Fritillary

Great spangled fritillaries, swallowtails and more will make great arcs around these showy native flowers, alighting again and again to feast on the abundant nectar in the large cone centers.

(Not all pictured) Annual and perennial seeds. Our selected host species will ensure the next generation of Fritillaries, Swallowtails, Monarchs and more. Blooms summer to frost. Butterflies will flit from one jewel-toned blossom to another, sipping the...

Considered by many to be one of the most fragrant Passionvines with a strong gardenia-like perfume emanating from the 2" white flowers that have a purple stripe centered on the frilly corona.

Next summer, don't forget to plant these flowers and enjoy the hoards of butterflies that won't be able to resist your flower garden.Here are eight gorgeous flowers that are sure to attract more butterflies to your garden.), this hardy perennial will...

It is rhizomatous but is generally not invasive or aggressive. Incarnata but may reach 15'H or more once well-established and particularly so if grown in the shade. Locally in our Pineywoods the Native Yellow Passionvine is typically found in well-drained...

It is rhizomatous but is generally not invasive or aggressive. Incarnata but may reach 15'H or more once well-established and particularly so if grown in the shade. Locally in our Pineywoods the Native Yellow Passionvine is typically found in well-drained...

The Maypop Passionvine or Passion Flower produces a summer long display of 2-3" wide white, lavender, and purple exotic flowers that are held against medium green tropical foliage.

Inspiration Passionflower is a vigorous climbing, evergreen to perennial vine, with medium to dark green foliage. Inspiration Passionvine, like most other root hardy tropicals, should be established in the garden after the danger of frost/freeze has passed...

Where not hardy it can be overwintered indoors with sufficient light. This tropical species may overwinter in the warmer portions of zone 8B in the mildest winters with sufficient protection (mulch + east or south exposure) and where it has excellent...

Inspiration Passionflower is a vigorous climbing, evergreen to perennial vine, with medium to dark green foliage. Inspiration Passionvine, like most other root hardy tropicals, should be established in the garden after the danger of frost/freeze has passed...

This easy to grow perennial native vine can grow to 15-18' each year if given a suitable support but it is also happy to clamber along a fence, trellis, or any other support that it can grasp with its strong tendrils.

Passiflora suberosa is difficult to distinguish from Passiflora pallida . MacDougal & Feuillet (Passifloraceae) , or the "More Info from Universities" link below: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4233625/

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.

In other words, not in places where the winters are too cold or too warm and the summers are too hot, though they do need to be kept dry in the summer.lists the species as hardy in USDA zones 9a to 11, but based on what I have read and have seen of the...

Cross pollinated flowers may produce edible fruit. Listed as a host for the Gulf Fritillary and other Longwings, but when the butterflies have a choice they seem to prefer Incense and the Maypop, at least in our experience.

As tropical as it looks to be the Lady Margaret Passionflower is reported to survive in zone 8B if provided with a protective mulch. Lady Margaret Passionflower is a prolific flowering hybrid that is a showoff throughout the year in frost free conditions.

We have two butterfly bushes in our garden, one purple and one bright pink. It was pretty amazing to have a dozen or more of these lovely butterflies flitting about the garden at the same time.

Colonies of Black Eyed Susans also provide shelter forare great little habitats for birds, butterflies and bugs, you don't always want all that wildlife right next to your front door or patio.

Listed as a host for the Gulf Fritillary and other Longwings, but when the butterflies have a choice they seem to prefer Incense and the Maypop, at least in our experience. To learn more see the Passionfruit datasheet by Purdue Horticulture: https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/passionfruit.html#Varieties

Keep reading to learn more about the most common pansy plant pests and how to combat bugs that eat pansies.are probably the most prevalent. Because of this, the best way to manage pansies is to introduce natural predators, such as.

This series of articles will help identify some of the most unusual ones and give you a peek into their lives. However, they do not display a southward migration as the weather changes to fall and winter and they do not breed in the northern part of their...

When you consider the beauty Crown Imperials bring to your garden and the fact that they effectively repel varmints, the price is well worth it.After blooming, the tops die down quite quickly, early enough to be mostly hidden by taller perennials emerging...

Butterflies are extremely susceptible to pesticides. Think plants for butterflies won't survive in your cooler zone 5 region? Mix annuals in with perennials.Annuals that can be tucked in amongst the above perennials include:These are only partial lists.

A pollinator magnet you simply must grow in your sunny garden, it is a native American perennial with so many merits, you will wonder how you ever got by without it! Showy Milkweed is a stout, well-branched plant, airy and beautifully textured.

In fact, it always seems to do best during hot, dry summers. Jessica Walliser Every summer, I'm amazed at the diversity of pollinators that utilize certain plants in my landscape. This year alone, we've seen eastern black swallowtails, tiger swallowtails,...

With one, two or more noses, these bulbs are daffodils. Bulbs with two or more points are said to have double or triple noses. Immature sizes and the complete absence of covering on some bulbs.

Root-knot nematodes, which leave knotty galls on the passionflower's roots, may be problematic in sandy soils because they are more mobile in sand than in heavy soils such as clay.