Ellen's Blue Butterfly Bush is a fast-growing deciduous shrub with an upright mounding habit and narrow silvery gray foliage. Its highly fragrant panicles of blue-violet flowers with orange eyes bloom throughout summer into fall, and occasionally until frost, attracting bees and butterflies. Best performance in sunny well-drained areas. Silver Frost has excellent powdery mildew resistance.
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Height: |
3’ - 5’ |
Spread: |
3’ - 5’ |
Spacing: |
4’ |
USDA Hardiness Zone: |
5 - 9 |
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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, Wildlife Gardens, Rock Gardens, Foundation Plantings, Hedges, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Verbena, Russian Sage, Daylily
IMAGE: Ptelea, Buddleja 'Ellen's Blue', CC BY-SA 3.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.