BUTTERFLY BUSH VIOLET

SUMMER LILAC

[ Buddleia Davidii ]

Season: Perennial
Height: 6-8 Feet
Bloom Season: Spring/Summer/Fall
Environment: Full Sun/Partial Shade/Moist but Well Drained
Zones: 5-9

Butterfly Bush Violet, Summer Lilac [ Buddleia Davidii ] is a fast growing, open, usually gangly shrub growing 6 to 8 feet tall with an overall coarse texture. The spicy, sweet-scented flowers are tiny, tubular affairs with four petals which combine into a terminal, pyramidal spike from 8 to 20 inches long. Leaves are finely tooth, gray beneath and aromatic when crushed.

Butterfly Bush Violet, Summer Lilac [ Buddleia Davidii ] is usually best located at the back of the border and planted in masses of three or five. Buddleia bushes should be cut to the ground each winter and re-grown from the ground to maintain effective display and good flower production.

This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and birds.

The plant has scented flowers.

PLANTING
Sow Inside: Before last frost
Sow Outside: Spring
Seed Depth: Surface Sowing
Days to Emerge: 12-25

BUTTERFLY BUSH VIOLET, SUMMER LILAC Buddleia Davidii Seeds