Summary
Peer over any garden wall in late summer and the chances are you'll see the purple spikes of buddleia in bloom, with butterflies showing a keen interest in the flowers' nectar.
This butterfly bush, as it is nicknamed, is Buddleia davidii, an easy-to-grow shrub from China and Japan which is now naturalised over much of the world and can be seen growing on wasteland and even in walls. The common forms are mid-purple but other colours range from deep purple to blue, red and white. It is just one of numerous species and many varieties produced by plant-breeders ( there are 105 kinds in the national collection at a nursery in Hampshire.See the full content of this document
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The Butterfly Bush Brings a Host of Welcome Guests
Buddleias are named in honour of the Rev Adam Buddle, an Essex parson and expert amat...
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