White Butterfly Plant

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. The round fruit 'may pop' when you step on them giving this beautiful native passion flower...

Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers. A popular and easy to grow beauty that is now considered to be very rare if not extinct in its native habitat of Mexico.

Lilac Chip is one of the newest introductions in this line of compact, basically sterile Butterfly Bushes. The small size, exceptional flower power, and spreading habit lends Lilac Chip to use in the perennial border, as a groundcover, smaller spaces,...

1", sleepy, rose to coral-pink flowers are borne from late spring to fall on this vigorous perennial. This Turk's Cap has won the prestigious Lynn Lowery Award from the Native Plant Society of Texas! For more on Greg's introductions from the SFA Gardens...

A tough and hardy, drought tolerant, perennial US Native. Masses of tall wispy deep pink spikes are covered by a succession of large pink butterfly-like flowers throughout summer.

The flowers shine brightly against the backdrop of deep blue-green foliage. This Passionvine along with many of Myles Irving's Riverside hybrids appear to rarely produce fruit and are often triploid to tetraploid in nature.

Train it on a trellis or other support to produce a small-medium sized fragrant evergreen vine. This naturally sprawling vine-like shrub can easily be pruned to produce a dense mass of foliage and flowers.

An excellent choice for butterfly and hummingbird gardens that will flower from summer until frost. Where not hardy, heat and humidity tolerant Pentas make wonderful annuals for gardens or containers.

Drought tolerant, deer resistant, and reliable. This exciting new day-length neutral and thusly free flowering Black-Eyed Susan was discovered at Dupont Nursery near Plaquemine, Louisiana and is sure to bring in the butterflies and pollinators as well...

Excellent fall color for the garden as well as drought tolerance and pest and disease resistance make this an excellent addition to the perennial or wildflower border. Pruning if necessary should not be done after June as you may be removing flower buds...

We have to say thank you to Marc Pastorek and C.C. Richmond for sharing this with us! Texas Coneflower provides us with a medium-sized Rudbeckia that is similar in habit to the stately Giant Coneflower.

Porterweeds are likely the number one favorite nectar plant for butterfly gardeners and surely for the butterflies themselves. In zone 8B-9 we find that a small percentage larger growing Porterweeds, like Lavender, Coral, and Purple, may return from the...

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.

Lilac Chip is one of the newest introductions in this line of compact, basically sterile Butterfly Bushes. The small size, exceptional flower power, and spreading habit lends Lilac Chip to use in the perennial border, as a groundcover, smaller spaces,...

It dies to the ground in winter, but faithfully returns from the ground each spring. It flowers all summer and fall. This is the selection with the deepest red color, comes from seed collected in southern Baja California.

These Butterfly Bush hybrids can be pruned back to 12-24" in late winter/early spring to help promote health and vigor as well as to rejuvenate older plants. The Butterfly Bush does best where it gets most of a day of sun (>6 hours, preferably 8 or more)...

Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, all rights reserved. Attracts butterflies, bees, and a variety of other pollinators. In midsummer it produces the fragrant, nectar rich yellow flowers atop sturdy 2-3' high stems.

These seedlings originated from a vigorous native Louisiana population of this beautiful perennial. An excellent cut flower that can last for up to a week in a vase. A superb butterfly nectar plant! Masses of large pinkish-purple daisy-like blooms are...

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.

To learn more click here . Jack in the Bush can become shrub-like in frost free climates but often look their best after an annual pruning. Although Crucita is somewhat drought resistant once well established it will flower most consistently where it...

The 3" wide, cornflower-like daisies open white, slowly work their way through shades of lavender, and finally deepen to a violet blue creating a rainbow of cool-colored flowers even on the same flower stalk.

Butterfly Bush is considered invasive in some areas, please consult your local state offices before purchasing. Considered by many to be the best white butterfly bush. Attracts scads of butterflies.

Images courtesy of North Creek Nurseries. A vigorous clump forming perennial common to stream banks and moist areas but will do fine in average garden soils. The sweetly scented foliage gives it its common name.

If drainage is an issue use a sandy gravelly soil as this drought resistant yarrow makes an easy container plant. Yarrow or Achillea are as at home in the herb garden as they are the flower garden provided they have excellent drainage and receive ample...

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...

This is a wonderful drought tolerant, reliable, native perennial for the garden as well as butterflies and other pollinators. Salvias are considered the #1 plant for Hummingbirds with their tubular flowers designed for pollination by these amazing flyers.

Blooms from late spring through summer. Finely textured blue-gray foliage on a plant that becomes more dense with age. Each golden yellow petal is heavily splashed with burgundy and surround the tall brown central cone of each daisy-like flower.