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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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Deciduous
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Evergreen
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Semi-evergreenKeeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.
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Medium shrubTypically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
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Tall Shrub
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Additional FeaturesGood to knowNamed 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.
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Scented PlantsScented flowers
Buy Varieties of BUDDLEJA
BUDDLEJA farreri
pale lilac.
BUDDLEJA globosa
orange ball Buddleja
BUDDLEJA limitanea
long terminal panicles of lilac to purple flowers with orange eye.
BUDDLEJA lindleyana
slender spikes of fragrant deep violet flowers
BUDDLEJA 'Lochinch'
mauve blue
BUDDLEJA loricata
cream flowers with an orange eye in dense clusters in mid-summer
BUDDLEJA salvifolia
grey-green leaves and fragrant pale lilac blue flowers in late autumn and early winter
BUDDLEJA 'Silver Anniversary'
compact, bushy semi-evergreen variety with silver-grey green leaves and dense white fragrant flowers
BUDDLEJA stenostachya
woolly leaves and lilac mauve flowers
BUDDLEJA tsetangensis
narrow, grey, toothed leaves. Flowers of pale lilac with orange throat.
BUDDLEJA x weyeriana 'Moonlight'
cream-yellow flowers with a deeper orange eye and a trace of deep lavender in flower buds
BUDDLEJA x weyeriana 'Sungold'
semi-globe shaped deep orange flowers
BUDDLEJA yunnanensis
large tapering leaves and violet flowers on this rare Chinese species first discovered in 1915