Mariposa Blue Butterfly Bush

Finally colorful buddleia varieties that won t crowd their neighbors.

Mariposa blue butterfly bush. Butterfly bush buddleja buddleia is a genus of hardy flowering plants that produce appealing fragrant flower heads known for attracting butterflies and other insects. Very well branched and covered with fragrant flowers in late spring summer. Buddleia mariposa blue small densely mounded butterfly bush that attracts pollinator. Learn how to plant care for and prune butterfly bush in your garden.

Despite being considered invasive by many ecologists their striking appearance has helped them maintain their popularity in ornamental gardening. Its flowers come in many colors though butterflies seem to prefer the lavender pink mauve of the species to the white and dark purple cultivars. Buddleia bostulu pp25708 small blue flowers on large panicles bloom against silver grey foliage from summer until frost. First butterfly bushes are getting smaller.

3 back to beeloved plants. 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. Image by relish5 butterfly bushes buddleia davidii are grown for their long panicles of colorful flowers and their ability to attract butterflies and beneficial insects. Buddleia mariposa blue contact us.

Has strong stems and upright habit and matures at 4 to 6 feet tall and 6 feet wide. Roughly a third the size of other butterfly bush varieties the english butterfly series plants are extra bushy and loaded with colorful flowers. Great for borders and landscape plantings. Like all proven winners butterfly bushes it blooms all summer without deadheading.

The butterfly bush buddleia davidii is a beautiful fast growing deciduous shrub with masses of blossoms long spiked trusses that bloom from summer to autumn. See pictures of the best non invasive butterfly bushes including miss molly and the lo and behold series plus find alternatives for black knight. Lately though plant breeders have been making a good plant even better in three important respects. Its small sturdy frame bears large flowers the size you d find on much taller plants.

295 park dr w. Butterfly bush has been a grumpy favorite for many years because it blooms for months offers many different colors attracts butterflies and hummingbirds and sings my way when i ve had four or more beers. Kintnersville pa 18930 tel. Older types could grow up to 12 feet.

Adonis blue has deep blue flowers of good size and with a delightful fragrance. They bloom in spring and summer but the naturally attractive shape of the shrub and evergreen foliage keep the bush interesting even when it is not in bloom.