Description

The Mariposa Sweet Pea Shrub is a charming, dwarf evergreen shrub prized for its long season of bright, sweet pea-like flowers and its compact, spreading habit. A selected cultivar of the popular Polygala myrtifolia, this “Mariposa” (butterfly in Spanish) is a lower-growing, more compact form, making it ideal for smaller gardens and containers . Throughout spring, summer, and into fall, it produces a profusion of small, pea-like flowers in a vibrant magenta-pink to purple, each with a distinctive crested keel . The small, rounded, myrtle-like, bright green leaves are evergreen and provide a lush, fine-textured backdrop for the nearly continuous blooms. A fast-growing, drought-tolerant, and low-maintenance plant, it is an excellent choice for sunny borders, mass plantings, slopes, and as a colorful, cascading ground cover.