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Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Longwood Blue'

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Common Name: Blue Mist Spirea 'Longwood Blue'
Bloom Season: Late Summer
Bloom Color: Blue
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Choice, deepest violet-blue selection, plants with silvery foliage. Great late summer color.


Caryopteris x clandonensis

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Common Name: Blue Mist Spirea
Bloom Season: Late Summer
Bloom Color: Blue-Purple
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Nice small shrub. Considerable drought tolerance, long bloom period. Cut back to 1/3 its height in spring to encourage heaviest bloom.


Garden Notes: Somewhat short-lived shrub. Can die for no apparent reason. Very long bloom season and neat appearance until that time makes it a shrub worth growing.

Calylophus berlanderia

Common Name: Sundrops
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Description:

Landscape sub-shrub


Buddleia X weyerana 'GOLDEN GLOW'

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Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Yellow with Pink
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 84"
Mature Width: 84"
Description:

Yellow flower clusters. Hybrid between B. davidii and B. globosa. Produces constant flowers through summer for nectar source for butterflies. Not terribly showy from a distance, but very nice.


Buddleia 'PETITE PURPLE'

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Common Name: Butterfly Bush
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Purple
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 30"
Mature Width: 36"
Description:

Lovely dwarf plant.Silvery foliage on shorter plant. Nice and compact. Smaller, silvery leaves. Very similar to Nanhoe Blue.


Garden Notes: This is becoming one of my favorite plants. It makes a nice bush with nearly evergreen leaves. It has a more refined look to it than most other Buddleias.

Buddleia nanhoensis 'NANHO BLUE'

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Common Name: Butterfly Bush
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Blue
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:

Silvery foliage on shorter plant. Nice and compact. Smaller, silvery leaves. Very similar to B. Petite Purple.


Garden Notes: This is becoming one of my favorite plants. It makes a nice bush with nearly evergreen leaves. It has a more refined look to it than most other Buddleias.

Buddleia daviddii 'BLACK KNIGHT'

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Common Name: Butterfly Bush
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Deep Violet
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 72"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:

Deep violet, almost black flowers from summer to fall.


Buddleia daviddii 'ALBA'

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Common Name: White Butterfly Bush
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: White
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 72"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:

Graceful shrub with fragrant white flowers.


Buddleia daviddii

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Common Name: Butterfly Bush
Bloom Season: Summer to Fall
Bloom Color: Violet
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 60"
Mature Width: 48"
Description:

Excellent shrub, prune to 12" in spring. Fast growth to 6-8ft. Fragrant,lilac-like blooms summer to frost without deadheading.


Garden Notes: This variety is seed grown- collected from plants that have been growing locally. It is the fastest growing, most robust variety I have. It does very well with minimal water once established. Water deeply when watering. Great for a variety of butterflies.

Amorpha fruiticosa

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Common Name: Indigo Bush
Bloom Season: Late Spring
Bloom Color: Purple
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 72"
Mature Width: 60"
Description:

Deciduous 6-8 ft shrub. Purple flowers, -Butterflies. Native to PH- sandy soils along streams, reported to have rapid seed spread. I have had it for six years and have not had a volunteer on my clay soil.