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Pugster Blue®
Buddleia
Full sized flowers on a dwarf plant! Meet Pugster Blue® butterfly bush - it's a whole new look for a dwarf butterfly bush. This compact plant reaches just 2'/.6 m tall and wide but has the large, full flowers normally seen on a much larger plant. It blooms non-stop from early summer through frost with true-blue flowers, each with a tiny yellow-orange eye in the center. Thanks to thick, sturdy stems, the Pugster® series offers vastly improved hardiness and winter survival over other types of dwarf butterfly bush. Pugster Blue dwarf butterfly bush is featured in our "Pied Piper" magazine advertisement. Pugster Blue butterfly bush is featured in our "Pied Piper" magazine advertisement. Top three reasons to grow Pugster Blue butterfly bush: 1. Appealing true-blue flowers add hard-to-find color to any type of garden or landscape. 2. It produces full-sized flowers on a compact, dwarf frame. 3. Thick, sturdy stems ensure better winter hardiness in zone 5 than other dwarf butterfly bushes.
| Blossom Color | Blue |
| Bloom Season | Summer through Fall |
| Exposure | Sun |
| Height | |
| Width | 24-36 in |
| Spacing | 36-48 in |
| Container Sizes | 32 |
| Hardiness Zones | 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| Wildlife Attracted | Bees,Butterflies,Hummingbirds |
| Wildlife Deterred | Deer,Rabbits |
| Features | Full sized flowers on a dwarf plant! Meet Pugster Blue® butterfly bush - it's a whole new look for a dwarf butterfly bush. This compact plant reaches just 2'/.6 m tall and wide but has the large, full flowers normally seen on a much larger plant. It blooms non-stop from early summer through frost with true-blue flowers, each with a tiny yellow-orange eye in the center. Thanks to thick, sturdy stems, the Pugster® series offers vastly improved hardiness and winter survival over other types of dwarf butterfly bush. Pugster Blue dwarf butterfly bush is featured in our "Pied Piper" magazine advertisement. Pugster Blue butterfly bush is featured in our "Pied Piper" magazine advertisement. Top three reasons to grow Pugster Blue butterfly bush: 1. Appealing true-blue flowers add hard-to-find color to any type of garden or landscape. 2. It produces full-sized flowers on a compact, dwarf frame. 3. Thick, sturdy stems ensure better winter hardiness in zone 5 than other dwarf butterfly bushes. |
| Adaptable as a Houseplant | No |
| Bog Plant | No |
| Is Disease Resistant | No |
| Drought Tolerant | Yes |
| Edible | No |
| Erosion Control | No |
| Fragrant Flower | Yes |
| Fragrant Foilage | No |
| Heat Tolerant | No |
| Native to North America | No |
| Salt Tolerant | No |
| Succulent | No |
| Water Plant | No |
| Uses |
Pugster dwarf butterfly bushes make an excellent addition to flower gardens. *In zones 5 and colder it is not recommended for fall planting OR pruning. |
| Maintenance Notes |
Get all the details you need to grow butterfly bush like an expert in our Ultimate Guide to Butterfly Bush.
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