Buddleia Pugster® Amethyst Butterfly Bush

A Proven Winners® Color Choice Flowering Shrub, Buddleia Pugster Amethyst is a deciduous shrub offering 3 seasons of interest, blooming and reblooming from early summer through first frost. The extra large flower spikes, dense with purple blooms, are borne on thick, sturdy stems, which improve winter survival in colder climates. The nectar-rich flowers are sweetly fragrant and extremely pollinator friendly, attracting tons of bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.

A Buddleia hybrid, commonly called butterfly bush, Pugster Amethyst is a colorful shrub with a compact, mounding habit and vigorous growth. If allowed, butterfly bush will self-seed, so consider placement carefully. It is a perfect specimen, container, or mixed bed plant but is shown to best effect massed or grouped.

An easy-grow, easy-care shrub, butterfly bush performs best in sunny locations with average, medium moist, well-draining soil. The plant is drought and heat tolerant, deer resistant, and pet friendly. Deadheading regularly encourages and prolongs flowering and discourages any unwanted self-seeding.