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  botany/buddleia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Buddleias, commonly known as Butterfly Bushes, are valued mainly for their clusters of beautiful, fragrant, tubular-shaped flowers.
Buddleias can be kept growing for several years, but it's usually easier to start each season with new ones.
They should be potted in 2 parts of good loam (topsoil), 1 part of peat moss or leaf mold, 1 part of coarse sand, a half part of dried cow manure, and bone meal (added at a rate of 1 pint to each bushel of the soil mixture).
www.botany.com /buddleia.html   (1060 words)

  
 Acupuncturetoday.com | tell me about Buddleia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Buddleia is a hardy evergreen shrub that can reach a height of more than six feet in some areas.
In the West, buddleia is used primarily as an ornamental plant, and is nicknamed the "buttefuly bush" for its ability to attract butterflies.
The typical dosage of buddleia is between three and nine grams, boiled with water as a decoction.
www.acupuncturetoday.com /herbcentral/buddleia.html   (281 words)

  
 Buddleia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is frequently seen beside railway lines and on derelict factory sites, although it is not able to survive the harsh winters of northern continental climates.
Buddleias are commonly known as the Butterfly Bush due to their attractiveness to butterflies.
Buddleia: Butterfly Bush Extraordinaire Article about various species useful for attacting wildlife (genus misspelled).
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Buddleia.html   (257 words)

  
 Buddleia
Two species, Buddleia intermedia and Buddleia Japonica, are at their best when about four or five years old, and it is advisable to destroy them and begin again with seedling plants (or cuttings of Buddleia intermedia) as soon as they begin to deteriorate.
Buddleia globosa, the Globe-flowered Buddleia, from Chili and Peru in 1774.
Buddleia paniculata is found in China; it grows 6 or 8 feet high and has small, crisped, greyish leaves, and lilac flowers borne in May and June.
www.homegardendesign.info /buddleia.html   (314 words)

  
 Buddleia -- Plant Delights Nursery Catalog Page 12
We like to use buddleias near a path, where the honey fragrance of the blooms is evident as we stroll by.
Buddleia 'Attraction' is the closest to red that we have seen in buddleia flowers and light years ahead of B. 'Royal Red'.
This is the darkest flowered of all the buddleias, almost a grape-violet, and always one of the most popular...awesome in front of gold foliaged plants.
www.plantdelights.com /Catalog/Current/page12.html   (1049 words)

  
 buddleia
Buddleia davidii tolerates urban pollution and alkaline soil.
Buddleia is at home in disturbed areas, such as road cuts or new development sites.
Buddleia davidii has spread from gardens along the Eastern seaboard and the West coast, to roadsides and riparian (streamside) zones.
butterflygardeners.com /buddleia.htm   (1110 words)

  
 Butterfly & Moth Friendly Plants
However with the relatively recent introduction of the buddleia, butterflies sometimes in large numbers can now be seen feeding on this plant within town gardens.
Buddleia is a recent introduction, brought to the UK at the end of the 19TH century.
Buddleia flowers are individually small, but are clusted in spikes of over a foot long.
www.pznow.co.uk /wildlife/butterflyplant.html   (453 words)

  
 Buddleia or Butterfly Bush at Digging Dog | Buddleia crispa, davidii, lindleyana, and x weyeriana
Buddleia or Butterfly Bush at Digging Dog
Including Buddleia crispa, davidii, lindleyana, and x weyeriana
Headlining large, conical and richly rosy, fragrant trusses that make gorgeous cut flowers, and a tidy, fast growing, yet compact stature of gently curving branches, this Buddleia makes an excellent small specimen.
www.diggingdog.com /pages2/buddleia.php   (293 words)

  
 Buddleia flowers attract british butterflies ( Butterfly bush )
This Buddleia self-seeded in my back garden, so I nurtured it and found it a home by the fence.
Buddleia alternifolia is in a pot and attracted a Small White once.
The Buddleias that flower in June should generally be left alone with perhaps a bit of tidying after they flower.
www.butterflygarden.co.uk /plants/buddleia.htm   (252 words)

  
 Plant a Buddleia for a Great Display of Blooms and More...
Attracting butterflies to your garden is a snap when you plant one of these profusely blooming large shrubs.
Buddleia davidii, commonly known as Butterfly Bush is a deciduous, woody shrub preferring full sun.
Buddleia davidii blooms in mid summer and grows to 10 feet tall.
web.aces.uiuc.edu /urban/hortihints/0206b.html   (322 words)

