Avignon's Butterfly and Herb Garden

Plants: (Nectar Sources)

Pentas: (Pentas lanceolata)

Pentas are a tender shrub that bloom all year round. Flowers can be red, pink, lavender or white. Pentas should have at least four hours of direct sunlight a day. They grow three to four feet in height.

Indigo Spires: * ( Salvialongis picata x Farenacea)

Indigo Spires is a shrub with beautiful purple flowers forming spikes. Indigo Spires bloom all year round. Plant in full to part sun. It grows one to two feet in height.

Crossandra: * (Infundibuliformis)

Crossandra is a tender evergreen shrub that bears red or yellow flowers. It blooms all year round, and it reaches twelve inches in height. Plant in full to part sun.

Butterfly Bush (purple): (Buddleja ssp.)

Butterfly Bush is a shrub that grows beautiful clusters of lilac-purple flowers during the summer months and needs full sun for good flowering. They attract butterflies with their fragrance.It may reach up to twelve feet in height.

Butterfly Bush (yellow): (Buddleja ssp.)

Butterfly Bush is a shrub that grows clusters of yellow honey comb flowers during the summer months and it needs full sun for good flowering. It may also reach up to twelve feet in height. It has a pleasant smell that attracts butterflies.

Tropical Sage: * (Salvia coccinea)

Tropical Sage is a shrub that bears red flowers and blooms all year round. It grows two to three feet in height. Plant in full to part sun.

Dwarf Golden Dewdrop: * (Duranta repens)

Dwarf Golden Dewdrop is a shrub that bears beautiful delicate purple flowers, that hang down at the tip of its leafs. It blooms all year round and grows three to four feet in height. Plant in full to part sun. .

Porters Weed (purple): * (Stachytarphetic ssp.)

Purple Porters Weed is a shrub that grows clusters of dainty purple flowers on long stems that form on top of its leaves. It blooms all year round and grows three to five feet in height. Plant in full to part sun.

Porters Weed (shell): * (Stachytarphetic ssp.)

Shell Porters Weed is a shrub that grows clusters of dainty salmon colored flowers on long stems that form on top of its leaves. It blooms all year round and grows three to five feet in height.. Plant in full to part sun.

Mexican Petunia: (Reullia britoniana)

Mexican Petunia is a shrub that bears light purple flowers that bloom all year round. Grows about two feet in height. Plant in full to part sun. Prune to encourage bushiness.

Blue angels: (Angelonia augustifolia)

Blue Angels bear pretty blue flowers that bloom all year round and grow two feet in height. Plant in full to part sun.

* Hummingbird Attractor

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