Buddleja Plants for Sale

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Buddleja — spelled Buddleja in modern botanical usage, though you will see Buddleia on many older plant labels, both spellings are acceptable — is a genus of over 140 species of flowering shrubs and small trees named in honour of the Reverend Adam Buddle, a 17th-century English botanist and vicar who never saw the plant that bears his name. Common name: Butterfly Bush — a title earned through the extraordinary nectar production of its long, fragrant flower panicles, which attract butterflies, bees, and other beneficial insects in numbers no other common garden shrub can match. At Online Plants , our Buddleja collection focuses on the most reliable, most spectacular summer-flowering cultivars for Australian gardens — primarily cultivars and hybrids of Buddleja davidii , which flowers on new wood and therefore responds dramatically to the hard annual pruning that is the single most important care practice for this genus. Compact forms for smaller Melbourne gardens, taller forms for screening and dramatic feature plantings, and an honest note about responsible cultivation are all included below. Every plant is backed by our 30-day grow guarantee and delivered fresh to your door across VIC, NSW, QLD, SA, and ACT. What Is Buddleja? The Butterfly Bush Explained Buddleja is a genus of approximately 140 species of flowering shrubs and small trees in the family Scrophulariaceae (sometimes placed in Buddlejaceae), native to Asia, Africa, and South America. The most widely grown species — Buddleja davidii — is native to the Sichuan and Hubei provinces of central China, where it grows naturally in rocky, disturbed ground, cliff faces, and riverbanks. This natural habitat tells us much about the plant's care requirements: well-drained or even rocky soil, full sun, and tolerance of disturbance, including hard pruning. The genus is named after the Reverend Adam Buddle (1662–1715), an English botanist and vicar whose primary research was on grasses and mosses. He died before the pl