  
 Plants of Hawaii: Buddleia davidii -- REPORT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Buddleia davidii, native to China, is a large shrub with colorful fragrant flowers that is cultivated as an ornamental garden plant in temperate regions of the world, and is often planted to attract wildlife, such as butterflies and hummingbirds, which readily sip nectar from flowers.
Taxonomy: Buddleia is a genus of about 100 species of evergreen, semi-evergreen, and deciduous shrubs, trees, vines, and herbs from riversides, rocky, and scrub areas of tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, and North and South America (Brickell and Zuk 1997, Wagner et al.
Buddleia davidii is a variable species with many named cultivars, most varying in flower color (Bailey and Bailey 1976, Wagner et al.
www.hear.org /starr/hiplants/reports/html/buddleia_davidii.htm   (2718 words)

  
 All about butterfly bush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As if the large, colorful flower panicles were not enough in themselves, they have the added bonus of having a delightful, sweet aroma with the propensity to attract an equally attractive array of colorful butterflies.
Buddleia blooms on new wood, so it's floral display is not diminished by its dieback behavior.
Buddleia typically grows to a height of 5 to 6 feet.
www.pottedliners.com /article_7.htm   (1639 words)

  
 Buddleia: Busy Butterfly City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
They're very nice plants with occasionally excellent specimen possibilities, but I don't want to be the one responsible for allowing buddleias to escape into the wild if they become a member of our area's very unwelcome noxious invasive vegetation list, like they are in Oregon.
Buddleia davidii has the traits of a good butterfly plant.
Buddleias: The Butterfly Magnets discusses some of the more tender buddleia species.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/midwest_gardening/10559/2   (279 words)

  
 Buddleia: Busy Butterfly City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I've found them to be heavy feeders in their own right, which makes sense since they would need quite a bit of energy to keep that small city's worth of activity fueled.
I do prune heavily and I underplant the buddleias with spring bloomers and plants that go dormant by July.
Buddleia branches arch overhead by the time the daffodil foliage is looking tired and the eremurus disappears for a summerlong hibernation.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/430/10559   (554 words)

  
 Buddleia - Weeds of Blue Mountains Bushland
Seeds are mainly dispersed by wind and water, but also by machinery, vehicles, the movement of soil, and by dumping.
Buddleia can grow almost anywhere, but prefers nutrient-rich watercourses and creeklines, where it quickly dominates, shading out and replacing native plant species.
The flowers of Buddleia are attractive to butterflies.
www.weedsbluemountains.org.au /buddleia.asp   (152 words)

  
 buddleia on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Class conscious: buddleias, fuchsias and garden gnomes are fit only for plebs.
Weekend Home: In The Garden - Plant of the week Buddleia (Butterfly bush).(Features)
Then let your buddleia and ivy run wild, but don't forget to provide a home, and food, for overwintering caterpillars too.(Features)
www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-buddleia.asp   (226 words)

  
 This is Local London | CommuniGate | Gardening Tips
Before you set to work on your buddleia - loppers and secateurs poised - make certain yours is the type you should be brutal with.
Buddleia davidii (and hybrids like 'Lochinch') is the buddleia most of us know with the long purple racemes in July and August.
Buddleia davidii and its hybrids are those that need pruning with some degree of viciousness, so enjoy yourself These flower on the new season's wood and grow like billy-o, so you have to get tough.
www.communigate.co.uk /london/whittinghamgardeningclub/page14.phtml   (4931 words)

  
 garden plants online: buddleia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Harper buddleia was negotiating and ultimately sold his mail-order business to Tandy Brands, Inc., a holding company in Fort Worth, Texas.
You will buddleia be prompted to enter all of your personal information, including billing and shipping address and your credit card number.
Staying current with customers'' needs and everyday lifestyle changes, now offers complete collections focused on the rooms that are most relevant to the customer---the home buddleia and buddleia office, bedroom, dining room and family rooms.
www.garden-plants-online.com /buddleia.htm   (548 words)

  
 White Flower Farm: Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)
Buddleia davidii and its hybrids are fountain-shaped deciduous shrubs that produce long panicles of tiny, fragrant flowers in summer.
Buddleia is at its best in full sun and moist but well-drained soil.
Plants flower on the current season's growth, and bloom more profusely if stems are pruned back to 12-24 inches as new shoots emerge in spring.
www.whiteflowerfarm.com /growguide-164.html   (182 words)

  
 Fountain butterfly bush (Buddleia alternifolia)
They are light feeders, so fertilizing is not a necessity (if you do want to fertilize, use a low nitrogen, high phosphate fertilizer like 5-10-5 two or three times during the growing season).
Buddleia alternifolia can be used as a specimen plant or in a mixed border with shrubs and perennials.
It can also be trained as a standard or a small tree.
home.hiwaay.net /~oliver/sgbuddleiaalternifolia.htm   (152 words)

