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white-flowered butterfly bush

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A vigorous shrub with an arching habit; deciduous,, narrow, lance-shaped, grey-green leaves 7-13cm long, more felted with white when young than the species; and panicles 9-20cm long of frgrant white flowers with an orange eye, in late summer

Scientific classification

Species: white-flowered butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii var. alba)
Genus: Buddleja
Family: Scrophulariaceae

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Toxicity: Shrubs
Plant type: 2.5-4 metres
Height: 2.5-4 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn
Season of interest: Full sun
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Distribution of white-flowered butterfly bush

Distribution map

China, Tibet

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of white-flowered butterfly bush

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white-flowered butterfly bush care guide

Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings
Watering: Full sun
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Watering

Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings

Fertilizing

Balanced perennial feed every four weeks from spring through summer

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.