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Buddleja 'Pink Delight'

Also Known As

  • Buddleia davidii 'Pink Delight'
  • Buddleja davidii 'Pink Delight'
  • Pink Delight Butterfly Bush

Plant type

shrub

size

  • H: 6'-8'
  • W: 4'-6'

planting zones

  • 5a-9b

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Buddleja 'Pink Delight' plant details

Buddleja 'Pink Delight' is a fast-growing broadleaf deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub with blue and green foliage. In summer pink flowers emerge. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun and regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant and seaside / salt tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Buddleja 'Pink Delight'

Plant type: shrub
Plant family: scrophulariaceae
Foliage: deciduous or semi-evergreen blue and green
Mature size: 4 FT - 6 FT - wide, 6 FT - 8 FT - tall
Flowers: pink blooms in summer
Uses: border plant, cottage garden, cutting garden, easy-to-grow, fragrant, long-blooming, rock garden, xeric

GROWING CONDITIONS for Buddleja 'Pink Delight'

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: regular
Resistant to: deer, heat and seaside / salt
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

What passes for pink in davidii most of the pictures you see have been photoshoped but the butterflies don't seem to care.
An attractive, evergreen, medium sized shrub. A quick grower with dark green silver backed leaves paired along stiff woody stems. Dense sprays of tubular, mid pink flowers are produced on mass on and off throughout the warmer months.Trim lightly after each flush of flowers or it can be pruned back to ground level while in active growth to encourage vigorous new basal shoots.Butterfly attracting.Smaller growing and more compact than most of the other B. davidii types.

By: Zephs

Huge, conicle, bright pink bloom spikes can reach 18" long and 4" wide at the base! An excellent choice for butterfly gardens. Butterfly Bushes are often intensely fragrant on summer evenings. Butterfly Bush is considered invasive in some regions, please consult your local state offices before purchasing.
Buddleia Pink growing 6-7 feet tall producing luscious sprays of fragrant pink flower panicles from July to frost....attracts butterflies...good cut flower
Buddleia are well known for continuous flowers in late summer. Well named, all buddleia attract butterflies. Can grow 6-8' in ten years but is usually cut back. This hybrid noted for its outstanding panicles of pink flowers throughout the summer. Awards: Award of Merit & Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended by: Garden Clubs of America.

By: Fantastic Plants

Gardening facts about Buddleja 'Pink Delight' plant

How to Grow Buddleja 'Pink Delight'

  • Sun Exposure

    • sun
  • Water Needs

    • regular
  • Soil Needs

    • average
    • well-drained
    • rich
  • Special Situation

    • heat tolerant
    • seaside / salt tolerant

Features

  • Foliage Color

    • green
    • blue
  • Flower Color

    • pink
  • Wildlife

    • bees
    • butterflies
    • hummingbirds
    • deer resistant
  • Flower Season

    • summer
  • Foliage Season

    • deciduous
    • semi-evergreen
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