Dark Pink Butterfly Bush is a compact shrub with a low wide habit and bright chartreuse foliage with yellow highlights. The long panicles with magenta flowers that mature to dark blue-purple bloom from midsummer into fall attracting bees and butterflies. Best performance in sunny well-drained areas. Drought tolerant.
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 Type:  | 
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 Height:  | 
 2.5’ - 3’  | 
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 Spread:  | 
 3.5’ - 4’  | 
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 Spacing:  | 
 3.5’  | 
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 USDA Hardiness Zone:  | 
 5 - 10  | 
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 Culture:  | 
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 Bloom Color:  | 
 Purple  | 
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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
IMAGES: Photo by Leonora (Ellie) Enking, Plants for bees and butterflies, (2) Photo by steve p2008, untiltled
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.