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sweet-scented butterfly bush

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Tender, deciduous shrub to 5m high, with an open habit, and large, variable lance-shaped leaves with wavy edges, covered on both sides in silver-grey hairs. Panicles of small, sweetly scented flowers ranging in colour from pale lilac to purplish pink, and sometimes with orange throats, in late spring and early summer

Scientific classification

Species: sweet-scented butterfly bush (Buddleja agathosma)
Genus: Buddleja
Family: Scrophulariaceae

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Toxicity: Shrubs · Conservatory Greenhouse
Plant type: 4-8 metres
Height: 2.5-4 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Spring · Summer · Winter
Season of interest: Full sun
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Ideal temperature

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Distribution of sweet-scented butterfly bush

Distribution map

Yunnan Province, China

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of sweet-scented butterfly bush

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sweet-scented butterfly bush care guide

Moderate deep watering during dry periods, free drainage preferred
Watering: Full sun
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Watering

Moderate deep watering during dry periods, free drainage preferred

Fertilizing

Balanced shrub feed once in spring

Pruning

Shorten last year's flowering stems to one or two buds from the older woody framework. Remove thin, weak and dead shoots. Prune in early to mid-spring as growth resumes; avoid winter pruning that exposes new shoots to frost.

Propagation

Propagate by hardwood cuttings in autumn, or by semi-hardwood cuttings in summer

Growing

Needs full sun, well-drained soil and a frost-fee location. Ideal for a large conservatory or greenhouse. See buddleja cultivation for more detailed advice

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