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White Ball Butterfly Bush (Buddleia) "
Easy to grow butterfly bushes attract multitudes of butterflies all day.
Not many plants are so prolific in flower, fun or versatile as the Buddleia or butterfly bush. Also called Summer Lilac, is the plant can be found in almost every garden of butterflies from around the world as it is a virtual butterfly magnet, attracting more butterflies than almost any plant that grows in climates temperate. The beautiful flower panicles that appear for several months emit a sweet honey fragrance that will be the favorite of all butterflies in your neighborhood. This week we with 'White Ball', a new super-compact, variety Buddleia davidii flowers white with highly increases the number of places you can grow a butterfly bush.
'White Ball' – Dwarf Butterfly Bush A new ideal for the smallest garden.
Buddleia 'White Ball' is a dwarf butterfly bush can only be described as cute! The silvery-gray foliage becomes a brilliant ball, just 3 feet high and wide, in half normal size of a third. Spikes of white flowers surrounding "white ball all summer – attracting butterflies for miles around. 'White Ball' is the most Eventually the butterfly flowering plants more prolific than we have seen. If you remove the faded flowers, 'White Ball' will bloom continuously from June until killing frost. With its silver foliage and pure white fragrant flowers, this new hybrid is a particularly nice addition to the garden night-blooming moon. By usually relegated to the background border, you can now enjoy a beautiful butterfly bush in the foreground of your garden.
Buddleia have a reputation be easy to grow and 'White Ball' is no exception. Plant in a place where you have full sun and well drained soil. Once established, it is surprisingly resistant to drought. Cut the ends of the branches in spring flowers and shrubs complete improved. It does not require severe pruning of shrubs required annual butterfly others. As with all Buddleia 'White Ball' is not eaten by deer.
Planting and Care
- For best results plant in early spring.
- Prefers full Sun
- Plant 4 feet apart in well drained soil.
- Reduce slightly each spring.
- Water regularly until established.
- Hardy in zones 5-9.
- Fertilize with Plant-Tone in the spring.
href = "http://www.carrollgardens.com/trees_shrubs/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID"> Click here to see the Butterfly Bush (Buddleia) 'White Ball' in the gardens of Carroll's website.
About the Author
Alan Summers, president of Carroll Gardens, Inc., has over 30 years experience in gardening and landscape design. He has made Carroll Gardens one of America’s preeminent nurseries, having introduced more than 20 new perennials and woody shrubs over the years and reintroduced numerous “lost” cultivars back to American gardeners.
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