Interested in attracting butterflies to your property? We offer native, nectar, host and accent plants for purchase daily in our gift shop and also host big semiannual outdoor plant sales with more than 100 species available.
Discover which pollinator species you can attract and learn about the butterfly-friendly plants that work best in your landscape. Proceeds benefit the Florida Museum’s Butterfly Rainforest exhibit.
Semiannual Plant Sale
Join us for our Spring Plant Sale held on April 19-21, 2024! While we won’t be hosting a big fall plant sale this year, we will have a selection of plants in our gift shop daily, and you can find our team at the Kanapaha Fall Plant Sale, Oct 21-22, 2023.
Daily in the Gift Shop
Our butterfly plant sales have moved inside where you can find a selection of plants DAILY now! Visit our Collectors Shop just inside our front entrance to see what is available today. Below is what is likely available but supplies are limited so when a species is gone, it will be replaced with a new species.
Mixed Succulent Garden- Coral Honeysuckle
- Blue Peacock Selaginella
- Mayan Spinach Tree
- Rattlesnake Calathea
- Golden Shrimp Plant
- Night-blooming Cestrum
- Georgia Aster
- Farfugium
- Queen of the Night
Expected for sale at Kanapaha Fall Plant Sale and Orchid Show
- Swamp Milkweed
- Aquatic Milkweed
- Butterfly Weed
- Whorled Milkweed
- Redring Milkweed
- Sunshine Mimosa
- American Wisteria
- Maryland Senna
- Sensitive Pea
- Paw Paw
- Spicebush
- Tulip Poplar
- Woolly Dutchman’s Pipe
- Hercules’ Club
- Sixangle Foldwing
- Blazing Star
- Hairy Sunflower
- Camphor Daisy
- Ovate-leaf Indian Plantain
- Georgia Aster
- Willowleaf Aster
- Whitetop Aster
- Giant Joe-Pye Weed
- Flyr’s Nemesis
- Garberia
- Common Boneset
- Virginia Sweetspire
- Black Titi
- Tropical Sage
- Silver Buckthorn
- Cardinalflower
- Lady Margaret Passionflower
- Lavender Lady Passionflower
- Passionfruit
- Jamaican Poinsettia
- Pentas (Red)
- Purple Cestrum
- Heart-leaf Philodendron
- Pink Shasta Begonia
More
- Florida’s Wildflowers & Butterflies – Learn about the 50 most common native wildflowers and butterflies in Florida.
- Browse a searchable full list of plants we have sold in the past for light/water requirements, nectar values and more
- 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.