Buddleja davidii ‘White Profusion’ (Butterfly Bush)

Award-winning Buddleja davidii ‘White Profusion’ (Butterfly Bush) is a vigorous deciduous shrub with gracefully arching branches, studded with lance-shaped, gray-green leaves with white-felted undersides, and sweetly scented panicles of snow-white flowers. Borne at the tips of the current year’s growth, the outstanding flower spikes, up to 8 in. long (20 cm), are on display from mid-summer through early fall and sometimes to the first frost. A superb, easily-grown plant that is favored by butterflies and provides late summer to fall flowers when few other shrubs are in bloom. Excellent for cutting.

• Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society
• Grows with an arching, spreading habit, up to 5-6 ft. tall and wide (150-180 cm). This shrub will naturalize by self-seeding. Where self-seeding is undesired, remove spent flower clusters prior to formation/disbursement of seed.
• A full sun lover, this plant is best grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils. Tolerates a wide range of soil conditions excluding wet conditions. Drought tolerant. This plant will die back in zone 5 but will regrow strongly from the roots.
• Perfect for shrub borders, foundation plantings, butterfly gardens, or cottage gardens.
• Flowers attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Deer and rabbit resistant.
• Prompt removal of spent flower spikes will usually promote blooms until frost.
• Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings
• Prune in early to mid-spring to allow time for the new growth to mature and flower in the same year. Avoid pruning in winter, as it may lead to frost damage to new shoots.
• Buddleja davidii species is native to China.
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