We planted some mist flower bushes (obtained from a local hardware store, so genus is suspect) in our front flower bed. Mist flowers are supposed to be a butterfly favorite. I’ve found skippers on the branches, and Sophie the cat likes to lounge under the foliage, but I’ve seldom seen a butterfly on ours. It went to seed last fall and the pods are quite pretty up close. The previous year the cold killed it off to ground level, but this year we didn’t get that kind of cold, so it could seed out, and now there are buds forming all along the branches. Yup, Texas, spring comes early here. I’ve even seen flocks of red-breasted robins in the neighborhood. I didn’t know they flocked.