Birthday Cake Butterfly Bush is a fast-growing deciduous shrub with an upright habit and narrow grey-green foliage. Its long upright panicles of mild but sweetly fragrant bright purple flowers with orange eyes bloom all summer into fall, attracting bees and butterflies. Best performance in sunny well-drained areas. Good drought tolerance.
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Height: |
4’ - 5’ |
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Spread: |
2’ - 3’ |
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Spacing: |
2’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
5 - 9 |
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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
IMAGE: John Seb Barber, IMG_3416
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