  
 Buddleia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Buddleia is actually a shrub that can grow to a very large size in mild winter areas.
However, in colder areas it is often treated as a perennial by cutting it back each spring.
Some of the Buddleia davidii species is naturally compact and can be used in borders.
www.natorp.com /Buddleia.htm   (145 words)

  
 BUDDLEIA 'HONEYCOMB'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Buddleias are commonly known as the Butterfly Bush.
In cooler zones, they die back to the ground each year, sending up new shoots in late spring that quickly develop into a 6-8 foot shrub.
Lightly scented, Buddleias are very attractive to butterflies.
store.gardeningbulbs.com /21975.html   (77 words)

  
 Buddleia - Butterfly Bush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Buddleia davidii, also called Butterfly bush or Summer Lilac is almost weed-like in its ability to grow anywhere that is sunny and well drained.
If the plant is not killed to the ground, it is a good idea to trim the plant to 18 inches high in early spring to ensure that there will be only new growth on the plant.
Best of all, the flowers are very fragrant and will scent the garden or a room as cut flowers that will last about 3 to 4 days.
www.agnr.umd.edu /ipmnet/5-8art2.htm   (355 words)

  
 Buddleia 'Border Beauty'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Buddleia davidii 'Border Beauty' – Summer Lilac Tall 6’ – Border Beauty is a fast growing new variety of the butterfly bush plants, with panicles of fragrant lilac purple flowers.
The balanced, controlled release fertilizer is complimented with Bio stimulants that assist the plant with nutrients.
Buddleia davidii or butterfly bush is highly valued for its long purple blossoms that vary from 6 to 30" in length.
www.greenwoodnursery.com /page.cfm/21879   (315 words)

  
 You can dry zinnias and buddleia?
I saw in the "What are you growing?" thread someone mentioned growing zinnias and buddleia.
Buddleia is neat because it keeps some of its scent.
I agree w/ Neil about the buddleia scent-to me, it smells better dried than fresh.
forums.gardenweb.com /forums/load/dried/msg0714193415386.html   (458 words)

  
 Buddleia: Butterfly Bush   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Its narrow branches support lilac-like clusters of blossoms a foot or two in length, with side branches and blossoms.
Among the many other varieties of Buddleia which bloom on new growth, it's possible to stagger bloom times for a continuous nectar supply.
An occasional butterfly chooses Buddleia as a host plant; the Western Checkerspot is the only species listed in the host plant index of James A.
butterflywebsite.com /articles/bgq/buddleia.htm   (1221 words)

  
 Le Bien Public
Le Buddleia du père David a été trouvé au centre de la Chine en 1869 par le bon père qui fut le premier à le décrire.
Le Buddleia davidii présente une bonne rusticité, sa résistance étant garantie jusqu'à moins 10 degrés.
Le buddleia se multiplie très facilement à partir de boutures à talon prélevées en août et plongées dans un mélange à parts égales de sable et tourbe blonde.
www.bienpublic.com /dossiers/jardin/20040716.JSL_D6393.html?1131   (736 words)

  
 Butterfly Bush - for outdoor homes and landscaping designs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
"The Butterfly Bush 'Black Knight', Buddleia 'Black Knight', is a vigorous growing shrub that boasts dark purple flower from mid-summer and is a butte...
"The White Butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii 'Alba', is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun.
"The Purple Butterfly Bush, Buddleia davidii 'ile de France', is a butterfly magnet.
www.guzmansgreenhouse.com /butterfly-bush.htm   (326 words)

  
 Screening Buddleia Cultivars for Acute Ozone Sensitivity
In a screening of landscape plants common in the southeastern United States to chronic ozone exposure, cultivar differences were observed in buddleia.
Based on these results and the fact that even minor foliar injury can make a plant undesirable or unmarketable, the objective of this study was to determine differences among buddleia cultivars in sensitivity to acute concentrations of O
Liners of eight buddleia cultivars were exposed to four O
www.ag.auburn.edu /aaes/communications/publications/ornamentals99/woody/buddleia.html   (800 words)

  
 Buddleia 'Pink Delight'
Each 6-7' tall specimen is topped from early summer through fall with long panicles of delightfully fragrant, brilliant violet flowers.
This is the darkest flowered of all the buddleias, almost a grape-violet, and always one of the most popular...
This variety is a new introduction from Holland it is everblooming with fragrant orange-eyed deep yellow flowers.
www.greenwoodnursery.com /page.cfm/9974   (367 words)

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