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Summer Phlox
To attract butterflies to a summer garden, try planting Summer Phlox, Phlox paniculata. These flowers - 'John Fanick' and 'Victoria' summer phlox - have just been named Texas Superstars™ by Texas A&M University, which means they will be top performers in the garden. In midsummer, when spring flowers have faded, summer phlox will bring clouds of butterflies to your garden and even attract a few hummingbirds. In addition, you will have bouquets of fragrant flowers that can be used as cut flowers.
See: http://plantanswers.com/phlox.htm
‘Blue Princess’ type Verbena
One of the showiest of perennial flowers is the verbena. Verbena has many attributes such as heat tolerance, everblooming and enduring. A beautiful lavender blue Verbena from England named BLUE PRINCESS VERBENA(Verbena x hybrida 'Blue Princess'). It is a rapidly spreading perennial Verbena with showy lavender-blue flowers. This variety was discovered in England by Greg Grant, former Bexar County Extension Horticulturist, while on a plant collecting trip to England for Color Spot Growers.
See: http://plantanswers.com/arcadia_pages/plant_of_the_month/verbena.htm
Turkscap
See: http://plantanswers.com/turkscap.htm
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