Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In North Carolina

A tightly clump forming perennial, Eared Goldenrod produces loose arching arrays of bright yellow flowers in summer atop sturdy stems. Shade tolerant, clump forming and it attracts a variety of pollinators when in flower.

Tolerant of wet and dry soil conditions. A good choice for a minty tea. 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.

We have to say thank you to Marc Pastorek of Meadowmakers for sharing a start of this great native perennial with us! Provide full to most of a day of sun and good air circulation to prevent powdery mildew.

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.

Spikes of fragrant tiny pink flowers emerge from this diminutive Butterfly Bush from early spring through fall. An excellent choice for small spaces, the front of the garden and landscape, as well as in containers where it can bring pollinators of all...

A tough, drought resistant, hardy and reliable US native perennial. The disc flowers that compose the 'cone' attract a variety of smaller pollinators. Mexican Hat is an easy to grow clump forming perennial with finely textured blue-gray foliage.

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 pink 3" flowers clusters. An excellent choice for butterfly and hummingbird gardens that will flower...

Attracts Butterflies. This beautiful perennial wildflower is common to the Pineywoods of western Louisiana and east Texas and needs a well drained soil for best results. Purple to light lavender pink flowers are nestled among the long-lasting pink to...

Spikes of deep lavender tubular flowers are produced from spring to fall on this compact well-branched Salvia. A.k.a. Texas Sage, Scarlet Salvia, Tropical Sage. If your Salvia or Sage starts to look unkempt in mid to late summer consider giving it a light...

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

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

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.

Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved. This is a clump forming, taprooted perennial that prefers well-drained soils The Yellow Purple Coneflower or Yellow Coneflower, Echinacea paradoxa var.

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.

An excellent choice for hummingbirds, mixed containers, hanging baskets, and in mass plantings. A well-drained soil is key to winter survival of the Georgia Scarlet Batface Cuphea.

The beautiful flowers provide nectar and pollen to a variety of garden beneficials including bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. The Stigmaphyllon has caudate or heart shaped leaf bases where the Mascagnia macroptera does not among other characteristics...

In some states and counties Buddleia's are considered invasive, please check with your local state offices before purchasing. Deadheading is not required but removing spent flowers will help the plant look 'cleaner'.

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 in bounds (if you can stand to remove the flower buds).

These durable and easily grown shrubs are basically pest and disease free, are deer resistant, and are moderately salt tolerant. Silver Spires was the top rated white flowered Vitex in trials at Longwood Gardens.

Tenuis or Gulf Blazingstar... Then we were sure that we were making something out of nothing... Attracts loads of butterflies and a variety of other pollinators. But after taking a second look at herbarium specimens this is definitely the rare L.

Blue Mistflower is often listed as an excellent butterfly plant but we find mostly bees using it. Flat topped clusters of bluish-purple Ageratum-like flowers are born atop sturdy stems in summer and sometimes into fall.

'John Clayton' , named for the colonial botanist, was selected by the Virginia Native Plant Society and was found growing on the grounds of the 17th century Abington church in Gloucester, VA.

This is one of the few plants that you will find consistently at nearly every butterfly conservatory. Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves.

Protect from frost and freezing temperatures, although it is reported that well-established plants may return from the roots if a light freeze or frost does occur. To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties

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. These were grown from locally collected seed.

To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties Passionvines are the caterpillar host plant for Gulf Fritillary, Variegated Fritillary, Zebra Longwing, Julia, and...

For these areas consider some of the sterile or near sterile hybrids like " Lo' & Beholdtm Blue Chip ". Deadheading spent flowers will help to promote continuous flowering but this is not required.