Empire Blue Butterfly Bush is a large deciduous
shrub with long, arching branches, growing up to 10 ft or more tall.
Leaves are lance-shaped, grey-green, white beneath. Flowers are
scented, violet-blue in elongated panicles at ends of current year's
growth. Buddleia are nectar rich plants, which encourage beneficial
wildlife, such as butterflies ladybirds, lacewings and hoverflies into
the garden. 'Empire Blue' is an old cultivar, raised by Karle A. Lucal
and introduced by the Good & Reese nursery, Ohio, in 1941 (patented
1942). 'Empire Blue' was accorded the RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM)
in 1993.
Identification credit: Tabish
Photographed in Ooty, Tamil Nadu.
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