Plant: Dapper Lavender - Butterfly Bush
Butterfly Bush · Buddleja davidii 'Dapper Lavender'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A fast growing deciduous butterfly bush with an open arching multi stemmed form, reaching roughly 6 to 12 feet tall and 4 to 15 feet wide. Coarse gray green to dark green opposite leaves back long panicles of small fragrant tubular flowers that open from June into fall and draw butterflies, bees, pollinating insects and the occasional hummingbird. It needs full sun and sharply drained soil since the roots rot when waterlogged, and it tolerates deer, drought, heat, humidity, rabbits and salt once established. Cut it back to about a foot from the ground before spring growth for the heaviest flowering. The species is listed as weedy and invasive in parts of the United States.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 12 ft tall and 15 ft wide
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A fast growing deciduous butterfly bush with an open arching multi stemmed form, reaching roughly 6 to 12 feet tall and 4 to 15 feet wide. Coarse gray green to dark green opposite leaves back long panicles of small fragrant tubular flowers that open from June into fall and draw butterflies, bees, pollinating insects and the occasional hummingbird. It needs full sun and sharply drained soil since the roots rot when waterlogged, and it tolerates deer, drought, heat, humidity, rabbits and salt once established. Cut it back to about a foot from the ground before spring growth for the heaviest flowering. The species is listed as weedy and invasive in parts of the United States.
- Flowers
- Small scented tubular flowers with an orange throat are carried in panicles 5 to 12 inches long from June into fall.
- Pruning
- Prune to within one foot of the ground annually before spring growth begins to improve the flower display, and deadhead spent panicles to extend bloom into October.
- Native range
- Tibet to Central and South China
