USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b (10 in cool-summer climates)  Find Your Zone 

Plant Type:  Perennial Shrub

Flower Color:  Purple Shades

Flower Size: Small in very long 10-12" spikes!

Flowering Period:  Mid or Late Summer well into Fall

Flower Type:  Single in Spiked clusters

Fragrant Flowers:  Yes

Foliage Color:  Mint Green

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Berries:  No

Berry Color:  No

Attracts:  Visual Attention, Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Resistances:  Deer, Disease, Drought (when established), Heat, Insect, Rabbit

Very unique among Buddleia, commonly known as Butterfly Bush, the flower panicles of 'Violet Cascade' arch downwards giving the 4 to 4.5 feet tall and 5.5 to 6 feet wide bush a distinct weeping look like a cascading fountain. Beginning in mid to late summer, the large and elongated, fragrant, bright purple flower panicles are among the largest of Buddleia, reaching up to 12 inches long and 3 to 4 inches wide. The butterflies and hummingbirds will have no problem finding these giants! A hardy and easy-to-grow perennial shrub that puts on a spectacular, fireworks-like flower show in sunny flowering shrub and perennial borders or as an accent in home foundation plantings.

Growing in an upright arching mound 4 to 4.5 feet tall and 5.5 to 6 feet wide, the Violet Cascade Butterfly Bush is ideal for use as a specimen or in groupings or as a hedge in sunny gardens beds or shrub or landscape borders. Also a nice accent plant in home foundation plantings or around patios, porches, decks and other outdoor sitting and living spaces where the flowers and butterflies and hummingbirds feeding can be enjoyed from close up. A fine addition to butterfly gardens, beneficial pollinator gardens, hummingbirds gardens, fragrance gardens, purple theme gardens and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing:  4.5 feet apart for solid hedges or mass plantings;  8 feet or more for space between plants

Violet Cascade Butterfly Bush is exceptionally easy to grow in most any moist but well drained soil of average fertility and full to mostly sun. We suggest 6 hours or more of direct sunlight per day. Has good drought tolerance when established but does not like a waterlogged soil. No pruning is necessary however deadheading spent flowers after the bloom encourages reblooming well into fall. 

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Butterfly Bushes.

How To Plant & Care For Butterfly Bushes 

Planning a Butterfly Garden 

Butterfly Garden Design & Planting Tips