I planted several hedges of butterfly bush at our place. Purple and golden ball.
While honey bees do visit the purple ones - they are all over the golden ball bushes. It can be like a crazy traffic jam of polinators at times. Long summer flowering. Good things about buddlia are - fast growing, evergreen(for privacy hedges) and best of all dont seem to require much additional water. In my area I can find them at just about any good nursury. Im pretty happy with them all in all.
Mine do okay through the winter but I have never seen a single bee on one. Do you think that you could post a picture so I can try to find the right one?
-Jeff
Uh, what species of plant are you calling "Butterfly Bush"? Are you referring to Buddleja species and hybrids? There are so many plants going by that common name, it would be very helpful. Thanks.
well... for us they keep their leaves Our winter lows are about 25F.
Then again in the summer it gets upward of 110F. In fact for the last 3 days it was in the 108F range. Some relief today of 95.
...and as far as being a hedge plant...I didnt mean to imply that it was a topiary plant. onlyt hat it seems to keep the local skateboarders from scramling over the front fence. It got to be 15 feet in two seasons.
Matt,
I just ordered a catalog from Forest Farm. Thanks for such a great link....I'm in hog heaven.
Regards,
LtlWilli~Rick
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