Buddleia x. PUGSTER AMETHYST (P.W.) - 2 Gal

Pugster® Amethyst Butterfly Bush

Buddleia 'SMNBDL'

Height: 24 inches

Spread: 24 inches

Sunlight: full sun

Hardiness Zone: 5a

Other Names: Summer Lilac

Group/Class: Pugster Series

Brand: Proven Winners

Description:

A compact garden plant with large, full size amethyst flowers with orange eyes on sturdy stems; attracts butterflies; may treat as a perennial and cut it back to the ground each spring as it regrows vigorously and blooms on new wood

Ornamental Features

Pugster® Amethyst Butterfly Bush features showy panicles of fragrant violet flowers with lavender overtones and orange eyes at the ends of the branches from mid summer to mid fall, which emerge from distinctive purple flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has green deciduous foliage. The narrow leaves do not develop any appreciable fall colour.

Landscape Attributes

Pugster® Amethyst Butterfly Bush is an open multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting bees, butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Pugster® Amethyst Butterfly Bush is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Mass Planting
General Garden Use
Container Planting