Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In New Orleans

The flowers may be followed by clusters of bright yellow to orange-yellow fruit. Interestingly this is another plant, along with Porterweed, that I consistently find when visiting butterfly conservatories.

Summer Jewel Pink is a 2012 All American Selection Award winner and produces a nearly non-stop display of pink lipped white tubular flowers from spring to frost on compact plants that begin flowering even earlier.

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.

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 and garden beneficials.

Drought tolerant, deer resistant, and reliable. Rudbeckia fulgida is native to much of the central and eastern United States. Early Bird Gold was selected from a stand of Goldstrum Rudbeckia and inherits all of that award winning perennial's attributes...

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 great for summer color and their large spikes of colorful flowers attract butterflies and bees.

Bumblebees are perfectly designed for this as the pollen is rubbed on their back as they circle the corona drinking nectar and then carry it to the next flower. Like the native Maypop Passionflower, Incense readily spreads by rhizomes.

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

Masses of 1" yellow-eyed bluish purple daisies absolutely cover this plant for weeks in late summer and fall. Excellent drought tolerance once well-established as well as good deer resistance and reliability.

Wave after wave of fragrant blue to blue-purple flowers with a contrasting orange eye are produced in dense spikes from spring to fall. The fragrant flowers of Buddleias are excellent for attracting butterflies, bees, and a host of other garden beneficials.

It is well suited for beds or containers. It has been known to spread by rhizomes but under most conditions stays neatly where it's put and where hardy will return year after year.

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.

This a very easy and strong-growing, perennial vine with beautiful glossy leaves, exotic white and purple flowers, which are followed by large purple, rounded fruit, about the size of tangerines, with a nice flavor.

For more information see the research paper " Nectar Theft and Floral Ant-Repellence: A Link between Nectar Volume and Ant-Repellent Traits? Jamaicensis and S. Interestingly the flowers of S.

This makes this a great plant for children to enjoy as the multitudes of often alien looking caterpillars are sure to pique their interest. Bumblebees are perfectly designed for this as the pollen is rubbed on their back as they circle the corona drinking...

Spikes of deep violet, nectar rich, fragrant flowers are borne all summer on this vigorous yet compact Butterfly Bush. Butterfly Bushes are easily grown, free flowering butterfly magnets and are moderately drought tolerant once well established.

Ice Chip is the newest introduction in this line of compact, basically sterile Butterfly Bushes. Photos courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with your local state offices before...

The silvery grass-like foliage of Narrowleaf Silk Grass could fool anyone to thinking it might actually be a grass but by late summer and fall you can be sure that this is definitely in the aster family when it puts up sturdy stems that are topped by...

The Cutleaf Coneflower produces 2-4" wide, drooping yellow daisies that are centered by a small dark cone in summer. The deeply cut, somewhat hairy, medium green foliage and delicate stems give this species a finer overall texture.

The foliage is wonderfully fragrant and can be used in teas and cooking. Clustered Mountainmint is one of our favorites to pick and smell as we walk through the garden. This is a durable and slowly spreading native perennial that flowers throughout the...

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. Winter Cassia has the potential to reseed and may be considered invasive in some areas.

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. Similar to Constance Elliot but with larger flowers and improved vigor and disease resistance.

3-4" wide, yellow, sunflower-like flowers are born on 4-8'H+ sturdy stems over an extended period in summer on this durable, native, clump-forming, tap-rooted perennial. Attracts butterflies and other pollinators.

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...

The tall sturdy spikes of this Liatris quickly develop white pearl-like buds that open to clusters of lavender flowers. 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.

Deep magenta fragrant flowers are born in elongating conical clusters on this wonderful new Butterfly Bush with a somewhat compact and refined growth habit. Butterfly Bushes are easily grown, free flowering butterfly magnets and are moderately drought...

Redwing, Vining Maple, and Mariposa are among its many names, whatever you choose to call it this rather hardy vine with tropical origins creates quite a show throughout the warmer months of the year with a near continuous display of yellow, orchid-like...