Plant Profile: Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii)
Karen Also called summer lilac and orange eye, this deciduous flowering shrub is native to the mountains of central China and Japan where it grows in thickets and forest openings, and…
Invasive Plants and Their Native Alternatives: Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)
Butterfly bush is a deciduous medium to large shrub native to central China where it forms thickets along waterways. It is naturalized in the US, readily colonizes natural and disturbed…
Name This Plant Game: Summer Blooming Shrubs 4
Chuck This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…
Garden Journal: September 5, 2010
What a great week! We had nice sunny warm days with low humidity. No rain, however so we had to get the irrigation system going. The week was a busy…
Plant Profile: Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii )
Some common names of plants are misleading but the common name of Buddleja, Butterfly bush, is not. If you have a butterfly garden this is a must. This shrub is…
Garden Journal: July 26, 2009
Morning clouds and cooler temperatures with a tad of rain made gardening very enjoyable this week. Much time was spent cutting back both annuals and perennials and I am hoping…
Garden Journal: July 19, 2009
Sun, some clouds, and a tad of rain, all with warm to hot temperatures have been good for the garden and gardener. Some flowers come into bloom while others fade,…
Garden Journal: July 5, 2009
Sunny days and warm temperatures this week have coaxed the hot weather plants to join the ones that are already in bloom so the garden is filling out. Of course…