Butterfly Bush Nanho Purple

The butterfly bush plants offered are of the genus buddleia davidii. Butterfly bush is an invasive plant meaning it crowds out beneficial plants that have naturally grown in your community for centuries.

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Butterfly bush nanho purple

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. Butterfly bush shrub buddleia davidii is known for many things. Blossoms are great for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds and as cut flowers.

It grows best in full sun but will tolerate some shade and under most conditions will bloom from june to september. A few of these would make a spectacular hedge for your landscape. Petite indigo dwarf butterfly bush buddleja davidii nanhoensis mongo sku 1377 a spectacular summer show of slender dark lavender to reddish purple flower spikes accented by gray green foliage.

Buddleias emit a fragrance that attracts butterflies like moths to a flame. If you have a place where fall flowers are lacking nanho would also be a great choice to fill in that spot with some late season color. Butterfly bushes buddleia davidii are grown for their long panicles of colorful flowers and their ability to attract butterflies and beneficial insects.

Other common names butterfly bush nanho purple family scrophulariaceae genus buddleja can be evergreen or deciduous shrubs occasionally trees or scrambling climbers with simple leaves and panicles of small tubular fragrant flowers. Nanho purple is a butterfly bush cultivar which features lavender purple flowers on a compact plant. 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.

Flowers are fragrant and lavender purple and contrast with gray green foliage. For starters it s easy to grow and produces striking flower spikes. It is a deciduous shrub with an arching spreading habit which typically grows to 3 5 tall if not cut back in late winter and 2 3 tall if cut back.

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