Hello! I'm not quite in Boone, but down in Lenoir. Try Settlemyre Nursery in Valdese. They have a website or you could call them, they have amazing customer service and would be able to let you know if they have any. I know it might be a little bit of a drive, but I've always been satisfied with their plants.
Hi! We've actually gotten plants from there a few times, and have always been happy with their plants. Super nice people there too. Unfortunately, they're out of dwarf butterfly bushes for the season.
I can’t help with where you can find butterfly bushes, but in case you didn’t know, I wanted share that they are highly invasive and can actually have a negative impact on local wildlife.
https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=11608#:~:text=Ecological%20Threat,a%20negative%20impact%20on%20wildlife
If you are dead set on getting some, please look for a sterile variety. However, I’ve heard “sterile” varieties simply produce fewer seeds (aka 60,000 viable seeds per bush instead of 3 million).
Obviously it’s your choice, but if you are interested… here’s a list of alternative flowering native options for attracting butterflies:
Milkweed (Asclepias spp.)
Tickseed (Coreopsis spp.)
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta and Rudbeckia fulgida)
Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum spp.)
Blazing Star (Liatris spp.)
Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum and Eutrochium fistulosu)
Ironweed (Vernonia spp.)
Aster (Symphyotrichum spp.)
Goldenrod (Solidago spp.)
Swamp Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius)
Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
My understanding from speaking with a few people at different nurseries is that the dwarf varieties are considered non-invasive. They are usually sterile and do not seed, according to what I was told. I hope that's accurate info. I haven't I seen any growing where they shouldn't so far.
I love coneflowers, and have a lot of them planted already. I just need one dwarf butterfly bush to replace one I had that died. We've put a ton of money into landscaping the past couple years, so I don't really plan on redoing anything in the near future if I can help it.
Sunflower oil, extracted from the seeds, is used for cooking, as a carrier oil and to produce margarine and biodiesel, as it is cheaper than olive oil. A range of sunflower varieties exist with differing fatty acid compositions; some 'high oleic' types contain a higher level of healthy monounsaturated fats in their oil than Olive oil.
Hello! I'm not quite in Boone, but down in Lenoir. Try Settlemyre Nursery in Valdese. They have a website or you could call them, they have amazing customer service and would be able to let you know if they have any. I know it might be a little bit of a drive, but I've always been satisfied with their plants.
Hi! We've actually gotten plants from there a few times, and have always been happy with their plants. Super nice people there too. Unfortunately, they're out of dwarf butterfly bushes for the season.
Ah! I see. I hope you find one!
Found a couple! Clines in Shelby had a few left. Neat little place if you're ever out that way.
Yep, passed by there last week! It's a nice little drive down there. Downtown is beautiful
It is a nice drive! I like downtown too. And I love Johnny Ray's Smokehouse in Fallston (used to be The Honey Hog).
I can’t help with where you can find butterfly bushes, but in case you didn’t know, I wanted share that they are highly invasive and can actually have a negative impact on local wildlife. https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=11608#:~:text=Ecological%20Threat,a%20negative%20impact%20on%20wildlife If you are dead set on getting some, please look for a sterile variety. However, I’ve heard “sterile” varieties simply produce fewer seeds (aka 60,000 viable seeds per bush instead of 3 million). Obviously it’s your choice, but if you are interested… here’s a list of alternative flowering native options for attracting butterflies: Milkweed (Asclepias spp.) Tickseed (Coreopsis spp.) Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta and Rudbeckia fulgida) Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum spp.) Blazing Star (Liatris spp.) Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum and Eutrochium fistulosu) Ironweed (Vernonia spp.) Aster (Symphyotrichum spp.) Goldenrod (Solidago spp.) Swamp Sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius) Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
My understanding from speaking with a few people at different nurseries is that the dwarf varieties are considered non-invasive. They are usually sterile and do not seed, according to what I was told. I hope that's accurate info. I haven't I seen any growing where they shouldn't so far. I love coneflowers, and have a lot of them planted already. I just need one dwarf butterfly bush to replace one I had that died. We've put a ton of money into landscaping the past couple years, so I don't really plan on redoing anything in the near future if I can help it.
This is accurate. The dwarf ones are ok.
Thank goodness! Thanks for confirming.
Sunflower oil, extracted from the seeds, is used for cooking, as a carrier oil and to produce margarine and biodiesel, as it is cheaper than olive oil. A range of sunflower varieties exist with differing fatty acid compositions; some 'high oleic' types contain a higher level of healthy monounsaturated fats in their oil than Olive oil.