Buddleia davidii 'Ellen's Blue' ~ Ellen's Blue Butterfly Bush

Buddleia davidii 'Ellen's Blue' ~ Ellen's Blue Butterfly BushEllen's Blue Butterfly Bush is a fast growing deciduous shrub with an upright mounding habit and narrow silvery gray foliage. Its highly fragrant panicles of blue violet flowers with orange eyes bloom throughout summer into fall, and occasionally until frost, attracting bees and butterflies. Best performance in sunny well drained areas. Silver Frost has excellent powdery mildew resistance. Type: Shrub Height: 3 5 Spread: 3 5 Spacing: 4 USDA Hardiness

Ellen's Blue Butterfly Bush is a fast-growing deciduous shrub with an upright mounding habit and narrow silvery gray foliage.  Its highly fragrant panicles of blue-violet flowers with orange eyes bloom throughout summer into fall, and occasionally until frost, attracting bees and butterflies.  Best performance in sunny well-drained areas.  Silver Frost has excellent powdery mildew resistance.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance plant.  Tolerant of most soils, except wet ones. 

LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Wildlife Gardens, Rock Gardens, Foundation Plantings, Hedges, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Verbena, Russian Sage, Daylily

IMAGE: Ptelea, Buddleja 'Ellen's Blue', CC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.