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    BUDDLEJA
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    BUDDLEJA

    Commonly known as Buddleia, Butterfly bush

    The Buddleja, Buddleia or Buddlea, named after English rector Rev. Adam Buddle is pronounced without the "j". 

    Genus of about 100 species of evergreen, semi-evergreen and deciduous shrubs, sometimes trees and climbers and a few herbaceous perennials.

    They originate from riversides, rocky areas and scrub in Asia, Africa and North and South America.

    Staples of the modern butterfly garden they are also attractive to moths and bees. Breeding is resulting in more compact cultivars of davidii with sterile seed, an important attribute because of its invasiveness.

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    • Good to know
      Named after Adam Buddle,17th century botanist and rector from Essex. Linnaeus listed it as Buddleja rather than Buddleia. Wildlife plant - butterflies, moths and many other insects.
    • Deciduous
    • Evergreen
    • Semi-evergreen
      Keeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.
    • Medium shrub
      Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
    • Tall Shrub
    • Scented flowers
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    Varieties

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    • BUDDLEJA farreri
    Buddleia, Butterfly bush
    Pale lilac.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.50
    BUDDLEJA globosa
    Orange ball tree
    Orange ball Buddleja
     
    2 Litre
    £25.00
    BUDDLEJA limitanea
    Long terminal panicles of lilac to purple flowers with orange eye.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.50
    BUDDLEJA lindleyana
    Slender spikes of fragrant deep violet flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.00
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    Available again from summer 2025
    Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    BUDDLEJA 'Lochinch'
    Mauve blue
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £15.00
    BUDDLEJA loricata
    Cream flowers with an orange eye in dense clusters in mid-summer
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    BUDDLEJA salvifolia
    South African sagewood
    Grey-green leaves and fragrant pale lilac blue flowers in late autumn and early winter
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £16.50
    BUDDLEJA 'Silver Anniversary'
    Compact, bushy semi-evergreen variety with silver-grey green leaves and dense white fragrant flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.50
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    Unavailable
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    BUDDLEJA stenostachya
    Woolly leaves and lilac mauve flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.50
    BUDDLEJA tsetangensis
    Narrow, grey, toothed leaves. Flowers of pale lilac with orange throat.
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.50
    BUDDLEJA x weyeriana 'Moonlight'
    Cream-yellow flowers with a deeper orange eye and a trace of deep lavender in flower buds
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £20.00
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    BUDDLEJA x weyeriana 'Sungold'
    Semi-globe shaped deep orange flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.50
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    Available late spring to early summer 2025
    Spring according to the Met Office is defined as March 1st - May 31st. Therefore late spring is mid-April onwards. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    BUDDLEJA yunnanensis
    Large tapering leaves and violet flowers on this rare Chinese species first discovered in 1915
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.50
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    SB Plant Invigorator
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