Butterfly Vine, Mascagnia macroptera, Monrovia Plant
This heat-loving evergreen vine produces a late spring display, with eye-catching clusters of bright yellow, orchid-shaped flowers against dark green foliage. Often blooms again in the fall. Seed pods have a papery butterfly-like appearance, giving this vine its name.
Yellow Butterfly Vine (Mascagnia macroptera)
Jul 24, 2006 · Description: Fast-growing vine that reaches 10-12 feet high. It produces clusters of bright-yellow flowers from spring to frost. While many other plants are touted as spring-to-frost bloomers, this one is the real deal. Evergreen vine that will easily train itself to a trellis or fence.
Butterfly Vine Information: How To Grow Yellow Orchid Vine Plants ...
Jan 18, 2023 · Butterfly vine (Mascagnia macroptera syn. Callaeum macropterum) is a heat-loving evergreen vine that lights up the landscape with clusters of intense yellow blooms in late spring.
Mascagnia macroptera at San Marcos Growers
Mascagnia macroptera (Butterfly Vine) - An evergreen vine that climbs by twining stems and bears dark green lanceolate leaves that are 2 inches long and up to an inch wide. Beginning in late spring, this vine produces clusters of showy yellow 5-petaled 1-inch wide orchid-shaped flowers followed by papery, winged chartreuse seed pods that turn tan.
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The Butterfly Vine blooms and makes butterfly-shaped seed pods from early spring until late fall. The green butterfly seed pods hide amongst the shiny green foliage and the beautiful yellow blooms.
Yellow or Mexican Butterfly Vine (Mascagnia macroptera): A …
Mar 13, 2020 · If you live in USDA zones 8-10 plant this lovely, fast-growing, water-wise vine. Yellow or Mexican Butterfly vine is friendly to a variety of pollinators and provides cover for other wildlife. It’s not invasive and works well on trellises, fences, and arbors.
Yellow Butterfly Vine - Dave's Garden
Nov 8, 2011 · Clusters of yellow, orchid-like flowers about an inch in diameter shared space with chartreuse, butterfly-shaped seedpods attached to an attractive green vine. That was enough for me to purchase the plant and learn more about it.
Butterfly Vine - Texas A&M University
This native of Mexico is an evergreen scrambling or trailing vine which can easily be pruned into a dwarf shrub form. Foliage is a rich dark green which provides a contrasting dark background for the beautiful bright yellow flowers.
Butterfly Vines: A Beginner’s Guide to Growing and Care
Sep 26, 2021 · Butterfly vines are easy to grow in well-drained soil and full sun to partial shade. They prefer warm climates and are best suited for USDA growing zones 8-10. To plant a butterfly vine, simply dig a hole twice the width of the root ball and just as deep.
San Marcos Growers > Stigmaphyllon and Mascagnia
Mascagnia macroptera (Butterfly Vine) - This is an evergreen vine that climbs by twining stems bearing dark green, linear leaves. Beginning in late spring, this vine produces clusters of showy yellow 5-petaled 1-inch wide orchid-shaped flowers followed by papery, winged chartreuse seed pods that turn tan.