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Our new 'Plant Index' page lists all the plants we expect to have available for the 2010 shipping season. |
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increase the butterfly population in your butterfly garden, you should
provide food for baby butterflies (caterpillars). For each species in the butterfly kingdom, its larva
(caterpillar) can only feed on specific plant species. These specific plant
species are referred to as butterfly host plants or caterpillar host plants
or butterfly larval
plants. One larva's
staple is another one's poison.
When they are available, we offer these plants on this page: |
We ship
perennials from May through October. |
Butterfly Host Plants
Available For
2010 Shipping:
Most
of our perennials are shipped in 3" to 4" pots.
A few may be shipped bare root. Orders are shipped via USPS
Priority Mail.
Unless otherwise stated, the plants shown on this page prefers full sun.
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![]() Pink Turtlehead (Chelone lyonii 'Hot Lips') Host plant for the Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly, turtlehead grows 24"-30" high and produces spikes of bright pink flowers over dark green foliage. It prefers a moist soil and blooms August through September. Full sun or part shade. Deer resistant. Perennial, zones 4-9. $5.00 each |
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'Husker Red' Penstemon(Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red') Baltimore checkerspot butterflies seek out turtlehead (above) for egg laying. But half-grown Baltimore checkerspot caterpillars often seek out Penstemon as a food source. 'Husker Red' Penstemon has dark foliage and white to light pink flower spikes in June and July. It grows 30"-36" high. Full sun or part shade. Deer resistant. Perennial, zones 3-9. $5.00 each |
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Read our article on Baltimore Checkerspot butterflies. |
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Helen's
Flower (also known as Sneezeweed)(Helenium autumnale) Helen's Flower (Sneezeweed) grows 24"-36" high and produces small, daisy like flowers July thru August. Helenium hoopesii, the variety we offer here, bears yellow, orange, or mahogany-red flowers. Utilized as a host plant by the Dainty Sulphur butterfly. Deer resistant and drought tolerant. Perennial, zones 4-9. $4.50 each (plants have already bloomed and have been cut back) |
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Rue
(Ruta graveolens)
Rue is a beautiful garden plant, with lacy blue-green leaves and many
small but showy bright yellow flowers from June through August. Known as
herb o' grace, because its branches were once used by Catholic priests to
sprinkle holy water. Rue grows 30"-36" high and is utilized as a
host plant by Black Swallowtail butterflies. Deer resistant. |
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Gas
Plant(Dictamnus fraxinella 'Rubra') A favorite at our mail order nursery, Gas Plant grows to about 36" high and produces beautiful pink flower spikes in late spring. The leaves and flowers have a fragrant lemon scent. And as discovered by Rose, a host plant for Giant Swallowtail butterflies. Deer resistant. Perennial, zones 3-8. Sorry, Sold Out for 2010. |
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'Silver Brocade' Artemisia(Artemisia stellariana 'Silver Brocade') Looks very similar to annual dusty miller! Grows 10"-15" high and requires well drained soil. Utilized as a host plant by Painted Ladies and American Ladies. And Painted Ladies and American Ladies seem to prefer this plant over most other plants they utilize as host plants. Deer resistant and drought tolerant. Perennial, zones 3-8. Special $4.50 each |
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Lupine
'Russell Hybrids'(Lupinus polyphyllus 'Russell Hybrids') A favorite among early blooming perennials, Lupine blooms late May thru June. Growing 30"-36" high, the flower color may be red, pink, purple, lavender, yellow, or white. Many are bi-colored. Sorry, no choice of color. Lupine is a host plant for the Silvery Blue butterfly. Deer resistant. Perennial, zones 4-9. Sorry, Sold Out for 2010. |
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We are a mail order perennial nursery.
To place an order for any of these butterfly host plants:
(1) Utilize our on-line shopping cart or (2) print our online order form, fill it
out, and then mail it to us, along with your check or money order. Some of the features of our online
shopping cart fail to work correctly with some Internet Service Providers.
If you have problems using our shopping cart, please print our order form,
fill it out, and then mail it to us. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Quantities are
limited on some of our nursery stock. Plants will be reserved to fill orders in
the sequence in which orders are received. Please order at your earliest
convenience to avoid disappointment. Please do not order plants which are not
currently posted with a picture, plant description, and price.
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If you don't understand the meaning of 'butterfly host plants', please take the time to read our Save the Butterflies article. |
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| Butterfly: | Host Plants: |
| Black Swallowtail | Dill, Parsley, Fennel, Rue, Queen Anne's Lace |
| Tiger Swallowtail | Wild Cherry, Yellow Poplar |
| Spicebush Swallowtail | Spicebush, Sassafras |
| Giant Swallowtail | Citrus Trees, Prickly Ash, Gas Plant (Dictamnus) |
| Great-Spangled Fritillary | Violets |
| Meadow Fritillary | Violets |
| Question Mark | Nettle, False Nettle, Elm, Hops, Hackberry |
| Comma (Hop Merchant) | Nettle, False Nettle, Elm, Hops |
| Mourning Cloak | Willow, Birch, Elm, Hackberry |
| Painted Lady | Hollyhock, Pearly Everlasting, 'Silver Brocade' Artemisia |
| Common Buckeye | Snapdragon, Heliotrope, Verbena (offered on our 'Butterfly Nectar Plants' page.) |
| Viceroy | Willow, Aspen, Poplar, Cherry |
| Red-Spotted Purple | Wild Cherry, Poplar, Aspen |
| Gray Hairstreak | Hibiscus, Rose of Sharon, Hollyhock |
| Silvery Blue | Lupine |

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Rose Franklin's
Perennials (814) 422-8968 Email: RoseFranklin@aol.com |
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Revised: August 20, 2010