{"id":43218,"date":"2026-08-10T23:13:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/?post_type=product&p=43218"},"modified":"2026-08-10T23:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:29:50","slug":"butterfly-bush-south-african-sagewood-green-leaf-unrooted-cuttings","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/athousandflowers.us\/index.php\/product\/butterfly-bush-south-african-sagewood-green-leaf-unrooted-cuttings\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterfly Bush, South African Sagewood (Green leaf) unrooted cuttings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buddleja salviifolia<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>| Sagewood Butterfly Bush (Green leaf)<\/p>\n

South African Sagewood Butterfly Bush, also known as Velvet-leaf Butterfly Bush, or Sage Bush, is a semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub is native to the Western and Eastern Cape of Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique where it grows naturally in forest margins, rocky hillsides and along stream banks. By shrub standards this plant gets pretty big, about 9 ft in height, creating a vase-like shape, and its cane-like growth means that once it reaches full height, it simply won\u2019t get any bigger.\u00a0 This is advantageous because the majority of shrubs grow cumulatively from tip growth and simply get bigger and bigger over time, often opening up beneath.\u00a0 But that\u2019s not the case with cane-type growers, which makes them perfect for creating living screens.\u00a0 As long as their ultimate height is the height you need for privacy, or to block out an ugly view, or as windbreak, then they need no extra care to maintain them at that height.<\/p>\n

Square, winged stems with green, white-backed leaves that are conspicuously wrinkled and densely covered in white or brownish hairs, giving them a soft velvety feel. The leaves can be broadly or narrowly long. Our plant has broad leaves. Masses of fragrant pale-lilac blooms are borne in large panicles and bloom in early spring. The flowers attracts many insects such as bees, butterflies and birds.<\/p>\n

In a garden setting Sagewood is useful as a framework or a background plant. It is very decorative when in flower. If pruned often, it makes an excellent hedge. Young plants must be protected from frost for the first season whereas well established Sagewood can withstand frost and hard-freezes. Sagewood grows easily in most any soil, but adding compost to a well-drained soil will yield the best results.<\/p>\n

Fresh and dried Buddleja salviifolia <\/em>leaves can make an aromatic herbal tea. A decoction of roots provides a remedy for cough and for relief of colic.<\/p>\n

If any pruning is to be done, it should occur shortly after flowering because flowers will bloom on last years wood.<\/p>\n

Deer resistant, drought adapted and cold hardy.<\/p>\n

Type: Perennial<\/p>\n

Sun exposure: Full sun to part shade<\/p>\n

Mature height: 6-8 ft<\/p>\n

Mature width: 4-5 ft<\/p>\n

Hardiness zones:\u00a0 7-9<\/p>\n

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UNROOTED CUTTINGS:<\/p>\n

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  • Price is for five cuttings (5)<\/li>\n
  • Each cutting is 4-9 inches long. May be single top or multi-top.<\/li>\n
  • Guaranteed to be green, healthy, and alive. Plus pest and pathogen free.<\/li>\n
  • Guaranteed to be true-to-name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
    ORDERING DETAILS:<\/div>\n
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    • Packages are shipped out on Mondays and Tuesdays ONLY.<\/li>\n
    • If it\u2019s believed the plants are not alive and healthy when you receive them you must let us know any concerns you have within 24 hours of arrival. If we do not hear any concerns within 24 hours it will be assumed that everything arrived in good standing. We cannot be held responsible for mishaps, errors, mistakes, or bad luck after this time frame.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      ROOTING INSTRUCTIONS:<\/p>\n

      How to prepare cuttings to root via rooting cubes inside a humidity dome.<\/b><\/p>\n

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      1. Upon arrival, give cuttings a new fresh cut on the bottom of the stem. Then set in a cup of water for a minimum of 15 minutes.<\/li>\n
      2. After soaking, gently cut or scrape small marks into the bottom portion of the plant stem (\u00bd inch) with scissors or a razor blade.<\/li>\n
      3. Dip the scarred end of the stem into rooting gel or rooting powder (gel is superior). This can be done without rooting gel, but results are not as good.<\/li>\n
      4. Insert the plant stem into a rooting cube (Oasis cubes, grow plugs, soil-cubes, rock-wool cubes, etc) and place into a nursery tray with a humidity dome over the top. One cutting per cube.\u00a0Custom individual humidity domes can be made using plastic cups and\/or plastic cling wrap.<\/li>\n
      5. After the first 3-5 days, the humidity dome should be opened up or set ajar to slowly allow more air in as the plants start to root. At this point, the cubes should be allowed to become mostly dry before adding any more water.<\/li>\n
      6. Once 2-3 roots grow out of the bottom of the root-cube, the plant can be transplanted into soil.<\/li>\n
      7. More detailed rooting instructions will accompany your order.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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        South African Sagewood Butterfly Bush (green leaf) unrooted cuttings (5)<\/p>\n

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