Butterfly Bush Hardiness Zone

Borne at the tips of current year s growth the huge flower spikes up to 15 in. Also called summer lilacs butterfly bushes are hardy to zone 5 and remain evergreen from zone 8 south.

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Butterfly bush hardiness zone

Butterfly bushes grow from 6 to 12 feet 2 4 m tall with a spread of 4 to 15 feet 4 5 m. Award winning buddleja pink delight butterfly bush is a medium sized deciduous shrub with gracefully arching branches studded with lance shaped gray green leaves with white felted undersides and sweetly scented slender panicles of bright pink flowers. Butterfly bush is a deciduous to semi evergreen perennial that is hardy enough to survive winter in usda zone 5.

If you re planting butterfly bushes in your backyard garden. After milder winters maybe not so much. The butterfly bush buddleja davidii originally hails from china.

A taller variety growing up to 12 feet it is one of the butterfly bushes less tolerant to winter. Striking plants with golden leaves and dark gorgeous flowerheads. These warm climate butterfly bushes won t survive a zone 4 winter so read the label carefully to be sure you re purchasing a cold hardy butterfly bush suitable for a minimum of zone 5.

You ll find a range of colors sizes and habits among our butterfly bushes. In usda zones 5 and 6 especially keep butterfly bush planting time to spring through mid summer so the plants have ample opportunity to develop a good root system to sustain them through winter. It flowers all summer and into the fall usually from june through october.

The shrub is low maintenance only requiring dead heading and annual pruning in later winter to encourage flowers and a compact shape. Although most types of butterfly bush grow in zones 5 through 9 some tender types need milder winter temperatures found in at least zone 7 or 8. Wait until it leafs out in spring before pruning.

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