Monrovia® True Blue Butterfly Bush is a fast-growing deciduous shrub with an upright habit of sturdy stems and tidy, dense silver-green foliage. Masses of fragrant lavender blue flowers with orange eyes bloom on long panicles throughout summer attracting bees and butterflies. Best performance in sunny well-drained areas. Asexual Propagation is prohibited. Drought tolerant.
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Height: |
4’ - 6’ |
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Spread: |
4’ - 6’ |
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Spacing: |
5’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
5 - 10 |
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Bloom Color: |
Blue |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance plant. Tolerant of most soils, except wet ones.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Foundational Plantings, Hedges, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Meadow Sage, Daylily, Bluebeard
IMAGES: Photoset by Forest and Kim Starr, (1) starr-010717-0047-Buddleja_davidii-flowers-Kula-Maui, (2) starr-010717-0053-Buddleja_davidii-flower_and_seed_panicles-Kula-Maui
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
