Botanical Name:   Buddleia davidii

Common Names:   Butterfly Bush or Budlea

Plant type:   Shrub

Host for:   none

Zone:   9-11

Light:   sun

Size:   grows to 10 feet

Water:   average water needs

Soil:   well drained soil

Propagation:   cuttings

Bloom:   many different varieties

Note:   Extrememly popular nectar plant for butterflies and nectar-drinking moths.

Note: Host plant for Common Buckeye Junonia coenia). Use of Butterfly Bush by Buckeyes as a host plant is not as common as the use of various weeds.

Butterfly Bloom Attractant:   10




Butterfly Attractant Scale:    0 - 10
10 = Excellent nectar source
8-9 = Great nectar source
6-7 = Good nectar source
5 = Fair nectar source
3-4 = Poor nectar source
1-2 = Rarely visited by butterflies
0 = We have never observed a butterfly nectaring from this flowering plant.

These ratings are offered by Shady Oak Butterfly Farm from observations in Brooker, Florida, as well as on our travels. Different species of butterflies may be attracted to different plants in different areas of the US and of the world.