This miniature butterfly bush has all the appeal in a smaller package! Flowers from mid summer to frost. Pruning generally not needed, but may be trimmed in spring. Fragrant flowers. Deer resistant. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
It's great for perennial gardens and container gardens. 'Blue Chip' also makes a fantastic mass planting.
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This little butterfly bush really is a charmer!
It has all the fragrance and butterfly appeal of traditional varieties in a small, easy to maintain package. 'Blue Chip' stays under three feet tall without any pruning, and blooms continuously from mid summer to frost without deadheading. It is frost tolerant, non-invasive and very easy to grow.
Cold, wet winters can be really hard on buddleia, so here are a few tips to help your buddleia thrive in your garden:
1. Make sure the soil is well-drained. That place where the plow truck dumps snow in the winter? Not a good idea.
2. Full sun. That's at least 6 hours. No cheating.
3. Plant early in the season. This gives the plants all summer and fall to establish. Fall planting can be chancy in northern regions.
4. Wait until it leafs out in spring before pruning. In some years you may have to prune it back to the ground. After milder winters, maybe not so much. Avoid fall pruning.
This non-invasive variety is approved for sale in Oregon and Washington, though it will be called a "summer lilac" instead of a "butterfly bush."
Very disappointed in the growth of this plant. Had it for three years and not only is it slow growing but it hasn't flowered in two years. Not happy with the waste of time and energy I have put into the two I put in my landscape.
Zone 5a here. Has come up for the past 3 years I had it. It is very slow to get started in the spring like most butterfly bushes. That said I planted Miss Molly last fall and it was pretty robust and shown its face pretty quickly this spring for a butterfly bush. I have higher hopes for that one. Anyway.... Blue Chip did not come back up this year. Almost June now, it would of been up by now. Darn. I hear the Purple Haze is a bit hardier. Gonna try that one next.
I live in zone 7 and planted this last year. Unfortunately it did not survive the winter which was mild. I won't be buying another as it wasn't cheap. I won't take the chance,
I live in zone 7A and I planted this last year and I adored it. But unfortunately it did not survive the winter which was a mild one. It wasn't cheap, so I won't try planting another one,
I planted this summer 2015, after my hubby trampled it and it was buried in snow this past winter, I didn't expect it to survive. This spring I see some green shoots off the base so it looks like it survived making it one tough plant. I can't wait to see how it grows this summer and what it does next year
Don't appear to be hardy in zone 5b, Die back during winter, no regrowth from rootstock. too bad! its a beautiful little shrub
Grows quickly and flowers heavily but: branches are awkward. poking out in all directions, sideways and stiff, not graceful. Marketed as not needing deadheading--maybe because it is sterile and won't lead to unwanted seedlings, but the flowers do turn brown and hang on, so I still would deadhead it for appearance sake. I am taking my three out.
I planted two of these in my flowere garden three years ago. The first two years they did very well. However, they both died this winter. I am in zone 7b, and this plant is suppose to be hardy in even colder zones. I paid a premium for these "proven winners" plants, and I planted them very carefully. I am very disappointed.
Bill Shlapack
Absolutely love this shrub. I have five planted with my daylilies and coneflowers. What a nonstop show, that will continue all of the way into October. The fragrance is wonderful. Am also seeing all kinds of butterflies. I do trim back back in the Spring when I see signs of growth.
It performs really well but it is much taller than advertised thus causing me problems where I placed it. Mine are 37-38" tall, not 24-30".
| Award Year | Award | Plant Trial |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Top Performer | Longwood Gardens |
| 2011 | Top Performer | Longwood Gardens |
| 2010 | Bronze Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden |
| 2010 | Showstopper Plant | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum |
| 2010 | Bronze Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden |
| 2010 | Showstopper Plant | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum |
| 2010 | Bronze Medal | Champaign County Illinois Master Gardener Idea Garden |
| 2010 | Showstopper Plant | North Carolina State, JC Raulston Arboretum |
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