Butterfly-bush

Description:

Is a native of Sichuan and Hubei provinces in central China and of Japan. It is widely used as an ornamental plant. B. davidii is a vigorous shrub with an arching habit, growing to 5 m in height. The pale brown bark becomes deeply fissured with age. The branches are quadrangular in section, the younger shoots covered in a dense indumentum. The opposite lanceolate leaves are 7 – 13 cm long, tomentose beneath when young. The honey-scented lilac to purple inflorescences are terminal panicles, < 20 cm long. Flowers are perfect (having both male and female parts), hence are hermaphrodite rather than monoecious (separate male and female flowers on the same plant) as is often incorrectly stated.

Habitat:

Buddleja davidii is appreciated in butterfly gardens for its value of its flowers as a nectar source for many species of butterflies.

Notes:

I love these plant. It attracts many butterflies in the summer!