(Download) Buddleia Black Knight Butterfly Bush

Its flowers come in many colors though butterflies seem to prefer the lavender pink mauve of the species to the white and dark purple cultivars.

Buddleia black knight butterfly bush. National plant network 2 5 qt. Black knight has deep purple blue almost black flowers in elongated clusters on arching branches to 10 feet tall if not cut back and half that size if cut back. Black knight butterfly bush buddleja davidii black knight sku 1378 spectacular summer color from lightly fragrant dark violet purple flower spikes. Butterfly bushes are carefree deciduous shrubs that are reliably fragrant and easy to grow. Award winning buddleja davidii black knight butterfly bush is a vigorous large deciduous shrub with gracefully arching branches studded with lance shaped dark green leaves with white felted undersides and sweetly scented elongated panicles of dark purple almost black flowers. Butterflies swarm to their blooms all summer long. Invasive issues to plant or not to plant has been the question surrounding butterfly bush buddleia or buddleja davidii for years.

New cultivars are available in a variety of colors with blooms ranging from deep purple and bright fuchsia to flowers of creamy yellow and white. Black knight is a butterfly bush cultivar which features almost black flowers. Butterfly bush is the common name for the buddleia species of flowering shrub and it is the perfect plant to compliment the annual and perennial flowers in your butterfly garden. Common name refers to the plant being very attractive to butterflies. Buddleia black knight flowering shrub with purple blooms model hd1093 19 99. Learn more the butterfly bush buddleia davidii is a beautiful fast growing deciduous shrub with masses of blossoms long spiked trusses that bloom from summer to autumn. Black knight butterfly bush buddleja davidii black knight is a sturdy low maintenance shrub that provides large spikes of deep purple blooms from early summer until autumn.