Name: Ellen's Blue Butterfly Bush - 3 Gallon Pot
SKU: D2LSC 9339846930
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SKU: D2LSC 9339846930 Category: FRAGRANT PLANTS

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‘Ellen’s Blue’ Butterfly Bush

Buddleja davidii ‘Ellen’s Blue’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Perennial Shrub

Height at Maturity: 4-5′

Width at Maturity: 4-5′
Spacing: 4-4.5′ for solid hedges, 18′ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Upright Arching Bush

Growth Rate: Fast to Very Fast

Flower Color: Blue-Violet

Flower Size: 5-7″ long clusters

Flowering Period: June to Frost!

Flower Type: Single, packed on spikes

Fragrant Flowers: Yes, extraordinarily fragrant!

Foliage Color: Grey-Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Berry Color: No

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun

Water Needs: Average, low when established

Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sand, Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained

Soil pH: 5.5 – 8.5 (Acid to Moderately Alkaline)

Maintenance / Care: Low to Average

Attracts: Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought (when established), Heat, Insect, Rabbit

Description

Discovered as a chance seedling by Ellen Horning in Seneca Hill, New York, and one of the best Buddleia introductions of all time, the ‘Ellen’s Blue’ Butterfly Bush is the most fragrant of all varieties we’ve ever grown. All summer long and well into fall, the compact 4 to 5 foot tall bush displays abundant spikes packed with uniquely colored blue-violet flowers with orange eyes that are a standout in the garden and irresistible to butterflies and hummingbirds. The grey green fuzzy leaves on gracefully arching stems add even more appeal to what is already an outstanding plant.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 4 to 5 feet tall and equally as wide, the ‘Ellen’s Blue’ Butterfly Bush is ideal for use as an accent in smaller garden spaces, perennial gardens and home foundation plantings, where larger growing varieties won’t fit, or in groupings or as a colorful hedge in larger spaces. It also is a good performer in pots, planters and other containers of 18 inches or more rim diameter. A natural choice for butterfly and hummingbird gardens, fragrance gardens, cottage gardens and blue themed gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 4 to 4.5 feet apart for solid hedges or mass plantings; 8 feet apart or more for space between plants

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Growing Preferences

Ellen’s Blue Butterfly Bush is exceptionally easy to grow. It thrives in full to mostly sun and isn’t too picky about soil type, provided the soil is well-drained and of average fertility. At least 6 hours of direct sun per day is suggested for best flowering. As with so many other plants, constantly soggy or wet soils can cause problems with the roots. Spent flowers can be deadheaded by snipping them off just below the spiked cluster, which encourages more flowers.

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