Deadheading of spent flowers and occasional feeding will contribute to continuous production of new flowers.īutterfly bush requires little care. Deciduous leaves are lanceolate, medium green, and hairy as they emerge. The size is about one and a half meters (or a little more in partially sunny locations) tall, and a bit less wide. SUGAR PLUM makes a handsome, upright, and compact shrub whose side branches are not really arching. The throat does not show much orange like most other varieties. Individual flowers are tiny trumpets, composed in conical panicles and bloom from early July until late September. SUGAR PLUM buddleja produces about 25 cm long, pointed panicles of rich purple pink flowers which attract you with their colour intensity as well as strong and sweet perfume. The result has a rich colour of the first parent, and compact habit and smaller size of the latter. It is a butterfly bush, a cross between varieties Royal Red and Summer Beauty. SUGAR PLUM is another fantastic success by English breeder Peter R.Moore. If you are not yet aware of how many butterfly species you can get in your part of the world get one buddleia and in a few weeks you can apply for a doctor’s degree in butterflies!
The reason is obvious – from early summer when it starts blooming until early autumn it produces large, scented flowers that attract winged insects, mostly butterflies. Buddleja is better known as butterfly bush.
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