Butterfly Nectar Sources
Attract loads of butterflies to your garden with our excellent selection of nectar producing butterfly plants. From Porterweed, Butterfly Bushes, Butterfly Weed, Lantana, Vitex, to Pentas as well as many other beautiful and free flowering nectar producing plants that are sure to bring these fluttering wonders into your garden from spring to fall.
Downy Horsemint, Downy Pagoda Plant, Downy Woodmint, Ohio Horsemint, Hairy Woodmint, Sunny Woodmint
Blephilia ciliata, Monarda ciliata
The dense whorls of Monarda-like flower clusters are composed of ½" long lavender tubular, nectar-rich flowers with the clusters being subtended by leafy bracts and multiple clusters per stem giving it the name of Downy Pagoda Mint. Flowering occurs between late spring and midsummer on sturdy stems reaching 12-24" high and, like most members of the mint family, the flowers attract short and longue tongued bees, butterflies, Syrphid flies and a variety of other pollinators. Downy Horsemint, Blephilia ciliata, is a clump forming native perennial with lightly fragrant, medium green foliage with basal leaves and shoots typically remaing evergreen. It is considered to be drought resistant once well-established and is typically found in and along dry forests in shaded to partly shaded areas in the middle portion of the central US and through the eastern US. The main consideration for Downy Horsemint is ensuring that your site has better than average drainage, they may likely prefer slightly more moisture in full sun conditions leaning to drier soils (once well-established) in partly shaded sites. Consider midday to afternoon shade in hot summer climates. Item# 11520
USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 4,5,6,7,8
Grows To: 12-24(-30)"H x 12-18"W
Outdoor Light: Full sun, Mostly sunny, Part shade
3.5 inch Pot / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
Currently In Stock: 29
US$11.99
US$11.99
Downy Horsemint, Downy Pagoda Plant, Downy Woodmint, Ohio Horsemint, Hairy Woodmint, Sunny Woodmint
Blephilia ciliata, Monarda ciliata
Pot Size: 3.5 inch Pot / 16 fl.oz. / 473 ml
Item# 11520
US$11.99
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