| Scientific Name: | Buddleja (hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | hybrid butterfly bush |
| Family Name: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Erosion control, Fragrance, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Tomentose, Lanceolate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Thyrse, White, Orange, Blue, Violet, Purple, Pink, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Sep-Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Most hybrids are bred to be shorter than the species with pubescent and angular (4-8 sided) new growth; leaves opposite, petioles about 1cm long, most blades lanceolate, 7-15cm x 3-5cm wide, green/grey-green on top, white below and pubescent; inflorescence panicle-like (thryse), large, dense, purple, persistent. | |