Empire Blue Butterfly Bush

Empire blue butterfly bush is an open multi stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth.

Empire blue butterfly bush. It has grayish green foliage throughout the season. Buddleja davidii empire blue butterfly bush. Meet pugster blue it s a whole new look for butterfly bush. Buddleja davidii empire blue good shrub for late summer colour. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Buddleja or buddleia ˈbʌdliə. Butterfly bush empire blue a large flowering shrub with rich violet blue flowers with an orange eye.

It blooms non stop from early summer through frost with true blue flowers each with a tiny yellow orange eye in the center. 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 buddleja bears purple blue flowers. Empire blue butterfly bush feature pale blue flowers with bright orange centers and are sure to attract people as well. Buddleja davidii empire blue was one of the first blue varieties commercially available and remains a worthy specimen shrub for sunny borders despite the many new introductions of blue buddlejas. Buddleja davidii empire blue butterfly bush empire blue will reach a height of 4m and a spread of 4m after 5 10 years. The fuzzy narrow leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

A large deciduous shrub with an upright habit it has narrow grey green leaves with silvery white undersides that cloak the gently arching stems. Empire blue butterfly bush features showy panicles of fragrant violet flowers with orange eyes at the ends of the branches from mid summer to mid fall. This compact plant reaches just 2 6 m tall and wide but has the large full flowers normally seen on a much larger plant. Plant in full sun.