Buddleja crispa

Also Known As

Buddleia crispa
Himalayan Butterfly Bush

Plant type

shrub

size

H: 4'-5'
W: 6'

planting zones

6a-10b

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Buddleja crispa plant details

Buddleja crispa is a fast-growing broadleaf semi-evergreen shrub with blue foliage. In fall, spring and summer lavender flowers emerge. Features fuzzy texture. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun and even moisture - regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something seaside / salt tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Buddleja crispa

Plant type: shrub
Plant family: scrophulariaceae
Foliage: semi-evergreen blue
Mature size: 6 FT wide, 4 FT - 5 FT - tall
Flowers: lavender blooms in fall, spring and summer
Uses: border plant, cutting garden, fragrant

GROWING CONDITIONS for Buddleja crispa

USDA Zones: 6a - 10b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: deer, seaside / salt
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Himalayan Butterfly Bush is an old favorite of Logee's. Its silver-gray felted leaves are crowned by large umbels of intensely fragrant lilac-type flowers. The flowing, mounding form reaches about 3' in height and every year it blooms reliably all summer long. In our area of northeastern Connecticut, this perennial shrub dies back to the ground and re-emerges next season to start its show all over again.

By: Logee's Plants for Home & Garden

One of the softest looking plants in our garden, this exceptional Himalayan native invites a touch every time we stroll by. Displaying white wooly undersides and toothed, wavy-edged margins, the 6 in. long, broadly shaped gray-green leaves are oh so fuzzy! In summer, stout felted branches host densely set lilac panicles of fragrant, orange-throated flowers. With its downy silver visage, Buddleja crispa makes a luminous partner for Phlox 'David' in the mixed border.

By: Digging Dog Nursery

A hardy, quick growing, evergreen, butterfly attracting shrub. The woody stems are clothed in pairs of arrow shaped leaves that look and feel as if the've been cut from silver velvet. Clusters of small, tubular, four petalled, lilac-mauve, fragrant flowers are borne from spring to autumn.Trim lightly after each flush of flowers. Can be pruned back to ground level to encourage vigorous new growth.The best new Buddleja we've seen in quite a while. A seriously nice plant.

By: Zephs

BUDDLIEA CRISPA OR "HIMALAYAN BUTTERFLY BUSH has 6" broad grey green fuzzy leaves, toothed and wavy edged, covered in white silvery down. Fragrant lilac panicles with orange throats from July thru August. Likes sun and hardy to zone 6. grows 5' x 5'

By: Accents for Home and Garden

An extraordinary Himalayan native w/ foliage so soft-looking it begs to be touched. The 6" long, toothed, wavy-edged leaves have white wooly undersides & teddy bear fuzzy tops -- like a Lamb's Ear. Stout, felted branches end in panicles of 6" long, fragrant, orange-throated lavender-pink blooms. Dies back to the ground in colder zones, like a Perennial, but returns in spring.