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Plant: Lo & Behold® 'Blue Chip Jr.' Butterfly Bush
Butterfly Bush · Buddleja davidii 'Blue Chip Jr'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
A dwarf butterfly bush that mounds to roughly 18 to 30 inches tall and about as wide, carrying fragrant indigo blue flower spikes that begin earlier than the original Blue Chip and continue through summer without deadheading. Silver green foliage sets off the flowers, which draw bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. It wants full sun and low water with good drainage, tolerates drought and deer, and is easy to keep. Its small size suits hedges, mass plantings, mixed borders, perennial gardens, edging and containers. Proven Winners reports it as non invasive and approved for sale in Oregon and Washington.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 2.5 ft tall and 2.3 ft wide
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A dwarf butterfly bush that mounds to roughly 18 to 30 inches tall and about as wide, carrying fragrant indigo blue flower spikes that begin earlier than the original Blue Chip and continue through summer without deadheading. Silver green foliage sets off the flowers, which draw bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. It wants full sun and low water with good drainage, tolerates drought and deer, and is easy to keep. Its small size suits hedges, mass plantings, mixed borders, perennial gardens, edging and containers. Proven Winners reports it as non invasive and approved for sale in Oregon and Washington.
- Flowers
- Fragrant indigo blue to purple flower spikes open early in the season and keep coming through summer without deadheading.
- Foliage
- Simple, opposite, ovate to lanceolate leaves that are grayish green to dark green above with soft white hairs beneath (species description).
- Fruit
- Small capsule that opens at the tip (species description).
- Bark & stems
- Green to brown stems that become woody with age.
- Pruning
- No deadheading is needed for continuous bloom.
- Native range
- Tibet to Central and South China
