Grow Buddleia davidii 'Groovy Grape™' when you want bold, grape-purple blooms and steady pollinator traffic through the warm season. This butterfly bush forms an upright, arching shrub with long, cone-shaped flower clusters that are richly fragrant and highly attractive to butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators.

Give your plant full sun for best flowering and a sturdy habit. In richer soils it will grow quickly, filling out with green foliage and repeated blooms. Once established it can handle periods of dryness, but it performs best with consistent moisture during long hot spells and in well-drained soil.

In USDA Zones 5-9, you can treat it as a reliable summer-blooming shrub. In colder winters it may die back and regrow from the base; for the fullest flower display, prune hard in late winter or very early spring to encourage vigorous new stems that bloom heavily.

Plan for a mature size around 8-10 feet tall and a broad spread, and place it where its fragrance and bloom color can be enjoyed up close. Deadhead spent flower spikes to keep the plant tidy and encourage continued flowering into late summer and fall.

Specifications

• Cold hardiness zone: 5-9 (-20 degrees F) - Contact your local extension to confirm hardiness if you are in a fringe zone (we cannot guarantee hardiness in fringe zones)
• Light: Full sun
• Growth rate: Fast
• Mature height: 96-120"
• Spread: 72-96"
• Tolerant of: Drought, Rabbits, Salt
• Attracts: Butterflies, Hummingbirds
• Good for borders & edging: Yes
• Fragrant: Yes
• Long bloom time: Yes

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