Buddleia lindleyana (Butterfly Bush)

SunZone: 5-9 72" tall Origin: China

This little-known Chinese species has shiny green leaves, cinnamon trunks, and graceful 2' long pendulous panicles of medium lavender flowers in summer. Our clone of B. lindleyana came from giant 30' tall specimens in the Bolivia, NC, garden of the late Francis Marion Galloway, where they have grown since the 1860s. B. lindleyana is our only buddleia that is not cut to the ground each year. We have limbed up our specimen as a walk-underneath feature...a truly spectacular species which deserves much wider use. Its only bad habit is being stoloniferous, and that seems to slow slightly with age. Pot size: 3 qt. (2.83 L)