Butterfly and Gregg’s Mistflower
Plant Gregg’s Mistflower and White Mistflower in the landscape and or garden to attract pollinators!
Gregg’s Mistflower and White Mistflower are Texas native plants that are tough drought tolerant options you can add to your landscape design.
In Austin, Texas, planting the native Mistflowers can provide an excellent food source for pollinators such as bees and butterflies. Both these plants have beautiful frilly flowers. The Gregg’s Mistflower is a blue/ purple and the White Mistflower is as it name suggests, white. Both are Mistflower, though are different in size, shape and growth habit.
Whichever color your choose, both add vibrancy to your garden or landscape.
Butterfly and White Mistflower
Gregg’s Mistflower: Commonly referred to as Conoclinium greggii and blooms late summer thru the fall season. These low-growing perennials thrive in fully sunny to partially shaded areas with well-drained soil. They have a sprawling habit but are easily shaped and maintained with shearing if so desired. Butterfly and Mistflower Video 🦋
White Mistflower: Also known as Ageratina havanensis, blooms during the late summer thru fall and prefes a well drained soil in partially shaded areas to full shade. It is a little but more of a shrub in contrast to the spreading Gregg’s Mistflower. Another difference is the leaves on the white are a darker green. The bees and the butterflies are attracted to both.
Gray Hairstreak butterfly and Mistflower
Aside from providing pollinators with important food sources, these plants are also great for preventing erosion and can withstand drought conditions.
In addition, as native species, they require less water and maintenance as compared to non-native species. Therefore, consider planting Gregg’s Mistflower and White Mistflower in your Austin garden or landscape to support local ecosystems and add some natural beauty to your outdoor space.
