| Description | A newer series of Buddleia that stay about a third the size of other varieties. |
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| Pronunciation | (bud-LEE-a)(day-VID-ee-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | (5)6-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | grown has a perennial in the cooler zones |
| Flowers | 4 petal flowers borne on a nodding panicle, ivory, magenta, deep-purple, lavender, sky blue, velvet |
| Leaves | simple, opposite, green, lanceolate |
| Roots | fiborous |
| Dimensions | 3-5 feet tall |
| Maintenance | In the right conditions will reseed producing many volunteer plants. Since it blooms on new wood the die back in the cooler climates may keep the size down but still lots of blossoms should occur. If it looks dead in the spring, wait till the weather warms up before you compost it, it may sprout back to life. Treat as a woody perennial that dies back to the ground. |
| Propagation | seeds may not come true to type, softwood cuttings |
| Native Site | Native to Western China |
| Cultivar Origin | Developed by plantsmen at Thompson & Morgan. |
| Misc Facts | Has been sold as a landscape plant since the 1890's. The genus name Buddleia was named after Reverend Buddle a French missionary and plant collector. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #55-The Garden Book for Wisconsin (Melinda Myers), #183-Buddlejas (David D. Stuart) |
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