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BUTTERFLY BUSH (buddleia)

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Beautiful flowering shrub, makes good cut flowers. Can be planted in very nearly any landscape site. Butterfly bush is an old favorite of many gardeners, however it's popularity comes and goes with the passage of time. Butterfly bush holds it foliage into the fall season but does not show any fall color. Butterfly bush flowers from June-July to fall and colors vary from white, pink, lavender, purple and to near red, depending on the variety. Butterfly bush prefers a well-drained, moist, loamy type soil and tolerates heat and drought after it becomes well established. Butterfly bush will attract hoards of bees and butterflies to your garden. Butterfly bush can grow 5 to 10 feet high and wide, but can be trimmed to 4 to 6 feet. The more you trim, the more it blooms. Plant is zones 5 through 9.

We now offer what we believe are the top 11 butterfly bush varieties listed below. These butterfly bushes are selected for brightness, size, and longevity of bloom, vigor, form, foliage color, insect and disease resistance and fragrance. Butterfly bush is hardy in zones 5 thru 10, they bloom all summer and will bring butterflies and hummingbirds. They make beautiful cut flowers. All are excellent choices for a butterfly haven in your yard. The first 5 were developed by Dr. Michael Dirr, his students, and the University of Georgia at Athens. At the bottom of this page you will find several University and commercial butterfly bush links on care and how we based our evaluations.
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HONEYCOMB-YELLOW Judged best yellow, most aesthetically pleasing of 57 varieties by 126 plant connoisseurs at Dirr's test plots in 1997. Large shrub averaging 5 to10 feet when mature. It has large sweet smelling yellow flowers and is hardy in zones 5 to 10 where it blooms all summer and into the fall months. It prefers a well drained, moist, soil in full sun. It will attract an amazing number of butterflies when in bloom.

$6.00 each. Buy 3 or more at $5.00ea.

ATTRACTION This is the most red of any I have seen. I first saw this plant at Dr Dirr's test plots in October 2001. Dirr and his students are responsible for this cross. This is superior to the excellent Royal Red variety. The foliage is gray-green and can be trimmed to any height.

$6.00 each. Buy 3 or more at $5.00ea.

GUINEVERE Vibrant purple black, fragrant flowers and dark blue-green leaves. This has exhibited superior color and vigor to Black Night and will probably become the first choice over Black Knight. Another cross by Dr Dirr and his Diretts. TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

SILVER FROST White fragrant flowers held upright. Compact silver-gray foliage. White flowers shine at night so use accordingly. Another cross by Dirr's U of GA group. TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

VIOLET EYES. Bright violet flowers, very vigorous hybrid cross. Labeled Lindleyana x Honeycomb in Dr Dirr's U of GA garden. In October 2001 at the Southern Plant Conference I was impressed with this plant and his policy is FREE CUTTINGS. I hope this will be one of his superior plants. Violet Eyes spreads by stolens so its very easy to give new plants to friends. TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

BI-COLOR A University of Georgia, Dr. Dirr selection from a Honeycomb seedling. Bi-Color has 5 to 10 inch lavender and butterscotch color flowers. Height is 5 to 8 feet and is a vigorous prolific bloomer. See these in our photo gallery
.TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

POTTERS PURPLE Dark purple--clear violet. 1984 Plant Delights Nursery introduction. Vigorous, upright. Highly rated in Dirr's U of GA 1997 trials.

ELLENS BLUE Dark blue with an orange eye and silver foliage. Compact to 4 feet. Best blue. TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

PINK DELIGHT Large pure pink flowers, compact plant with silver foliage. Hybrid from the Netherlands. One of the finest pinks.

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INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE LINKS

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
Evaluates buddleia for cut flower production.

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
Butterfly attractant site

CENTER FOR APPLIED NURSERY RESEARCH
Evaluation and selection of superior buddleia

Updated February 13 2008

Botany Shop, Inc. will always respect our customers' right to privacy and will never share with
anyone the information obtained from this site or from orders submitted to us by mail.