Buddleja 'Lochinch'
(Butterfly Bush 'Lochinch')

Family - Scrophulariaceae
Category - Shrub
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 2.5m
Width - up to 3m
Location - The Cool Garden

Description: A medium-sized Deciduous Shrub with an upright, bushy habit. Attractive silver-green leaves are oval to lanceolate in shape with pointed tips. The young stems and leaves are covered in dense, short silver hairs. Small tubular flowers are a soft shade of lavender-blue and each Bloom has an orange Eye. The flowers are densely held in conical panicles at the tips of the branches and are produced from midsummer into early autumn. The flowers are sweetly scented and highly attractive to pollinating insects.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Flower:

Small, tubular flowers are a shade of lavender-blue, and each bloom has an orange eye. The flowers are densely held in conical panicles and produced in abundance from July into September. The blooms have a sweet fragrance.

Flower colour: Lavender-blue

Flower shape: Tubular flowers in panicles

Flowering time: July, August, September

Foliage:

Attractive grey-green leaves are oval to lanceolate in shape with pointed tips. The young leaves and stems are covered in short, dense, silver-white hairs. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on the stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Oval to lanceolate

Propagation:

Cuttings.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun to partial shade in moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.