BICOLOR BUTTERFLY BUSH
BICOLOR BUTTERFLY BUSH
Zones - 4-9
Description -
Eye-catching pink flowers with peachy throats are the first bicolored cultivar. Long 5 to 8 inch panicles of dense ball-shaped clusters top the dark green leaves. Blooms in summer. A vital butterfly nectar source that draws them in droves. Plant in foundations to enjoy the flowers and butterfly show through windows. Add this large, open shrub to the back of the shrub or mixed border. Essential to all butterfly gardens. Deciduous shrub. Fast growing 5 to 6 feet tall, 4 to 6 feet wide.
Key Benefits
Eye-catching pink flowers with peachy throats in 5 to 8 inch long panicles of dense ball-shaped clusters stand out against dark green leaves. Attracts butterflies. Super foundation plant or for the shrub border. Plant as specimen or background. Deciduous.
Time of Flowering
Pink flowers with peachy throats in summer.
Average Landscape Size
Large, open shrub, fast growing 5 to 6 feet tall, 4 to 6 feet wide.
Water Needs
Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry.
Sun Exposure
Full sun
Cold Hardiness
-30 to -20 F