Description
Buddleja officinalis | Pale Butterfly Bush
Pale Butterfly Bush, also known as Pole Butterfly Bush and Mi Meng Hua, is a deciduous to semi-evergreen early-spring flowering shrub endemic to west Hubei, Sichuan, and Yunnan provinces in China. It was discovered in 1875 by a surgeon in the Russian army, and was introduced to western cultivation in 1908.
Pale Butterfly Bush resembles very closely that of the more common and invasive Buddleja davidii with honey-scented, pale-purple, periwinkle to mauve-moonlight colored flower panicles that are a bit shorter and more conical. However, unlike B. davidii, B. officinalis is not fully frost hardy and benefits from a protected spot in the winter. Very rare in cultivation.
Grows naturally on forest edges, cliffs, scrub and waste places, and thickets along riverbanks.
B. officinalis was accorded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Merit in 1911 and the Award of Garden Merit in 2002.
Type: Perennial
Sun exposure: Full sun
Mature height: 10-12 ft
Mature width: 6-8 ft
Hardiness zones: 9-11
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