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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Cypripedium x ventricosum
Item #: 8075
Zones: 4a to 7b, at least
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Siberia Russia
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Cypripedium 'Victoria'
Item #: 8916
Zones: 4a to 7b
Dormancy: Winter, Fall
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: United States Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $90.00Regular priceUnit price perSold out -
Dahlia imperialis 'Double or Nothing'
Item #: 5926
Zones: 7b to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 108" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Central America
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $26.00Regular priceUnit price perNext crop available: 05/17/2024Sold out -
Dasylirion gentryi
Item #: 9906
Zones: 7b to 10b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 48" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Mexico
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $0.00Regular priceUnit price perThis plant is available for JLBG Members only.
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Delosperma dyeri
Item #: 8871
Zones: 5a to 7b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 2" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: South Africa
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $20.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Delosperma 'Fire Spinner'
Item #: 9675
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 2" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: South Africa
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Delosperma 'Kelaidis'
Item #: 4951
Zones: 4a to 8a
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 2" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: South Africa
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Delosperma 'Mountain Dew' PP 31,543
Item #: 16806
Zones: 5a to 8a, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 1" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Delosperma sutherlandii
Item #: 853
Zones: 6a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 3" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: South Africa
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Dentaria dissecta 'Dental Floss'
Item #: 13886
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 5" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $21.00Regular priceUnit price perNext crop available: 05/31/2024Sold out -
Dentaria heterophylla 'White Sprite'
Item #: 11406
Zones: 5a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Summer, Fall
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Light Shade to Shade
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Dianthus barbatus 'Scarlet Fever' PP 30,454
Item #: 13199
Zones: 4a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Southern Europe
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Dianthus 'Bright Light' PP 28,239
Item #: 15028
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 10" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Dianthus 'Cherry Charm' PP 30,871
Item #: 15027
Zones: 5a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 8" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Dianthus 'Razzlepop'
Item #: 17008
Zones: 3a to 8a
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 12" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Dianthus 'Rose Bouquet' PP 30,274
Item #: 15891
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 8" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Dianthus 'Wicked Witch' PP 19,824
Item #: 5426
Zones: 3a to 9b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 8" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Hybrid
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Dicentra spectabilis 'Valentine' PP 22,739
Item #: 9243
Zones: 3a to 8b
Dormancy: Winter, Summer, Fall
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: China, Korea
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $22.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Dicliptera suberecta
Item #: 1285
Zones: 7a to 10b, at least
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Dionaea muscipula 'Akai Ryu'
Item #: 4107
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $27.00Regular priceUnit price perNext crop available: 08/30/2024Sold out -
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Dionaea muscipula 'Dente'
Item #: 4109
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 4" tall
Culture: Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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Dionaea muscipula 'King Henry'
Item #: 3700
Zones: 5a to 9b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 6" tall
Culture: Sun to Part Sun
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $32.00Regular priceUnit price perNext crop available: 03/24/2023Sold out -
Disporopsis bakerorum 'Bill Baker'
Item #: 17094
Zones: 6a to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 20" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Regular price $23.00Regular priceUnit price per -
Disporopsis pernyi 'Little Hulk'
Item #: 16908
Zones: 6a to 9b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 24" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Shade
Origin: China
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
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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.