Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Santa Rosa

In our area it flowers at the same time as Slender Blazing Star, Liatris acidota , and they make nice companions in the meadow or a garden setting. Flat-Top or Shiny Goldenrod provides a perfect landing platform for pollinators while they enjoy its rich...

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...

Use Cloud Eight Verbena in the garden, landscape, or in container gardens. Clusters of rich purple flowers are produced on sturdy stems atop the medium green foliage from spring through summer and into fall.

The tubular, nectar rich flowers of Monardas attract a variety of pollinators including hummingbirds, butterflies, and some bees. Earlier flowering in the Southeast and later flowering as you move northward.

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...

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.

To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties We generally wait until the fruits become yellow (in yellow fruited cultivars) and wrinkled and have fallen from the...

This is one of the few plants that you will find consistently at nearly every butterfly conservatory. 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...

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.

Buddlejas are considered invasive in some regions please check with your local state offices before purchasing. Ice Chip is the newest introduction in this line of compact, basically sterile Butterfly Bushes.

Elderberries are dioecious, both male and female at the same time, and may be semi-self fertile. The nectar rich flower clusters host a wide variety of pollinators and its ripe fruit is sure to attract many bird species.

Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves. Frantzii , along with other species, are repellent to some species of ants which prevents nectar robbing.

Starry Rosinweed is a common native of our local pineywoods where it can be seen flowering sometimes as early as March. Great for butterflies and pollinators. 2-3" bright yellow sunflower-like flowers are held on 3'H branching sturdy stems from late spring...

Sweetly fragrant clusters of 2", star-like, pure white blooms are produced continuously throughout the summer months against a rich glossy green foliage. This naturally sprawling vine-like shrub can easily be pruned to produce a dense mass of foliage...

This is a tough and hardy, perennial US Native. Blooms from late spring through summer. Each golden yellow petal is heavily splashed with burgundy and surround the tall brown central cone of each daisy-like flower.

Photo courtesy of Proven Winners - www.provenwinners.com Miss Pearl is the latest release in the Miss series from the breeding work of Dr. Dennis Werner at North Carolina State University where he has developed sterile Buddlejas with greater flower power...

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...

This is an award winning perennial and has received the Royal Horticulture Society's Award of Garden Merit. The flowering begins in late spring and may continue through much of summer.

What a discovery that must've been! Spreads and slowly creates a dense groundcover or as a trailing plant in containers. Homestead Verbena was discovered by Dr. Allan Armitage and Dr. Michael Dirr on an old homestead in Georgia.

All of these images were taken at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas to learn more about their great gardens, or to see hundreds of butterflies be sure to visit. In cooler climates it may act as a die-back perennial returning from the roots...

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 as the Hummingbirds arrive.

Here in zone 8B they freeze to the ground in most winters and we plant them atop winter growing bulbs like Spanish Bluebells that take their place during the Ruellia's dormant period and as the Bluebells are finishing up the Ruellias are on their way...

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. In order to produce their delicious tangy tropical tasting fruit Passionflowers must be cross-pollinated...

Use our 'Notify' tool to get a notice!! Hopefully this item will be back in stock mid-to-late summer of 2018. Dan's Everblooming Native Coral Honeysuckle came to us from the good people at Stephen F.

Plant two for pollination. Produces small maroon to greenish flowers flowers in spring. Seedling grown. 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 others firmly...

Perennial Verbenas make wonderful additions to the butterfly garden providing nectar even in late winter for early visitors. Use Blue-Violet Tapien Verbena as a groundcover, a spiller in containers, or as a beautiful hanging basket.

Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers. Anise or Brazilian Sage, Salvia guaranitica , is an upright growing perennial that may flower nearly continuously from spring...