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Butterfly Bush - Pink Delight
This plant blooms on new growth and should be pruned back to the ground in spring. The leaves are grayish green to add interest. It is a vigorous growing shrub that boasts deep pink flowers from mid-summer and is a butterfly magnet. The Butterfly Bush 'Pink Delight', Buddleia 'Pink Delight', has fragrant, deep pink flowers on a compact growing butterfly bush. Butterflies and bees will flock to the honey-scented blossoms, whose dilute nectar is sweetest in midday sun. With a name like Butterfly Bush you might expect a plant to be attractive to butterflies. In fact, it's more than attractive; it's a magnet for all the butterflies that pass through your garden seeking nectar. Plant it near a path or patio and the shrub will provide a delightful fragrance for you, too. It's generally pest-free. This deciduous bush blooms mid-summer to early fall. This bush flowers summer and fall and is easy to grow. ... additional information
Rose of Sharon-Morning Star Otherwise, prune to shape. This cultivar is a sterile triploid that produces very few if any seed pods. This plant really requires no pruning, unless you need to remove a dead or damaged branch. Larger flowers may be obtained by pruning back hard to 2-3 buds in early spring. The Morning Star Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus Morning Star, is an upright, deciduous shrub that is a vigorous, erect, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows 8-12' tall. It is an excellent flowering shrub that may be massed, planted in groups, or used as a specimen. Leaves are diamond-shaped, dark green, slightly palmate and toothed. |
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