The exhibits building is temporarily closed due to a large-scale expansion project. The Museum anticipates re-opening in 2026.
Interested in attracting butterflies to your property? Discover which butterfly species you can attract, and learn about the plants that work best in your landscape. We offer a variety of native, nectar and host plants as well as accent plants for purchase.
Florida Museum Pre-order Plant Sale
Shop online and pick-up in person! Our pre-order sales are a great way to add pollinator-friendly plants to your garden and support the Florida Museum while we’re closed for our big expansion project.
Several times a month we will open our online plant shop for pre-orders, and then you pick up your purchase on the designated day in the University of Florida’s Cultural Plaza parking lot. If you miss the order window, check our calendar or sign up for our email alerts for the next one!
Order OnlinePre-order online: Wednesday, July 16 – Wednesday, July 23
Pick-up: Friday, July 25, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Where: Cultural Plaza Parking Lot, Florida Museum tent
Contact: giftshops@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Order OnlinePre-order Plant Sale List: July 16 – July 23
Swamp Milkweed- White Swamp Milkweed
- Walter's Violet
- Whiteleaf Mountainmint
- Yellow Coneflower
- Blanketflower
- Variegated Spiral Ginger
- Indigo Spires Salvia
- Glory Bush
- Wild Plumbago
- Miss Huff Lantana
- Corky Stemmed Passionflower
- Yellow Honeysuckle
- Chiquita Banana
- Devil's Backbone
Fall Butterfly Plant Sale
We host big semiannual outdoor sales with more than 100 species of native, nectar and host plants as well as accent plants for purchase. Dates for our fall plant sale coming soon!
More
- Browse a searchable full list of plants we have sold in the past for light/water requirements, nectar values and more.
- Florida’s Wildflowers & Butterflies – Learn about the 50 most common native wildflowers and butterflies in Florida.
- Subscribe to our Butterfly Plant Sale email alert list.
- Download butterfly brochures for your region.
Help close the gap between urban students and nature
The Florida Museum of Natural History is raising funds and accepting plant donations for butterfly gardens in area schools.
The Butterfly Garden program brings Florida Museum educators and scientists to Alachua County schools, community centers and afterschool programs to plant butterfly gardens and conduct workshops on pollinators and insects.
Read more about this program or donate today! Donations may be made online, by visiting the Florida Museum’s plant sale or by calling the Museum Collectors Shop, 352-273-2041.