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How to Grow
Water
Low - Medium
Water sparingly, allowing the mix to nearly dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Shrub, Perennial, Shrub 0·50–3 m. high, often sarmentose.
Lifespan
Perennial, Woody
Flower
Small, growing on 4-10" panicles. Best flowers appear when plant is severely pruned in late winter. Terminal panical of cymes. Perfect, usually lilac, orange at the mouth, fragrant; stemens enclosed in corolla., Flowers all shortly pedicellate or some sessile.
Fruit
Two-valved, septicidal, 1/4-1/3" long capsule, Capsule narrowly ellipsoid or narrowly ovoid, (3)5–9 x 1·2–2 mm.
Benefits
Attracts
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Pollinators
Predatory Insects
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Taxonomy
Order
Lamiales
Family
Scrophulariaceae
Genus
Buddleja