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'Summer Skies' Butterfly Bush Buddleia

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    • Summer
    • Fall
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'Summer Skies' Butterfly Bush Buddleia
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<p>A high-drama plant for the summer garden, its soft violet-blue flowers contrast beautifully with the bright yellow and white variegated foliage.&nbsp; This is a highly stable variety which is resistant to scorching.&nbsp; This new variety will be available in better garden centers Summer 2012.</p>A high-drama plant for the summer garden, its soft violet-blue flowers contrast beautifully with the bright yellow and white variegated foliage. This is a highly stable variety which is resistant to scorching.

Features

<p>Variegated foliage is colorful all season.&nbsp; Fragrant violet-blue flowers.&nbsp; Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.&nbsp; Fragrant.&nbsp; Deer resistant.</p>

Fragrant Flower
Foliage Interest
Heat Tolerant
Attracts: 
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resists: 
Deer

Characteristics

Shrub Type: 
Deciduous
Height Category: 
Medium
Spacing Maximum: 
72 Inches
Spread: 
48 - 60 Inches
Flower Colors: 
Purple
Flower Shade: 
Soft violet-blue
Foliage Colors: 
Green
Foliage Colors: 
Yellow
Foliage Shade: 
variegated
Habit: 
Mounded

Plant Needs

Light Requirement: 
Sun
Blooms On: 
New Wood
Bloom Time: 
Summer through Fall
Hardiness Zones: 
5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b
Uses: 
Border Plant
Uses: 
Landscape
Uses Notes: 

<p>A showy accent plant for mixed borders and perennial beds.</p>

Duration: 
Shrub
Water Category: 
Average
Maintenance Category: 
Easy
Maintenance Notes: 

<p>Prefers well-drained soils.&nbsp; Prune to the ground in late winter/early spring.</p>

Needs Good Drainage: 
Needs Good Drainage
Patent Information: 
'Summer Skies' Buddleia PP: 22465

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