butterfly bush [Buzz Ivory]
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A compact, deciduous shrub, up to 1.2m high, with arching branches and grey-green, woolly leaves. Dense spikes of fragrant, ivory-white flowers are borne from midsummer to autumn
Scientific classification
- Species
- butterfly bush [Buzz Ivory] (Buddleja davidii Buzz Ivory ('Tobudivory'))
- Genus
- Buddleja
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
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- Toxicity
- Shrubs
- Plant type
- 1-1.5 metres
- Height
- 1-1.5 metres
- Spread
- Deciduous
- Foliage
- Bushy
- Habit
- Spring · Summer · Autumn
- Season of interest
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of butterfly bush [Buzz Ivory]
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of butterfly bush [Buzz Ivory]
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butterfly bush [Buzz Ivory] care guide
- Deep base watering, maintain damp soil without pooled standing water
- Watering
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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Watering
Deep base watering, maintain damp soil without pooled standing water
Fertilizing
Balanced buddleia shrub feed once monthly spring and summer seasons
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 semi-ripe cuttings in summer
Growing
Grow in fertile well-drained soil in full sun. Deadhead spent flowers to prolong the season. See buddleja cultivation for more detailed advice
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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
May be susceptible to honey fungus, fungal leaf spot, and virus diseases
Pests
May be susceptible to aphids, capsid bugs, caterpillars, earwigs, figwort weevils, glasshouse red spider mite, leaf and bud eelworm, and mullein moth
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