Butterfly Bush-Claret Purple

$12.95

This bush flowers summer and fall and is easy to grow. Plant it near a path or patio and the shrub will provide a delightful fragrance for you, too. With a name like Butterfly Bush you might expect a plant to be attractive to butterflies. The Purple Butterfly Bush, Buddleia davidii 'ile de France', is a butterfly magnet. Butterflies and bees will flock to the honey-scented blossoms, whose dilute nectar is sweetest in midday sun. In fact, it's more than attractive; it's a magnet for all the butterflies that pass through your garden seeking nectar. This deciduous bush blooms mid-summer to early fall. It's generally pest-free. ... details

Butterfly Bush - White Even if plants do not die to the ground in winter, they usually grow more vigorously, produce superior flowers and maintain a better shape if cut to the ground in late winter each year. The White Butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii 'Alba', is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun. In USDA Zones 5 and 6, this plant will often die to the ground in winter and therefore is often grown in the manner of an herbaceous perennial. This deciduous bush becomes weedy and sparse with diminished flowering performance if not grown in full sun. Does poorly in wet conditions.