Buddleia Summer Skies

Butterfly Bush

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Variegated creamy yellow and green foliage with soft-lilac-pink flower clusters.
Variegated foliage on a Butterfly Bush! The bright green foliage edged in creamy yellow creates an interesting focal point even when not in bloom. The summer garden is gifted with fragrant soft-lilac-pink flower clusters. Blooms on new wood ensuring dependable flowering even in zone 5. Butterfly Bushes are quite drought tolerant once established in the landscape. Buddleia are deciduous shrubs late to wake in the spring, but grow quickly once the ground begins to warm to provide prolific flowering. Proven Winners® selections are trialed and tested to be colorful, long blooming, carefree and easy to grow.

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Variegated creamy yellow and green foliage with soft-lilac-pink flower clusters.
Variegated foliage on a Butterfly Bush! The bright green foliage edged in creamy yellow creates an interesting focal point even when not in bloom. The summer garden is gifted with fragrant soft-lilac-pink flower clusters. Blooms on new wood ensuring dependable flowering even in zone 5. Butterfly Bushes are quite drought tolerant once established in the landscape. Buddleia are deciduous shrubs late to wake in the spring, but grow quickly once the ground begins to warm to provide prolific flowering. Proven Winners® selections are trialed and tested to be colorful, long blooming, carefree and easy to grow.

Code BUSS

Patent PP22,465

Plant Type Shrubs

Species

Height Tall 4-5'

Spacing Plant 5-6' apart

Bloom Time Early Summer to Late Summer

Sun / Shade Full Sun

Zones 5-9

Soil Type Normal, Acidic

Sold In Plantable Pots (3.5x3.5x4")

Special Product

Proven Winners

These varieties have been proven in trials around the world to be vigorous and easy to grow. Best of all, Proven Winners are known to be absolutely covered with vibrant, long-blooming flowers.

Special Features

  • Beneficial for Pollinators
  • Attracts Butterflies
  • Good for Cut Flowers
  • Deer Resistant
  • Fragrant
  • Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Long-Blooming

Planting Sites

  • Hot Dry Site Tolerant
  • Good for Hedge
  • Humidity Tolerant
  • OK in Containers

Buddleia General Information

A Proven Winners® variety, this compact butterfly bush is easy care with the same appeal of traditional varieties - fragrant, butterfly magnet, a stunning hedge and great in a container. This Buddleia is restricted from Oregon and Washington. Buddleias are shipped during our spring shipping season only. Idaho has restricted all potted plant material from being shipped into Idaho at this time.

Buddleia Plant Care

Very late to break dormancy in spring. May die back to ground in northern climates. Blooms on new wood. Heavy pruning is not needed, but may be trimmed in spring after new growth emerges, if desired. Grow in full sun with well-drained soil.