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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 3-6 feet
Plant Spread: 3-6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Other: Beaked nutlets
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Other: very soft lavender color
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Weeping Buddleja

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Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2022-10-17
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Location: Botanical Graden Meise - Nationale Plantentuin Meise - Brussel
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2022-10-09
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Location: Utrecht Botanical Garden
Date: 2022-10-09
Location: Botanical Graden Meise - Nationale Plantentuin Meise - Brussel

Photo courtesy of Camellia Forest Nursery
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-08-18
Zone 9b.
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-10-06
The translated Latin is extremely descriptive: Rostr- = beak, -in
Location: Botanical Garden of the Technical University of Delft
Date: 2017-09-20
Location:  zone 7B in my garden
Date: 2011-10-20
close up of bloom

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-06-03
This is the tip of a stalk just before the apical raceme's appear
Location: Botanical Garden of the Technical University of Delft
Date: 2017-09-20

Photo courtesy of Camellia Forest Nursery
Location: Barnesville, Ga. 
Date: 2011-10-24
Weeping Buddleja
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-06-03
Silver bloom on stems, undersides of leaves, and still to come gr
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