[64] Purple Buddleia Tree
The flowers radiate outward and downward like a pinwheel and are continuous from mid summer to frost.
[93] Purple Buddleia Tree . Please choose a rating. Buddleia 3 in 1 flowering shrub with red white and purple flowers. Also historically given as buddlea commonly known as the butterfly bush is a genus comprising over 140 species of flowering plants endemic to asia africa and the americas.
Known as the butterfly bush buddleja davidii bears conical nectar rich flowers which attract butterflies and bees in late summer. Butterfly bush buddleja is a thankful summer bloomer which grows as a shrub or half shrub rarely as a tree or vine. These flowers smell like honey and contain a lot of nectar which attracts 22 different species of butterfly.
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. Flowers come in a variety of colours including purple blue pink and white. Buddleia may be attacked by capsid bug caterpillars and glasshouse red spider mite.
In forests it competes with douglas fir tree seedlings. New national plant network 2 5 qt. A low spreading charmer of a butterfly bush lo behold purple haze has uniquely horizontal branches that produce an abundance of fragrant dark purple blue flowers.
Buddleja or buddleia ˈ b ʌ d l i ə. It has lance shaped leaves which are a deep green colour. It produces flowers on cone shaped heads usually in august.
Plants are easy to grow and thrive in almost any situation but will attract more butterflies and bees if grown in full sun. 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. It strongly resembles the lilac which already blooms in may.
Both emit an irresistible scent. The butterfly bush can reach growth heights of up to 500 cm and grow 300 cm onto the sides due to branching. Showy flowers of butterfly bush grow in long spike shaped clusters in a range of purple to light purple shades with egg shaped to lance shaped leaves that grow to 25 cm long.