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You are bidding on 10 BUTTERFLY VINE SEEDS - Mascagnia macroptera. 

These will be in various sizes and I have mostly brown seeds now  . Please note - these are for growing plants , not for crafts so some might be broken .

 

Also called Yellow orchid vine and Brazilian golden 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. This fruit resembles a green to brown butterfly, hence the common name "Butterfly Vine". 

This aggressive heat-loving vine can climb 15 to 20 feet up a trellis or fence or without support it will twine on itself, growing in a mound which can be kept pruned to a shrub or ground cover .


Plants are cold hardy and evergreen to the mid-20s F. If grown in cooler climates this plant is considered deciduous. If frozen to the ground in such cold locations as USDA Zone 8 it will often resprout from the base but late frosts delay flowering.

 

Origin: Baja California


USDA Hardiness Zone 8, but could survive Zone 7 if planted in a protected spot.


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