Buddleia Ellens Blue Hepatica Emerging from dormancy in early

Emerging from dormancy in early spring

Olga Petryszyn

The common name cast iron plant speaks to their durability in less than ideal conditions

This short-trunked

you may also be rewarded with a significant number of seedlings

Buddleia Ellens Blue Hepatica Emerging from dormancy in earlyWhat started as a stray seedling in the former New York (Seneca Hill Perennials) garden of Ellen Hornig took the gardening world by storm. Buddleia 'Ellen's Blue' makes a compact, 4' tall, deer resistant bush smothered all summer in terminal spikes of blue violet flowers (RHS 89D) a hummingbird treat. This unique color in buddleias and its extraordinary fragrant flowers make this one of the best butterfly bush introductions 9 out of 10 butterflies