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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 4-6 feet
Plant Spread: 6 feet or more
Leaves: Deciduous
Other: A beautiful, felted gray.
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Lavender
Pink
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: 4 weeks cold stratification recommended.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Himalayan Butterfly Bush
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Buddleja crispa
  • Synonym: Buddleja caryopteridifolia
  • Synonym: Buddleja agathosma
  • Synonym: Buddleja praecox
  • Synonym: Buddleja hastata
  • Synonym: Buddleja sterniana
  • Synonym: Buddleja tibetica
  • Synonym: Buddleja whitei
Also sold as:
  • Buddleia
  • Buddlea

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Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-05-20
Location: Hamilton Square perennial garden Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-05-09
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-03-31

credit: Buddlejagarden
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-04-24
Zone 9b

credit: Ptelea

credit: Ptelea
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