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Plant: Pugster® Amethyst Butterfly Bush
Butterfly Bush · Buddleja davidii 'Pugster Amethyst'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A dwarf butterfly bush about two feet tall and wide that carries full sized amethyst purple flower spikes, each floret marked with a tiny yellow orange eye. It blooms from early summer through frost without deadheading, and its thick sturdy stems give better winter hardiness in zone 5 than other dwarf butterfly bushes. Plant it in full sun with low water and good drainage; it resists deer and rabbits and needs little care. The compact mounded habit suits borders, edging, mass plantings, containers and small focal points, and the flowers draw bees and butterflies.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 2 ft tall and 2 ft wide
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A dwarf butterfly bush about two feet tall and wide that carries full sized amethyst purple flower spikes, each floret marked with a tiny yellow orange eye. It blooms from early summer through frost without deadheading, and its thick sturdy stems give better winter hardiness in zone 5 than other dwarf butterfly bushes. Plant it in full sun with low water and good drainage; it resists deer and rabbits and needs little care. The compact mounded habit suits borders, edging, mass plantings, containers and small focal points, and the flowers draw bees and butterflies.
- Flowers
- Full sized amethyst purple flower spikes, each floret carrying a tiny yellow orange eye, on a dwarf plant.
- 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
- Blooms on new wood. In zones 5 and colder avoid fall pruning.
- Native range
- Tibet to Central and South China
