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Butterfly Bush, White Profusion

Butterfly Bush, White Profusion

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White Profusion Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii ‘White Profusion’)


White Profusion Butterfly Bush is a striking, deciduous flowering shrub known for its abundant white blooms and strong appeal to pollinators like butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. It’s often called a butterfly bush or summer lilac (despite not being a true lilac).


Botanical Name: Buddleja davidii ‘White Profusion’
 Common Names: White Profusion Butterfly Bush, Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac


Flowers

Produces large, showy panicles (cone-shaped clusters) of pure white flowers often with tiny golden eyes.

Blooms from mid-summer into fall on the current season’s growth.

Flowers are fragrant and highly attractive to butterflies and other pollinators.

 

Growth Habit
Shrub is upright and spreading with arching branches.

Mature height is typically about 6–8 feet (1.8–2.4 m) with a similar spread; in some conditions it can reach up to ~10 ftLeaves are lance-shaped, grayish-green on top with paler undersides.

Growing Condition
Sun: Best in full sun.
Soil: Prefers well-drained soil and tolerates a range of soil types.
Hardiness Zones: USDA Zones 5–9.
Moisture: Drought tolerant once established.

Care Tips

Prune hard in early spring (or cut to ground in colder climates) to encourage fresh growth and abundant flowering. Deadhead spent flower spikes to prolong blooming and reduce self-seeding.

Excellent for butterfly and pollinator gardens, borders, and as a specimen or background shrub.

Deer and rabbits typically avoid it, making it useful in critter-prone areas.

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