Pugster Amethyst Butterfly Bush - 2 Gallon Pot
$38.48
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Pugster Amethyst Butterfly Bush - 2 Gallon Pot
$38.48
Sale price
$38.48
Regular price
$50.00
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Description
'Pugster Amethyst' Butterfly Bush
Buddleia davidii 'SMNBDL' USPP 30,236
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Perennial Shrub
Height at Maturity: 2'
Width at Maturity: 2-3'
Spacing: 2.5' for solid hedges, 5' for space between plants
Spacing: 2.5' for solid hedges, 5' for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Mounding
Growth Rate: Fast
Flower Color: Lavender-Purple
Flower Size: Small flowers very densely packed on 6-8" long spikes
Flowering Period: Summer to Frost!
Flower Type: Spiked cluster
Fragrant Flowers: Yes
Foliage Color: Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: No
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Average, low when established
Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay soils to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained
Soil pH: 5.5 - 8.5 (Acid to Moderately Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Low to Average
Attracts: Visual Attention, Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Beneficial Pollinators
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Insect, Rabbit
Description
We've simply fallen in love with the Pugster Butterfly Bushes for their compact size to only 2 feet tall and maybe 3 feet wide, making them a perfect fit where space is limited or in containers, and their large flowers in delightful colors. The plant size may be smaller in stature but their full sized flower clusters rival any of their larger growing cousins. Pugster Amethyst sports 6 to 8-inch long clusters densely packed with fragrant, honey-scented, lavender-purple (amethyst) flowers that the butterflies and hummingbirds will flock to!
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing in a spreading mound 2 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide, Pugster Amethyst Butterfly Bush is one of the best butterfly bush ever for use as a groundcover, border or container specimen. We suggest planting in a pot at least 14 inches in diameter. It serves well as an accent in larger, mixed container gardens. In larger landscape spaces it is an ideal selection for use as a low border along paths and walkways, in groupings or massed as a groundcover in landscape borders and on sunny slopes and embankments, or as an underplanting for trees that allow sunlight to shine beneath their canopies. A welcome addition to butterfly and hummingbird gardens, Xeriscape gardens (low water needs), and purple theme gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 2 feet apart for mass plantings or solid borders; 5'+ for space between plants.
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Growing Preferences
Pugster Amethyst Butterfly Bush is exceptionally easy to grow. It thrives in full to mostly sun and isn't too picky about soil type, provided the soil is well-drained. It prefers a moist but well-drained soil when young however is quite drought tolerant when established. At least 6 hours of direct sun per day is suggested for best flowering. As with so many other perennial plants, constantly soggy or wet soils can be problematic. No deadheading is required though you can remove spent flowers if you want.
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