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Butterfly Flower
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&sp;fringeflower, or poor-man's-orchid, any of the showy plants of the genus Schizanthus of the family Solanaceae ( family), native to Chile but grown elsewhere as garden or greenhouse annuals.

 


Butterfly Flowers are native of open spots in the Andean mountain range in South America.

Fall Butterfly Flowers List
There is a wide variety of fall butterfly flowers available that will grow in all areas of the country.

Butterfly Flower is a bushy, upright annual with fern-like foliage and clusters of miniature, orchid-like flowers. The flowers of this plant are a delight to those who admire extreme grace, dainty markings and fantastic forms.

Butterfly Flower (Asclepias Tuberosa) is a perennial flower that attracts butterflies. It is also commonly called the butterfly weed, milkweed, and butterfly milkweed. Unlike other milkweeds, the sap is not milky. It is native to U.S.

Butterfly flower, Schizanthus pinnatus
Cabbage, Flowering, Brassica oleracea var. acepola
Caladium, Caladium bicolor; Caladium x hortulanum ...

Butterfly Flower ( Schizanthus wisetonensis )
Butterfly Flowering Crabapple ( Malus )
Butterfly Fuchsia ( Fuchsia ) ...

Cestrum elegans (Butterfly flower, Red cestrum, Family: Solanaceae)
Cestrum nocturnum (Night Blooming Jasmine, Queen of the Night, Night Jessamine, Lady of the Night, Family: Solanaceae)
Cestrum pseudoquina (Quina de Matto, Family: Solanaceae) ...

The Schizanthus, which is often called the Butterfly Flower, grow to a height of 1-2 feet, forming a neat rounded clump and produce masses of their pretty flowers from July to September.

In arid regions use drought-tolerant butterfly flowers. Asters (Aster novi-belgii), butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa), Coreopsis, fleabane (Erigeron), Jupiter's-beard, Lantana, lavender, Sedum, verbena, and yarrow all thrive on dry, sunny sites.

The white ginger plant, a tropical, tender perennial, is also known as the ginger lily or butterfly flower. The plant produces fragrant, gorgeous white blossoms. A popular plant in Hawaii, it grows…
Flowering Ginger Plants ...

Common name
Orchid tree, poor man's orchid, Napoleon's hat, mountain ebony, vlinderbloem, butterfly flower.
Family
Fababeae (Bean family).

Brown-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia triloba
Buckeye (California Buckeye) - (Aesculus californica)
Buckeye - Aesculus spp.
Buffalo Weed - Ambrosia trifida
Butterfly Flower - Asclepias syriaca
Butterfly Weed - Asclepias tuberosa ...

It doesn't cast much of a shadow and you can see other plants behind and under it. Weave a line of purpletop verbena through a bed or border of other butterfly flowers.

Butterfly Flower (Schizanthus pinnatus 'Star Parade')
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa 'Gay Butterflies')
Butterhead (Lactuca sativa 'Buttercrunch')
Butternut Squash (Cucurbita moschata 'Butternut') ...

See also: Pink, Orchid, Green, May, Asclepias