Buddleia Butterfly Tower White - Butterfly Bush

The Buddleia Butterfly Tower 'White', with its white flowering, is a recent selection of bush that is quite revolutionary due to its narrow habit, in a tight column. Deciduous, it adorns itself in spring with delicate foliage and transforms in summer into an elegant flowering tower of white panicles, highly visited by butterflies. Growing this shrub poses no difficulty in ordinary soil, even poor and occasionally dry, and its modest size is suitable for gardens of all sizes.

The Buddleia davidii Butterfly Tower 'White' is a deciduous bush, which usually loses its foliage in winter. It belongs to the family of Scrophulariaceae. This amazing British cultivar, recently obtained by Thompson & Morgan, is derived from the David's buddleia, also known as the Father David's buddleia or the Changing buddleia. The latter is a robust Chinese species that has become invasive in our climate. 'Butterfly Tower 'White' is a hybrid that does not self-seed in the garden or in nature.

The bush has a narrow, dense habit, supported by short and barely arching branches. It reaches an average height of 2m with a spread of 1m within 7 or 8 years, depending on the growing conditions. It flowers from July to early September, producing an abundance of 20 to 25cm long flower panicles. The flowers are white. They release a sweet, sugary fragrance, highly attractive to pollinators. The ornamental foliage of this butterfly bush is composed of fine, rather small leaves, of a deep green colour, with a greyish down on the underside. This very hardy shrub withstands urban pollution and does not suffer from occasional drought in deep soil.

The Buddleia davidii 'Butterfly Tower White' brings a unique touch of elegance to the garden, whether planted alone, in groups, forming a hedge, placed at the corner of a terrace, or at the back of a perennial bed. Its inflorescences, visited by multicoloured butterflies, offer a true visual spectacle. They harmonise with the mauve and white panicles of some summer lilacs. The Buddleia 'Butterfly Tower White' also fits well in a free hedge composed of botanical roses, serviceberries, hawthorns, Japanese quinces, and forsythias, thus extending the flowering period. Suitable for coastal and container cultivation, this buddleia offers fragrant flowers that also enhance bouquets. For an elegant contrast, associate it with tall grasses such as Miscanthus, Panicum, and Deschampsia.