General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 3-5 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Variegated
Other: creamy yellow margined with green and a speckled yellow center
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Blooms on new wood
Flower Color: Purple
Flower Time: Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Parentage: sport of B. ‘Royal Red

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Common names
  • Butterfly Bush
  • Summer Lilac
Also sold as:
  • Buddleia davidii 'Santana'
  • Buddlea davidii 'Santana'
  • Buddleja davidii 'Thia'

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Date: 2008-10-13

Date: 2012-03-15
Last years 4\" plant is filling out nicely

Date: 2012-04-25

Date: 2013-07-23

credit: Ptelea

Date: 2008-10-13

Date: 2013-07-23
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