Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Maryland

The flowers and foliage, fresh or dried, is often used to make a very nice herbal tea, as a mild spice in cooking, and could certainly be used in potpourris as well (Bonnie fell in love with the fragrance of the dried seed heads!).

Raise Monarch Butterflies in your own backyard! The Monarchs migrate through our area just as the Asclepias begin to awaken in spring, just in time for the females to lay their eggs on the new growth.

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. Did you know that Salvia is the number one recommended plant for hummingbirds.

The Butterfly Series Pentas have been selected as a 2012 Louisiana Super Plant! Give it a rich fertile soil and periodic water during dry spells. Rich red 3" flowers clusters. Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for...

In order to produce their delicious tangy tropical tasting fruit most (Possum Purple is considered to be self pollinating) Passionflowers must be cross-pollinated by another seedling, species, or cultivar.

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.

This is an easy, durable, and reliable drought tolerant and deer resistant perennial for any sunny border. A profusion of dark-eyed golden yellow, 3-5'', daisies are held above the tidy rosette of foliage throughout summer.

For more information see an excellent article from JC Raulston Arboretum by clicking here or the "More info from Universities, ..." to the left. Redwing, Vining Maple, and Mariposa are among its many names, whatever you choose to call it this rather hardy...

In the colder winter portions of its range, it should be planted in spring or early summer so that it has ample time to establish before winter sets in. Occasionally we pick the large ripe fruit clusters whole as a treat for our chickens.

This woody naturally evergreen vine can also be grown as a mounding shrub to 4-6' high. Where not hardy the Yellow Butterfly Vine is easily maintained as a container plant. Mascagnia macroptera is not the same as Stigmaphyllon ciliatum .

In mild winter climates, like zone 9 and 10, they can remain evergreen and will flower for most of the year. Katie Blue Dwarf Mexican Petunia is a lovely dwarf perennial that produces loads of bluish purple trumpet shaped flowers tucked in among the dark...

Tenuis or Gulf Blazingstar... I don't know about you, but I find that rather exciting. These may be born over a fairly long period, often beginning in early summer with some flowers still in open even into early fall on well-established plants.

A food source for the Buckeye, Phaon Crescent, and White Peacock butterfly caterpillars as well as a nectar source for a host of pollinators. Found naturally throughout much of the southern half of the US from east to west.

To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties The Maypop is also known as: Purple Passionflower, Purple Passionvine, and Apricot Vine.

The seeds of this Monarch host plant were shared with us via Dr. Bill Grant. Talayote produces clusters of small cream and green milkweed flowers that are held above and among the large heart shaped foliage and can be found in flower from summer and into...

Prairie Blazing Star is common in the prairies and forests of the central and north eastern US. The tall sturdy dense spikes of rich purple flowers of this beautiful native wildflower attract loads of butterflies and pollinators in summer.

Provide Mouse-Eared Tickseed with average moisture and good drainage in average garden soils for best results. 1-1/2" bright orange-yellow daisies top this diminutive and durable dwarf Coreopsis in late spring and early summer.

The nectar rich flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Grow it in the garden or as as a medium-sized container plant. 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...

Provide a full to mostly sunny position in well-drained soils. Spikes of deep fuchsia buds open to pale pink flowers with an orange eye. The fragrant, nectar rich flowers of Buzztm Soft Pink Butterfly Bush are sure to attract loads of pollinators of all...

A highly recommended 'Texas Lilac' selection of Vitex. Lecompte Vitex is noted for its extra large 8-12" spikes of purple-blue flowers that are born from late spring to fall. Vitex are adaptable to a wide variety of soil types and are considered to be...

It is also on the long list of plants that are larval hosts to the Gray Hairstreak Butterfly. Frilly, rounded clusters of dainty white tubular flowers are borne in summer atop sturdy stems and are an excellent nectar source for a variety of smaller pollinators...

Easy to grow and the flowers attract loads of pollinators especially bees. Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved. Black Adder Agastache is a vigorous sterile hybrid with fragrant licorice scented foliage and so it continues to...

Extra large clusters of rosy pink star-shaped flowers are produced throughout the growing season on this vigorous and large growing Penta. Pentas are excellent heat loving tropicals with plenty of flower power that do great in the ground or in containers.

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.

Adapatable to a variety of soil conditions. Incredibly fragrant (considered to be even better than a lilac by some!) rich pink flowers in summer are held above the rich green glossy foliage.

For more information see the research paper " Nectar Theft and Floral Ant-Repellence: A Link between Nectar Volume and Ant-Repellent Traits? I would be surprised to find a plant that produces a more continuous supply of nectar rich flowers from summer...

The Butterfly Bush does best where it gets most of a day of sun (>6 hours, preferably 8 or more) and has good to excellent drainage. Removing spent flowers will also help to prevent its spread in areas where this may be a concern.