Top Butterfly Plants

Attracting butterflies to your garden is easy and fun. Below is a list of the plants in Quinta Mazatlan’s Butterfly Garden

Betony Mistflower/Padre Mistflower

(Eupatorium betonicifolium) Attracting many butterfly species this small perennial (1-3ft), blooms disk shaped flowers.

Blue Passionvine

( Passiflora caerulea )

ButterflyHeliotrope (also known as Scorpion’s Tail)

(Heliotropium angiospermum) A drought tolerant small evergreen (18-24in), producing small white flowers year round.

Corkystem Passionvine

( Passiflora suberosa )

Barbados Cherry, dwarf variety

( Malpighia glabra ) Pink flowers followed by cherry red, tart-tasting fruits that are high in vitamin C., blooming from spring to fall.

Gregg’s Mistflower

(Eupatorium greggii) Also known as palm-leaf thoroughwort, this perennial (2ft tall) produce lavender-blue flowers that cluster together forming puffy shaggy flowers, blooming spring-fall.

Heart-leaf Hibiscus

( Hibiscus martianus )

Low Croton

( Croton humilis )

Mexican Flame Vine

( Senecio confuses )

Prairie Verbena

(Verbena bipinnatifida) This perennial is adapted to extremes of heat and cold, and is an excellent ground cover, coloring the garden with its magenta-pink flowers from winter to fall.

Scarlet Sage

( Salvia coccinea )

Texas Baby Bonnets

(Coursetia axillaris) This native shrub is densely branched (3-9ft), blooming from spring to fall tiny sweet-pea shaped flowers (white, pink, and yellow in color), with a reddish pod that can appear simultaneously with the flower.

Texas Frogfruit

(Phyla incisa) At 3-8 inches tall, this species is an excellent ground cover for hot, dry areas. With tiny white clusters of blossoms with burgundy and yellow centers, blooming from spring-fall, and long serrated shaped leaves.

Texas Kidneywood

(Eysenhardtia texana) Extremely drought tolerant this medium to large airy shrub (10ft), blooms spikes of fragrant white flowers, from spring to summer.

Texas Lantana

(Lantana urticoides) A spreading shrub with flowers that are colorful red, orange, and yellow, blooming from spring to fall.

Tropical Milkweed

( Asclepias curassavica )

Vasey Adelia

( Adelia vaseyi )

Wedelia

( Wedelia hispida )

White Brush

( Aloysia gratissima )

Yellow Sophora

(Sophora tomentosa) Also known as yellow necklace pod this fernlike foliage (3-6 ft) adds contrast to other plants, with spikes of yellow flowers.