Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Fayetteville

An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. It is well suited for beds or containers. Provide full to partial sun with average drainage with average moisture for best results.

It prefers a well-drained soil and may need midday shade in hot summer climates. Dracocephalum is moderately drought resistant once well-established and is considered to be deer resistant.

Pentas are considered to be deer resistant and moderately salt tolerant. A popular hummingbird and butterfly plant, few other plants can compete with it's profuse blooming habits. You can learn more about this original cultivar at the Online Plant Guide...

If you have purchased Liatris squarrosa from us in the past it was in fact actually Liatris tenuis . The two are notoriously difficult to distinguish and honestly initially we thought that it was L.

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 plant.

Along with 'Herbstonne', the Sweet Coneflower is one of the latest to flower. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. A vigorous clump forming perennial common to stream banks and moist areas but will do fine in average garden soils.

We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen from the vine. A vigorous growing vine that is adaptive to containers as well.

The small size, exceptional flower power, and spreading habit lends Lilac Chip to use in the perennial border, as a groundcover, smaller spaces, and containers where it is sure to attract loads of butterflies and other pollinators! The Lo & Beholdtm Buddleja...

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.

Bahama Blue Passion Flower is a beautiful and vigorous free flowering selection of the Blue Crown Passion Flower, Passiflora caerulea, with all its hardiness and reliability. Bumblebees are perfectly designed for this as the pollen is rubbed on their...

Along with 'Herbstonne', the Sweet Coneflower is one of the latest to flower. A vigorous clump forming perennial common to stream banks and moist areas but will do fine in average garden soils.

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

This is a drought resistant, taprooted, twining, native, perennial vine, expect the top to die-back in the northern portions of its range. Remove seed pods to prevent unwanted seedlings as it can be difficult to eradicate once it is well-established.

Plant it at the back of the border in small to large groupings for a wonderful effect and the butterflies will love you for it as well. Drought tolerant once well established but will enjoy average moisture in a garden setting.

The seeds of this Monarch host plant were shared with us via Dr. Bill Grant. By some this plant may be considered weedy, simply remove any ripening seed pods to prevent unwanted seedlings.

They may be picked once they are to full size and allowed to ripen indoors out of reach of hungry raccoons and opossums. It is reported to have a banana custard-like flavor, some say that fully ripe fruit of the Dwarf Pawpaw is equal to the Pawpaw, while...

The Yellow Purple Coneflower or Yellow Coneflower, Echinacea paradoxa var. Paradoxa , is a taprooted native that is typically found in or near the shallow soils of rocky glades and prairies as well as near balds in the rounded, aging Ozark Mountains of...

Turk's Cap are native to portions of the southern US although they have been passed around so much in southern gardens it may be hard to say just where anymore. Either way, these are excellent, hardy, and long-lived perennials with immense flower power.

This tough low native seems to remain where you put it creating a clump forming perennial that is fairly tough and durable. A good choice for a minty tea. Grown from locally collected seed.

Butterfly Bush is considered invasive in some areas, please consult your local state offices before purchasing. Considered by many to be the best white butterfly bush. Attracts scads of butterflies.

Buddleias can grow to become large shrub-like perennials in mild climates but most grow as herbaceous perennials in zone 6 and colder. The 'red' coloration of this butterfly magnet is often most pronounced in southern climates.

Verbena's are cool season growing perennials and so that is when fertilize should be applied. Spreads and slowly creates a dense groundcover or as a trailing plant in containers. An old and reliable perennial Verbena that produces large clusters of deep...

Spikes of deep purplish blue, nectar rich flowers are produced from summer to fall and attract butterflies and a menagerie of other garden beneficials. Photo courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com

Sometimes called the Butterfly Bush or Christmas Senna, this durable plant is considered to be somewhat drought tolerant once well-established and is deer resistant. Few plants can bring color to the fall garden like the Winter Cassia! Clusters of butterfly-like...

Clusters of deep violet-purple flowers emerge from short upright to arching stems in summer and are held above the deep green grass-like foliage of this tough bulbous native perennial wildflower.

The fuzzy foliage and stems are utilized by Gulf Fritillary, Zebra Longwings and other Heliconian butterfly caterpillars. It is considered to be a cross with either P. Bumblebees are perfectly designed for this as the pollen is rubbed on their back as...

The Rose of Sharon or Althea is an easily grown deciduous shrub that was once a common pass along plant. A densely growing and nearly sterile Rose of Sharon that doesn't waste energy on seed production and so it produces many more flowers over a longer...