Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Irvine

Provide good drainage, average moisture, and ample sunlight for the best results. Attracts pollinators. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. Deep dark red, 2-3" wide daisies are born all summer long on this exciting new perennial.

It originated to us from one of the people who helped to make it known to gardeners and landscapers everywhere, noted horticulturist and author Gail Barton of Meridian, Mississippi.

Kobalt Anise Sage is sometimes often sold as 'Cobalt'. An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production. If your Salvia or Sage starts to look unkempt in mid to late summer consider giving it a light shearing...

Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. It was discovered by it's namesake and was introduced by plantsman Larry Lowman. This Rudbeckia is unusual in that it will grow and flower quite well even under deciduous shade.

Attracts Butterflies. Purple to light lavender pink flowers are nestled among the long-lasting pink to lavender 'scales' on dense beautiful arching to upright flower spikes from summer and lasting well into fall.

Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. 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.

Dig and divide every 2-3 years for the best results. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved. Raspberry Wine Monarda is a disease resistant selection with strongly fragrant, deer and rabbit resistant foliage that can be used to flavor...

There is reported to be a sister species, E. This is the only species of Echinacea that naturally produces yellow flowers. Neglecta , that has white, pink, to purplish ray petals that more closely resemble those of the Sanguin Purple Coneflower, E.

Solid yellow blooms are borne from spring to fall on this vigorous and fast growing upright perennial. To learn more about the beneficial insects that Milkweeds support see our growing guide: Milkweed: Much More than Just a Monarch Host.

The flowers of Pentas will attract butterflies and other nectar loving creatures to your gardens throughout summer. The Butterfly Series Pentas are excellent heat and humidity tolerant free flowering Pentas with a medium sized well-branched growth habit.

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.

Its spread can be controlled by digging up the invading portions and so is easily shared. Blue Mistflower is a rhizomatous colonizing native perennial that may be best suited to naturalistic settings or among larger growing plants as a tall groundcover.

Wild Bergamot is a clump forming native perennial with good deer resistance. Excellent for hummingbirds and butterflies. The flowers are considered fragrant by some and the foliage certainly is.

Deadhead Selfheal to help extend the flowering season. An easy groundcovering perennial, Under the Sea Selfheal produces fat spikes of dark bracts from which tubular purplish pink flowers emerge over an extended period from late spring and through early...

We often see a few flowers on our vines in the garden in winter but the main show is in spring with flowers continuing on and off often until fall. Beautiful yellow tubular blooms are born from spring to fall.

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.

When the Liatris are in flower, few plants can compete for the multitude of butterflies and other pollinators that they attract. The tall sturdy dense spikes of rich purple flowers of this beautiful native wildflower attract loads of butterflies and pollinators...

Under natural conditions Azure Blue Sage produces tall arching stems that terminate into large, often branching, spikes of flowers that are quite suited to use by Hummingbirds and butterflies.

Cutleaf Coneflower grows across much of the central and eastern US and is a spreading rhizomatous perennial that enjoys a moist soil. The Cutleaf Coneflower produces 2-4" wide, drooping yellow daisies that are centered by a small dark cone in summer.

This beautiful perennial wildflower is found only in the Pineywoods of western Louisiana and east Texas. Slender Blazingstar, Liatris acidota, is a denizen of the imperiled Coastal Prairie ecosystem.

We hope that you enjoy as much as we do! Almost Eden's Purple Lace Sky Flower presented itself as a seedling and we chose it as a new cultivar due to its larger unique flowers. The Duranta can easily be overwintered indoors as a container plant where...

We had previously and mistakenly offered this as Stachytarpheta jamaicensis , it is in fact Stachytarpheta cayennensis . Also known as Blue Snakeweed, Verbena Azul, Cayenne Snakeweed.

Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves. In zone 10 it is likely to be a reliable perennial if not evergreen.

Porterweed is known to reseed particularly in mild winter climates. Dwarf Red Porterweed is the smallest and most compact Porterweed that we offer and it lends itself to use near the front of the border, in butterfly and hummingbirds gardens, as well...

The dainty nectar rich flowers are visited by bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Clusters of rich purple flowers are produced on sturdy stems atop the medium green foliage from spring through summer and into fall.

Read more about Greg Grant's plant selections on the SFA Gardens website here . Great in foliage or flower. The best foliage color is during the winter months and in full sun". He describes it as "chartreuse-green foliage and the normal tall golden yellow...

Buddleias are excellent for attracting pollinators including butterflies, bees, and other garden beneficials! Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with your local state offices before purchasing.