In addition to butterflies, there are many insects that are a joy to have in the garden and a reason to grow pollinator and insect attracting plants.
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Abutilon 'Bartley Schwarz'
Item #: 8007
Zones: 7b to 10b, guessing
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Abutilon 'Canary Bird'
Item #: 3848
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Abutilon 'Fool's Gold'
Item #: 8001
Zones: 8a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Abutilon megapotamicum
Item #: 4317
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Abutilon 'Orange Hot Lava'
Item #: 7302
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Abutilon 'Twister'
Item #: 18088
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $17.60Regular priceUnit price per$22.00Sale price $17.60
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Abutilon 'Voodoo'
Item #: 6951
Zones: 8a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 72" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Acanthus hungaricus
Item #: 3496
Zones: 6a to 8b, possibly colder
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 18" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Southeast Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Acanthus mollis Reut, Israel
Item #: 9811
Zones: 7a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Mediterranean Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $27.00Regular priceUnit price per
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Acanthus mollis 'Rue Ledan'
Item #: 4732
Zones: 6a to 8a
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Northern Africa, Southwest Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Acanthus mollis 'Wofford Rhubarb'
Item #: 10006
Zones: 7a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Northern Africa, Southern Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Acanthus 'Morning Candle'
Item #: 8933
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Acanthus 'Summer Beauty'
Item #: 2526
Zones: 6a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Achillea 'Sassy Summer Lemon' PP 31,693
Item #: 13577
Zones: 5a to 8b, possibly much colder
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 28" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Achillea 'Sassy Summer Taffy' PP 31,755
Item #: 13575
Zones: 5a to 8b, possibly much colder
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 32" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Achillea sibirica 'Japanese Lace'
Item #: 11566
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: China, Japan, Korea, Siberia Russia, United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Achillea 'Strawberry Seduction' PP 18,401
Item #: 9200
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Achimenes 'Harry Williams'
Item #: 6169
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter, Spring
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Aconitum carmichaelii 'Autumn Indigo'
Item #: 6999
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 60" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Aconitum carmichaelii 'Fansi Pansi'
Item #: 10055
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 54" tall
Culture: Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Vietnam
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Actaea japonica var. japonica 'Silver Blush'
Item #: 3826
Zones: 5a to 8a, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 30" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Japan, Korea
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $23.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Agapanthus 'Blue Yonder'
Item #: 15717
Zones: 5b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $27.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Agapanthus 'Ellamae'
Item #: 3514
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 66" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $27.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Agapanthus 'Galaxy White' PP 31,431
Item #: 17107
Zones: 6a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 36" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $27.00Regular priceUnit price per
More Information About Insect Attracting Plants
What's the buzz on pollinator and insect attracting plants for the garden? There are two reasons a gardener would want to garden with insect attracting plants. The number one reason is that beneficial insects help control insect pests and reduce or eliminate your need to spray insecticides. Number two is to enjoy the aesthetic, aural and kinetic beauty of our arthropod friends.
Insects in the garden are looking for the same thing that we are...attractive flowers and leaves. Here at Plant Delights Nursery, we have an enormous on-line plant catalog and have searched through it to create this mini-catalog of insect attracting plants that also look great in the landscape.
The iridescent metallic blues and greens of dragonflies, blowflies and, yes, even japanese beetles are stunning to look at. So are the saturated reds, oranges, and yellows that can be seen in ladybugs, harlequin bugs, and orb web weaver spiders. The predatory antics of lacewings, dragonflies, spiders and praying mantis are amazing to watch. The angular chitonous plates of grasshoppers and stink bugs are a visual treat for the sharp-eyed gardener as are the amusing ambulations of inchworms and the undulations of colorful hirsute caterpillars munching on leaves or earthworms, freshly dug.
During summer, the early evening staccato light show of lightening bugs brings a miniature fireworks show into the back yard. In fall, a careful gardener will find the curious egg cases of praying mantis and butterflies dangling in hidden spots on the undersides of insect attracting plants in the garden...a gift to be opened the following spring.
The auditory buzz of an orgy of fat bumble bees on flowering plants that attract bees like lantana or buddleia is both relaxing and smile inducing as are the melodious droning songs of mate-seeking crickets and cicadas. Who can sleep without their summer nighttime serenades? All are great reasons to fill your garden with insect attracting plants.
Check out our blog entries about plants that attract bees and flowers that attract butterflies.