Butterfly Bush - Pink Delight
Dark Pink and Grey Green
The Butterfly Bush 'Pink Delight', Buddleia 'Pink Delight', has grey green flowers that contrast with the fragrant, deep pink flowers of this compact shrub.
It is a vigorouly growing shrub that boasts deep pink flowers from mid-summer. It matures to 4'-6' with an equal spread. This shrub flowers summer and fall and is easy to grow.
With a name like Butterfly Bush you might expect a plant to be attractive to butterflies. In fact, it's more than attractive, it's a magnet for all the butterflies that pass through your garden seeking nectar.
This deciduous bush blooms best in full sun, mid-summer to early fall. Butterflies and bees will flock to the honey-scented blossoms, whose dilute nectar is sweetest in midday sun.
Plant it in borders, as a small hedge, as an accent plant, in the back of gardens, against a building, the possibilities are endless. It's generally pest-free.
This plant blooms on new growth and should be pruned back to the ground in spring.
Zones 5-9.
*Spikes of Dark Pink Flowers
*Grey Green Foliage
*Attracts Butterflies and Hummingbirds
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