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Scrophulariaceae
Fountain Butterfly Bush
Buddleja alternifolia
Graceful welcome.
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Genus
- Buddleja
- Native to
- Northwestern China
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- deciduous shrub
- Height
- 10-15 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained, adaptable
- Water
- low to moderate
- Hardiness
- 5-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Unlike the more common butterfly bush (B. davidii), fountain butterfly bush blooms on the previous year's wood, creating cascading arches of flowers.
- The fragrant lilac-purple flowers cluster along the entire length of the arching branches, creating a waterfall effect.
- It is the hardiest of all butterfly bush species, surviving winters that would kill its more commonly planted relatives.
- Reginald Farrer, the famous English plant hunter, collected the species in Gansu Province, China, in 1914.
- When trained as a small standard tree by removing lower branches, it creates a spectacular weeping form reminiscent of a flowering fountain.
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