(Liste) Buddleia Auriculata

Buddleja auriculata is known as the weeping sage.

Buddleia auriculata. The small cream flowers are borne on the previous year s wood in late autumn or winter. The genus is named after the rev. Large sprays of fragrant flowers borne in winter. It attracts butterflies to the garden. Buddleja auriculata is frost and drought resistant and grows fast making it ideal for highveld conditions. They occur in the wild from tanzania malawi. This dense shrub or small tree branches from low down and has a graceful weeping form.

Locally buddleja salviifolia is known as sagewood wild lilac and butterfly bush. The leaves are dark green above with pale undersides. There are seven species of buddleja in south africa. It should get sun for most of the day. Plants need protection from frost best grown on a south facing wall. Evergreen narrowly oblong leaves to 12cm 5in long white beneath cream creamy white. They are mostly shrubby and can sometimes become small trees.

With glossy dark green and silvery foliage throughout the year fragrant flowers in winter and frost hardy to boot buddleja auriculata is a must for any medium to large garden within its habitat range. Heavily scented creamy white flowers. A very hardy evergreen shrub with a weeping appearance. Buddleja auriculata is a lax growing shrub with branches which arch to the ground in places. With its beautiful fragrance attractive flowers and foliage the weeping sage is a welcome addition in any garden. Auriculata is an evergreen shrub to 3m with lance shaped dark green leaves white beneath and small orange centred white flowers in dense panicles in autumn and winter. Buddleja salviifolia and buddleja auriculata are members of the wild elder family.

Plants outside will be root hardy however all top growth will die and resprout in spring. There are 21 tree species of wild elder worldwide of which south africa has 20. Buddleja auriculata from burncoose nurseries available online to buy information. The tree can be used to form a screen or as informal hedging and looks beautiful when planted close to water. Buddleja auriculata is an evergreen shrub endemic to zimbabwe mozambique and south africa growing in montane fields and thickets at elevations of 600 2 000 m. Genus buddleja can be evergreen or deciduous shrubs occasionally trees or scrambling climbers with simple leaves and panicles of small tubular fragrant flowers details b.