Buddleja salvifolia

Also Known As

Buddleia salvifolia
Buddleia salviifolia
Sage Bush
South African Sagewood
Winter Buddleja

Plant type

shrub

size

H: 5'
W: 4'

planting zones

7a-9b

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Buddleja salvifolia plant details

Buddleja salvifolia is a broadleaf evergreen shrub with blue and green foliage. In fall and summer cream, lavender, pink and purple flowers emerge. Features fuzzy texture. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun and regular - low water. Adapts to various soil conditions. Does well in rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something seaside / salt tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Buddleja salvifolia

Plant type: shrub
Plant family: scrophulariaceae
Foliage: evergreen blue and green
Mature size: 4 FT wide, 5 FT tall
Flowers: cream, lavender, pink and purple blooms in fall and summer
Uses: border plant, cutting garden, easy-to-grow, fragrant, hedge, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Buddleja salvifolia

USDA Zones: 7a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: regular - low
Resistant to: deer, seaside / salt
Soil needs: rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

A South African native with silver-gray-green, long, felted leaves and lavender-pink to lilac-blue flower panicles in late autumn - just when you've nearly given up on flowers. It will grow between 7 -9 feet tall, or taller if it gets its way - a sunny, well-drained spot. Semi-evergreen to deciduous. Minimum temperature: 10°F

By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

Large shrub to small tree with arching, intensely fragrant pale lilac flowers with orange center in late summer. Foliage is evergreen, silver-gray and fuzzy. Best in full sun to part shade with average summer water. Easy and rewarding. From eastern South Africa and frost hardy to 10F, USDA zone 8. Scrophulariaceae

By: Cistus Nursery

An attractive evergreen shrub. A quick grower with highly appealing arrow shaped, sage green, silver backed leaves paired along stiff, erect woody stems. Short, branching spikes of tightly packed, tubular, smoky lavender flowers are produced in abundance during spring.Prune as required after flowering.Butterfly attracting.An excellent Buddleja most valued for it's winter flowering season.

By: Zephs

Here's an odd one for the serious Buddleja nut. From Lake Tanganyika no less, felted sage like leaves and typical Buddleja flowers; it's hardier than I would have guessed surviving unprotected and growing into a huge plant in Dick's garden.

By: Arrowhead Alpines

From South Africa comes this rare, captivating & exceptionally fragrant Buddleja. 5’ tall & 4’ across, it bursts into flower in Spring, the large blooming trusses almost smothering the foliage & filling the air with the delicious scent of honey. Even if it never bloomed, this rarity is well worth a spot in the garden with its large & elegant, silvery-sage green, soft & fuzzy leaves held on velvety, light green stems. The flower color varies, purple, pink or cream with a deep orange throat. “Sagewood” is not fussy about soil or water, but looks much better with compost & some water. Cut back hard in early Spring. Can be pruned into a hedge.