24+ Butterfly Buddleia Flower

When placing the plant in the hole the top of the rootball.

Butterfly buddleia flower. Loosen the soil mix in compost and dig a hole twice the diameter of the plant container. Plant in spring or fall before frost. This species originally from asia readily takes over space. The buddleia plant is commonly known as the butterfly bush because of its ability to attract butterflies into your garden as well as other beneficial pollinators. See your local frost dates. Buddleja blue chip butterfly bush is a miniature deciduous shrub with gracefully arching branches studded with lance shaped gray green leaves and sweetly scented elongated panicles of intense blue flowers. Officially named the buddleia davidii but more casually referred to as a butterfly bush the buddleia is a flowering bush which displays floral lance shaped clusters.

The plant is available in shades of white yellow pink red blue and purple and gives off a sweet smell which attracts both birds and pollinators including bees and butterflies. There are over 140 species of the plant but buddleja davidii is the most common in gardens across the uk.