Butterfly Plants Plants For Sale In Vancouver

Great for butterflies and pollinators. 2-3" bright yellow sunflower-like flowers are held on 3'H branching sturdy stems from late spring to fall. It is quite drought tolerant once established and seems to prefer well-drained soils.

Provide Zagreb Coreopsis with good drainage and medium to low moisture. Drought tolerant and deer resistant. Deadheading will help ensure a fall repeat. Zagreb Coreopsis is slightly more compact than Moonbeam.

Periodic removal of spent flower spikes will help keep your Scarlet Sage looking great and flowering throughout the growing season. An application of fertilizer at this time may also be beneficial in spurring flower production.

A Dawn Stover Nifty Fifty favorite herbaceous plant! Dawn is a Research Associate at Stephen F Austin in Nacogdoches, TX and currently maintains the Mast Arboretum plant collection.

The flowers of Pentas will attract butterflies and other nectar loving creatures to your gardens throughout summer. The Butterfly Series Pentas have been selected as a 2012 Louisiana Super Plant! Give it a rich fertile soil and periodic water during dry...

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...

Whiteleaf Mountainmint has a strong minty sage-like fragrance and can be used in place of sage in cooking as well as in the place of mint for teas and coffee. It is a clump forming native perennial with an upright growth habit that generally dies back...

The large sleepy scarlet blooms of 'Big Momma' are held upright on woody stems from late spring to fall or even year round in mild winter climates. A hummingbird and butterfly magnet! For more on Greg's introductions from the SFA Gardens website click...

Flat-Top or Shiny Goldenrod provides a perfect landing platform for pollinators while they enjoy its rich nectar and pollen. Unlike many of the Goldenrods this is a true clump forming perennial that stays where you put it.

Periodic removal of spent flower spikes will help keep your Scarlet Sage looking great and flowering throughout the growing season. Scarlet Sage is also available in pink and white with Coral Nymph and White Nymph , respectively.

They enjoy moist soils but are somewhat drought resistant once well established. A food source for the Buckeye, Phaon Crescent, and White Peacock butterfly caterpillars as well as a nectar source for a host of pollinators.

It has been reliably hardy for us here in our zone 8B gardens providing summer long color and nectar for our Ruby Throat Hummingbirds as well as for larger butterflies and larger bees.

Huge flat clusters of tiny white flowers are followed by a heavy crop of shiny black fruit. The nectar rich flower clusters host a wide variety of pollinators and its ripe fruit is sure to attract a host of bird species.

The dainty nectar rich flowers are visited by bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. 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...

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.

The 'red' coloration of this butterfly magnet is often most pronounced in southern climates. Butterfly Bushes are easily grown, free flowering butterfly magnets and are moderately drought tolerant once well established.

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 and compact habits for the garden and landscape.

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.

The Butterfly Series Pentas are excellent heat and humidity tolerant free flowering Pentas with a medium sized well-branched growth habit. An excellent choice for butterfly and hummingbird gardens that will flower from summer until frost.

Just as vigorous, easy, and tolerant as any other Great Coneflower, Golda Emanis Rudbeckia produces large golden yellow daisies on statuesque, 5-7' stalks in mid to late spring. Great in foliage or flower.

Tall Blazing Star is a native of the central US where it commonly found growing on clay soils. The tall sturdy spikes of this Liatris quickly develop white pearl-like buds that open to clusters of lavender flowers.

Train it on a trellis or other support to produce a small-medium sized fragrant evergreen vine. Sweetly fragrant clusters of 2", star-like, pure white blooms are produced continuously throughout the summer months against a rich glossy green foliage.

Spreads and slowly creates a dense groundcover or as a trailing plant in containers. A good choice for butterfly gardens. Verbena's are cool season growing perennials and so that is when fertilize should be applied.

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...

Clusters of deep violet-purple flowers emerge from short upright to arching stems in summer and are held above the deep green grass-like foliage of this tough bulbous native perennial wildflower.

Grow Redwings as a vine or a sprawling shrub preferably in a sunny location and it should reward you for many years to come. For more information see an excellent article from JC Raulston Arboretum by clicking here or the "More info from Universities,...

Its spread can be controlled by digging up the invading portions and so is easily shared. Blue Mistflower is often listed as an excellent butterfly plant but we find mostly bees using it.