Buddleja davidii 'Dirr Pink'

The name butterfly bush describes the powerful lure that this bush has over butterflies, but it doesn't say it all. It simply doesn't describe the powerful lure it has over humans (it's so pretty!) nor the array of flower colors. In this case we have a magenta (dark pink) cone of flowers. It also doesn't inform you that it flowers on new growth for most of the growing season - summer into fall. This is a powerful bush. Buddleia davidii Dirr Pink is growing in Mike Dirr's garden and he suggested we take cuttings of it because "it's a pretty one." Here you go. Where perfectly cold hardy, this is a large shrub, in colder regions of zone 6, treat it like a perennial and watch it grow 4-5' during the summer. A gardening friend in Delaware (zone 7) sent us pictures of the Dirr Pink we mailed her to practice shipping techniques. We are *just a little* excited to see her pictures of the mail-order butterfly bush in flower, so we posted them here.