Butterfly Nectar Sources

A vigorous and reliable Oakleaf Hydrangea selection with sturdy stems and good sun tolerance. The 10-14" white bloom panicles, with individual blooms as large as a half-dollar, are borne in spring and fade to pink. Oakleaf Hydrangeas are beloved in the garden not only for their blooms but they also have the beautiful oak-leaf shaped foliage, which turns to shades of pink, red, burgundy, and purple in fall along with the interesting peeling bark on older stems. Item# 9103

Azure blue, 4-6'' spikes are held above the Anise scented foliage in summer.An upright growing clump forming native perennial. This popular herb was used as a healing herb by American Indians and is great for making jellies, potpourris, and teas. An excellent plant for attracting bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Item# 3022.

Azure blue, 4-6'' spikes are held above the Anise scented foliage in summer.An upright growing clump forming native perennial. This popular herb was used as a healing herb by American Indians and is great for making jellies, potpourris, and teas. An excellent plant for attracting bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Item# 11457

Frilly, rounded clusters of dainty white tubular flowers are borne in summer atop sturdy stems and are an excellent nectar source for a variety of smaller pollinators and garden beneficials. Savanna or Appalachian Mountainmint has nicely fragrant, medium green foliage and is considered to be one of the better Mountainmints for garden settings as it is not as prone to spreading by rhizomes. Item# 10765.

Apricot Sunrise produces an endless display of soft orange to soft golden yellow tubular flowers in spikes from summer and into fall well above the fragrant foliage. An excellent choice for hummingbird and butterfly gardens with a soft airy texture. Provide a full sun or near full sun location with average moist but well-drained soils. Item# 10210.

Light clear blue, 2" tubular blooms are borne on tall spikes from Spring to Fall on this vigorous perennial. Rich green glossy foliage and an easy and reliable perennial for full to mostly sunny sites in the garden. Argentine Skies Salvia, an Anise Sage, is excellent for hummingbirds and larger butterflies providing a near continuous procession of nectar rich flowers throughout the growing season. Item# 9948

Spikes of sunny yellow tubular flowers are borne nearly continuously from spring to frost atop fragrant blue-gray foliage. Arizona™ Sun Agastache is a compact hybrid of our native perennial Agastache selected for its short, compact, freely branching, and exceptionally free flowering habit. A delight for hummingbirds and butterflies, the Arizona™ Sun Agastache are perfectly sized to create colorful containers or to add color in garden. These plants have plenty of flower power and will revel in the heat and sun of summer producing a nearly endless display of color. Item# 10789.

From nearly red buds open large rich pink flowers that lighten toward the center of the flower and have a yellow-orange blotch. A wonderful pink Aromi hybrid deciduous azalea, Country Cousin is suited to the heat and humidity of southern summers. Early to mid-spring flowering and attracts spring butterflies.In the garden, the Aromi Deciduous Azalea Hybrids have the look, feel, and fragrance of many of, or are improvements upon, our most beautiful, US native deciduous azaleas, sometimes called bush honeysuckles, and yet are easy and vigorous enough for the average gardener to be successful with. Item# 10439.

Dancing Rabbit produces deep yellow buds that open to bright yellow azalea blossoms with a deep yellow blotch that sit in full, rounded clusters and absolutely cover up this plant in spring! Exceptionally vigorous as well. A gorgeous spring show, fragrant, and it attracts butterflies and other spring pollinators. In the garden, the Aromi Deciduous Azalea Hybrids have the look, feel, and fragrance of many of, or are improvements upon, our most beautiful, US native deciduous azaleas, sometimes called bush honeysuckles, and yet are easy and vigorous enough for the average gardener to be successful with. Item# 10719.

Great Balls of Fire is right! Medium to large clusters of large, fiery orange, fragrant azalea blossoms produce a wonderful effect and whose colors are sure to warm up the spring garden. Maarten van der Giessen says this one is of questionable origins and may not be a true Aromi hybrid but could be a Rhododendron flammeum selection, either way it seems to be a good performer and was selected with the rest of the Aromi hybrids from John Allen Smith's Gardens. Early to mid-spring flowering and sure to attract pollinators. In the garden, the Aromi Deciduous Azalea Hybrids have the look, feel, and fragrance of many of, or are improvements upon, our most beautiful, US native deciduous azaleas, sometimes called Bush Honeysuckles, and yet are easy and vigorous enough for the average gardener to be successful with. Item# 10440.

Large rounded flower clusters are composed of large, nicely fragrant, golden yellow touched with bright red and have a darker orange blotch. Aromi's King's Wizard Deciduous Azalea flowers just before and as the new foliage is emerging in early spring and the nectar rich flowers attract butterfly pollinators. In the garden, Aromi Hybrid Deciduous Azaleas have the look, feel, and fragrance of many of our US native deciduous azaleas, sometimes called Bush Honeysuckles, and yet are easy enough for the average gardener to be successful with. Item# 11104

The largest of the Aromi's says Maarten van der Giessen! Deep pink buds open to 2-1/2" wide clear pink flowers with a golden blotch that sit in neat rounded clusters atop bare stems. Not your typical pink deciduous azalea, a standout like the wonderful lady it was named after. A gorgeous spring show, fragrant, and it attracts butterflies and other spring pollinators. In the garden, the Aromi Deciduous Azalea Hybrids have the look, feel, and fragrance of many of, or are improvements upon, our most beautiful, US native deciduous azaleas, sometimes called Bush Honeysuckles, and yet are easy and vigorous enough for the average gardener to be successful with. Item# 10720.

