Empire Blue Butterfly Bush
This compact plant reaches just 2 6 m tall and wide but has the large full flowers normally seen on a much larger plant.
Empire blue butterfly bush. Meet pugster blue it s a whole new look for butterfly bush. Buddleja davidii empire blue butterfly bush empire blue will reach a height of 4m and a spread of 4m after 5 10 years. 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. A large deciduous shrub with an upright habit it has narrow grey green leaves with silvery white undersides that cloak the gently arching stems.
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. It blooms non stop from early summer through frost with true blue flowers each with a tiny yellow orange eye in the center. Butterfly bush empire blue a large flowering shrub with rich violet blue flowers with an orange eye.
Attractive to butterflies and bees. Genus buddleja can be evergreen or deciduous shrubs occasionally trees or scrambling climbers with simple leaves and panicles of small tubular fragrant flowers details empire blue is a large deciduous shrub with arching branches and lance shaped leaves white beneath. Buddleja or buddleia ˈbʌdliə. 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.
Empire blue butterfly bush is an open multi stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Plant in full sun. The fuzzy narrow leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color. Buddleja davidii empire blue good shrub for late summer colour.
The flowers are excellent for cutting. Also historically given as buddlea commonly known as the butterfly bush is a genus comprising over 140 species of flowering plants endemic to asia africa and the americas.