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Salvia Flowers Attract Butterflies and Hummingbirds
The plants in the genus Salvia are some of my favorite flowering plants. There are many colors and shapes to choose from when picking a plant for your garden. Salvias are great pollinator plants – butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds love […]
Rosepink (Sabatia angularis)
This beauty can be found growing in the majority of the United States. It is native to the eastern U.S. – as far east as Kansas and Illinois, down to New Mexico, and north to Wisconsin. It is also native […]
Red Buckeye Flowers For Butterflies, Bees, and Hummingbirds
Red buckeye (Aesculus pavia) has bright red flowers. The flowers of this native shrub are a favorite of hummingbirds and butterflies in early spring. In the southeast, it blooms in late March and early April, and you can hear the […]
Purple Passionflower: Passiflora incarnata
Purple passionflower, also known as maypop, is a relatively quick-growing, perennial, herbaceous vine in the Passifloraceae family. You can find this native vine growing throughout the Southeast from Texas to Kansas up to Pennsylvania and down to Florida. In Mississippi, […]
Prairie Blue-eyed Grass
It’s early April, but I’ve already started mowing the grass. The backyard just got a little too unruly, and I have already gotten my first tick of the season. This is always a sign that it’s time to mow. I try […]
Plant American Holly for Winter Color and Wildlife Food
If you want to add some color to your winter garden and provide food and shelter for songbirds and other wildlife simultaneously, American Holly (Ilex opaca) is a good choice. The berries form in October and persist throughout the winter […]
Pineapple Sage Brings Fall Color & Butterflies
I’m in love with all salvias. They grow really well and are so popular with hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees. And did I mention they are beautiful? That’s the perfect combination for my garden. The pineapple sage is no exception. Attract Butterflies […]
Philadelphia Fleabane – Erigeron philadelphicus
Philadelphia fleabane is a native wildflower in the sunflower family (Asteracea); it looks like a small feathery daisy or aster. Many may consider this flowering plant to be a weed, but it struck me as a nice addition to my […]
Partridge Pea: Butterfly Host Plant & Pollinator Plant
Summer is the time of the year that you’ll see the bright yellow flowers of partridge pea blooming along the side of the road or along streams and ditches. They will continue to flower from late summer to early fall. […]
Obedient Plant – Physostegia virginiana
The obedient plant is native to most of the U.S.. It produces lovely pale purple blooms in the fall when most things are shutting down. It’s also easy to dig up and divide. Deer-resistant AND it can grow in clay […]
Mexican Sunflower: How to Grow and Care for Tithonia rotundifolia
I love the multiple, bright orange flowers that this annual plant produces, but it’s not just me! Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) is by far the most popular plant for pollinators in my butterfly garden. Mexican Sunflower is a Great Pollinator Plant […]
Mexican Salvia – Fall Blooming, Deer & Drought Resistant
Also known as Mexican bush sage, this salvia produces great fall color (purple and white) that attracts hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. It looks great mixed in with other flowers for interesting color combinations, or planted in a bunch to create […]