Moondreams produces large clusters of large fragrant white flowers with the uppermost petal painted with a golden blotch to guide nectaring butterflies. In the garden, Aromi Hybrid Deciduous Azaleas have the look, feel, and fragrance of many of our US native deciduous azaleas, sometimes called Bush Honeysuckles, and yet are easy enough for the average gardener to be successful with. Provide these native Rhododendron hybrids with a well-drained, average moist, acidic soil rich in organic matter and an organic mulch. Midday to afternoon shade is preferred in areas with hot summer climates. Item# 11103

Wow! Red Pepper is another heat tolerant Aromi deciduous azalea hybrid that has definitely earned a spot in our garden! No wonder it was the 2008 American Rhododendron Society's Rhododendron of the Year! The glowing, rich red-orange azalea blossoms sit in neat rounded clusters atop bare stems. A gorgeous spring show, fragrant, and it attracts butterflies and other spring pollinators. In the garden, the Aromi Deciduous Azalea Hybrids have the look, feel, and fragrance of many of, or are improvements upon, our most beautiful, US native deciduous azaleas, sometimes called Bush Honeysuckles, and yet are easy and vigorous enough for the average gardener to be successful with. Item# 10441.

Bright yellow flowers that are flushed with red and with a golden blotch that gives an overall soft orange appearance. The flowers all sit in neat rounded clusters atop bare stems. The Southern Sunset Deciduous Azalea produces a gorgeous and fragrant spring show and it attracts butterflies and other spring pollinators. In the garden, the Aromi Deciduous Azalea Hybrids have the look, feel, and fragrance of many of, or are improvements upon, our most beautiful, US native deciduous azaleas, sometimes called Bush Honeysuckles, and yet are easy and vigorous enough for the average gardener to be successful with. Item# 10721.

"Even better than Aromi Sunrise" and "Spectacular" says Maarten van der Giessen! Deep red, orange, and yellow buds open to huge, deep yellow azalea blossoms that sit in neat rounded clusters atop bare stems. A gorgeous spring show, fragrant, and it attracts butterflies and other spring pollinators. In the garden, the Aromi Deciduous Azalea Hybrids have the look, feel, and fragrance of many of, or are improvements upon, our most beautiful, US native deciduous azaleas, sometimes called Bush Honeysuckles, and yet are easy and vigorous enough for the average gardener to be successful with. Item# 10707.

Large, full, rounded clusters of soft pink, fragrant flowers are borne in late spring on this deciduous hybrid azalea. Spring Sensation was bred and selected for heat and humidity tolerance for southern gardens by Dr. Eugene Aromi of Mobile, Alabama as well as for its ability to load up with exceptionally large flower clusters.In the garden, Aromi Hybrid Deciduous Azaleas have the look, feel, and fragrance of many of our US native deciduous azaleas, sometimes called Bush Honeysuckles, and yet are easy enough for the average gardener to be successful with.Item# 10150.

Light yellow buds open to display large fragrant white flowers with a golden yellow blotch, or butterfly guide, on the uppermost petals that are flanked by white petals touched with deep pink. Aromi's Touch of Pink Deciduous Azalea flowers before and as the new foliage is open and the nectar rich flowers attract butterfly pollinators. Provide these native Rhododendron hybrids with a well-drained, average moist, acidic soil rich in organic matter and an organic mulch. Midday to afternoon shade is preferred in areas with hot summer climates. Item# 11102

Large clusters of white late spring flowers produce green berries that ripen to a blue-black. The flowers attract butterflies, bees, and other pollinators and the edible fruits attract a variety of wildlife, especially birds. Arrowwood Viburnum is a vigorous growing, naturally rounded, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with rich green foliage and is tolerant of a wide range of growing conditions. Fall color includes yellows, orange, reds, and near purple. Arrowwood Viburnum makes an easy hedge, background specimen, or screen. Easy and reliable. Item# 10320.

This Greg Grant introduction produces loads of white spikes of tubular flowers from late spring to fall on this durable, Texas tough native. Augusta Duelberg Mealycup Sage is larger growing than the ones found at most nurseries and will top out at about 30"H and wide. This is a wonderful drought tolerant, reliable, native perennial for the garden. Item# 9782.

Large spikes of deep blue, tubular flowers are born in summer, late summer, and sometimes into fall on this clump forming native perennial wildflower. Under natural conditions Azure Blue Sage produces tall arching stems that terminate into large, often branching, spikes of flowers that are quite suited to use by Hummingbirds and butterflies. Great at the back of the garden or in natural settings. Item# 10460.

4-5" wide flowers with white petals and sepals are topped by a crown of white filaments with a light purple halo surrounding the central portion of these exotic looking flowers. Bahama Blue Passion Flower is a beautiful and vigorous free flowering selection of the Blue Crown Passion Flower, Passiflora caerulea, with all its hardiness and reliability. The nectar rich flowers are adored by larger bees and the foliage is a host to a variety of butterflies. Item# 11222

This is the selection with the deepest red color, comes from seed collected in southern Baja California. It  flowers all summer and fall. It dies to the ground in winter, but faithfully returns from the ground each spring. An easy to grow and drought tolerant heirloom plant. A bee-keepers pollen favorite, we are told! Item # 9027.