Attracting butterflies and hummingbirds to your garden can be as easy as planting flowers they love! One butterfly and hummingbird magnet is the butterfly bush. When checking catalogs, the Latin name can be classified as either “Buddleia davidii” or “Buddeleia davidii” (most common). Technically, the butterfly bush is a shrub, although it grows much like a perennial in that it dies completely to the ground each year. Buddeleia are best suited in USDA hardiness zones 5 - 10. In the lower zones, the butterfly bush won’t survive the winter.
I have white, and pink ones...they smell nice too!
This is terrific, Deb! I am tempted to go and find a flower right now and try out my scanner but my favourite TV program is about to come on so I shall have to wait!! Impossible to find a favourite shot - all four are great...
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