Description
Description:
A valuable compact garden plant with showy spikes of deep blue flowers in late summer when little else blooms; attracts butterflies; may be cut back to the ground each spring as it regrows vigorously, and blooms on new wood; great for smaller spaces
Ornamental Features:
Lo & Behold Blue Chip Jr. Butterfly Bush features showy panicles of fragrant royal blue flowers with lavender overtones at the ends of the branches from early summer to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has grayish green foliage throughout the season. The fuzzy narrow leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.
Landscape Attributes:
Lo & Behold Blue Chip Jr. Butterfly Bush is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a mounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.
Lo & Behold Blue Chip Jr. Butterfly Bush is recommended for the following landscape applications;
