pruning will act as a renewal and may help to rid them of overwintering pests as well as to keep them full and...

Unlike many of the Goldenrods this is a true clump forming perennial that stays where you put it. Large, flat displays of rich yellow flowers are born over an exteded period in summer that lasts until early fall.

By some this plant may be considered weedy, simply remove any ripening seed pods to prevent unwanted seedlings. Admittedly the flowers of Talayote are not extra large and showy but it could certainly be used in the garden as a screen or at the back of...

Tolerant of wet and dry soil conditions. The finely textured blue-green to deep green fragrant foliage of Narrow-Leaved Mountainmint is topped by large clusters of tiny light lavender to light pink tubular blooms in summer.

Brilliant golden yellow drooping petals surround the tall gray cones from late spring to fall. A tough, drought resistant, hardy and reliable US native perennial. Mexican Hat is an easy to grow clump forming perennial with finely textured blue-gray foliage.

The large sleepy scarlet blooms of 'Big Momma' are held upright on woody stems from late spring to fall or even year round in mild winter climates. Turk's Cap is well-loved and so is known by a variety of common names including: Turk's Turban, Lady's...

A tough and showy native wildflower that is surely worthy of a place in any garden. 3-4" bright golden yellow daisies are held on sturdy stems atop the medium green foliage. Excellent deer resistance.

The Buzztm series of Butterfly Bushes were developed for their compact habit, large flower spikes, and for their exceptional flower power. Spikes of deep fuchsia buds open to pale pink flowers with an orange eye.

A.k.a. Texas Sage, Scarlet Salvia, Tropical Sage. Scarlet Sage is also available in pink and white with Coral Nymph and White Nymph , respectively. Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination...