Lovely! Some are just starting to bloom here also. The butterflies love it!

Thanks Linda! I hope butterflies find my mistflowers? At least I know some pollinators are finding it. :-)

Wow, that IS a nice looking flower. Elegant in its simplicity. I bet it looks striking when not in bright sunlight - overcast, gray clouds, foggy/misty, dusk & dawn. (i.e. when the eyes/pupils can open up and let more light in)

Thanks Dan! I looked this morning and the blooms do stand out more. I can't wait until both of my plants grow larger. I put one by the walkway and one near my porch so me and my family can smell the blooms.

After seeing yours I had to go check mine. The buds are just starting to open. When they do they'll attract every butterfly around and those little green bees like on yours .... :-)

I'm so glad yours has buds that are about to open roselee. This is the first time I've grown white mistflower and now that I've smelt the blooms, I'm so glad I'm growing it. :-)

You will soon see a huge community of flying beauties all over the blossoms! I saw many last year that I never even knew existed! They must all have been waiting for my mistflower to bloom. Enjoy it !! It's a wonderful fall-bloomer that I will always keep in my yard.

Thanks Castro_gardener! I can't wait to see more pollinators. Ever since I started planting more native plants, I've seen an increase in the amount of pollinators in my garden. I've seen a ton of skipper butterflies the past couple of months. It was one of the few plants that still looked great despite very little water. I also have Gregg's mistflower, blue mistflower, and possibly Crucita( though it didn't bloom this year.)

I am glad to see success for it for you. I hope you gave it enough space from that walkway. It does grow large and its arching boughs do reach out. I would give it maybe 4' from the walkway. I have one way too close and it is too big to move now. They get COVERED in blooms and the blooms get covered in bees and butterflies.

Thanks wantonamara. I think I made a mistake with the one by the walkway? It's about a foot away from the walkway lol. I guess I'll probably have to do constant trimming and hear constant griping from my family because I planted a fringe flower bush too close to the walkway and I ended up having to cut it to the ground because it was growing so far into the walkway and catching onto people's clothes. I think both white mistflowers are a couple of feet tall but probably 2-3 ft. wide.

You can probably move it later this fall after it has shut down for the winter. I would. It is WAY too close. I planted the one below at 16" and it is starting to look mangled by the amount of trimming that I do it. I have others I m thinking I will have to do a major re do of this area. It is way to congested and getting on my nerves. Here are some pictures that show a rain sodden past bloom white mist flower., also called Havana Snakeweed by some.

it is 16" from the walkway, 36" to where the branches touch on the shade side and 48" out towards the sun where it leans toward. So I guess it all matters where your walkway is in relation to the plant.. I do not know if it will get bigger than this. Maybe. ALSO this is grown in harsh dry infertile conditions. yours could very well get larger than this. I also walk right behind it to the right of the plant below, to get to the back door of my garden. I am thinking of taking this plant totally out , even if I kill it. I have others, but this was the mother of all the babies that I have and I have given to others on this site. I am a bit sentimental about this plant.

4' from center to the branches on sun side

Another bush that shows the arching growth away from a cedar tree.

They bloomed early this year.

You could take some cuttings off of it before you move it as Insurance and try to root them. It is not optimum time for rooting. Spring is but that is not optimum time for moving plants.

That's a great idea to take cuttings from it before I moving it. I just have to find another optimal spot for it. I looked at it today and most of it is growing towards the west somewhat away from the walkway but even if it grows out a little in other directions, it will probably still block the walkway to some degree. I'll wait until it shuts down and move it to another spot, I just have to do a walkthrough to see where I could place it.

I don't want mine to become mangled from me trimming it constantly from the walkway. That's what happened to my fringe flower. I'd like to move it to a sunnier position so that it can fill in more because right now it's looking leggy from reaching for sunlight.

I found the perfect spot, I'll just put it across from the other mistflower in one of my flower beds. I lost a few things back in Summer so I can use it to fill in what I lost. :-)

With the cool weather , coming would be a good time. I am glad you found a better spot. I wanted you to see the character of its growth, I hope the pictures were descriptive. I have seen it grow fairly erect out in the sunlight. I have not tried that yet , I should.

Looking at your pictures definitely helped,and I think if I had two of them in one flowerbed, that would make a nice statement and it would get more sun than it's current location. I just have to find a new spot for my bee brush because I was going to plant it where I'm transplanting the mistflower by the walkway.

But TR, they bloom...and blooming is bad (teasing)

Those are beautiful photos TR, I think I've seen a similar black butterfly on my Gregg's mistflower? That gives me confidence when I transplant mine. I know it will appreciate more sun and I won't have to chop it to bits to keep it from the walkway.

I thing dBarron has some of my babies up in Arkansas also stressing that Zonal envelope. That mother has babies spread from Sonora, to Galveston, Castroville, San Antonio, Wimberley and Dimebox . I guess if the mother croaks when I move it, she has left her brood not brooding covered in Butterflies far and wide.

TxR, If I remember right, many of your boxes shamed my box in size. This lady send Paper BAGS of seed. no carefully counted 25 seed .

That's amazing wantonamara. I really hope it doesn't croak when you move it.

My Agaeratina Havanensis started blooming last week. I bought and planted this one from a 1-quart pot last spring, it's gotten huge and sprawly. I'm thinking of using an old patinaed brass headboard as a support so that it's more upright and neater looking. It takes up a 3 X 4-foot patch now.

Your plant looks fuller than mine PKponder. I think a brass headboard would look great as a support. I can't believe your plant started out in a quart container last year, that's amazing.

Yes, it seems to enjoy its spot :-)

I may give mine a pruning once it's dormant, maybe that will cause it to branch more?

I plan to prune mine to improve the shape. Last winter was so mild that this one never defoliated.

Wow mine kept their leaves most of winter but then when we had a couple of 11 degree nights, that made them drop their leaves. :(

The black "butterfly" is the white-tipped black moth. Never thought I'd forget that name. How much easier could it be ? But my blooms were covered with this guy last year....and it's the only time I've ever seen it ! A Texas entomology website also shows it flocking to Queen's Crown/Coral vine. Seems it's host plant is the Texas version of phyllanthus. Hmmmmm.

I had a black moth on my Gregg's mistflower last year. I actually saw them quite frequently and they would still be active during the day collecting nectar. I had looked up the name before, but I have since forgotten it.

It sounds like I've planted mine in a bad spot...

It sounds like I have a similar experience to others in that I find this plant to be popular with pollinators that I am unfamiliar with. I get lots of familiar bees and butterflies on my other plants, but the white mistflower is always buzzing with ones that I don't know.

here2learn, your white mistflower is really pretty and full. More flowers opened on my plants but so far I haven't seen many pollinators on them.