- large deciduous shrub with colorful summer flower spikes - mauve blue flower spikes throughout summer - blooms are mildly fragrant, from June to frost - flowers attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees; good for bouquets - bushy habit, arching stems, vigorous growth - willow-like gray-green foliage - a fast-growing plant - reaches 5-10 feet high and wide; 3-5' high in a season if coppiced - good for sunny areas with well-drained soils - may die back in cold winters, then return next year from the stump - likely to naturalize by self-seeding where it doesn't die back in winter - grows in zones 5-9
- not available for shipment to WA, and possibly other states as well - ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp - ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer
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Buddleja davidii 'Nanho Blue' - Butterfly Bush
- large deciduous shrub with colorful summer flower spikes - mauve blue flower spikes throughout summer - blooms are mildly fragrant, from June to frost - flowers attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees; good for bouquets - bushy habit, arching stems, vigorous growth - willow-like gray-green foliage - a fast-growing plant - reaches 5-10 feet high and wide; 3-5' high in a season if coppiced - good for sunny areas with well-drained soils - may die back in cold winters, then return next year from the stump - likely to naturalize by self-seeding where it doesn't die back in winter - grows in zones 5-9
- not available for shipment to WA, and possibly other states as well - ships bareroot, wrapped in a soil-less medium to keep the roots damp - ships in cool spring, fall, or winter seasons; not during summer
