Miss Molly Butterfly Bush
Buddleia 'Miss Molly'

Height: 5 feet
Spread: 4 feet
Sunlight: Full sun
Hardiness Zone: 4b
Other Names: Summer Lilac

Description:
A valuable compact garden plant with spectacular hot pink to red flower spikes in summer. It attracts butterflies and can be treated as a perennial by cutting it back to the ground each spring, where it regrows vigorously and blooms on new wood.

Ornamental Features:
Miss Molly Butterfly Bush features showy panicles of fragrant hot pink flowers at the ends of the branches from mid summer to mid fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has grayish green deciduous foliage, and the fuzzy narrow leaves do not develop notable fall color.

Landscape Attributes:
Miss Molly Butterfly Bush is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It is a good choice for attracting bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, but is not particularly attractive to deer. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Miss Molly Butterfly Bush is recommended for the following landscape applications:
- Accent
- Mass Planting
- General Garden Use
- Container Planting

Planting & Growing:
Miss Molly Butterfly Bush will grow to be about 5 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and does not necessarily require facer plants in front. It is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations and performs well under average home landscape conditions. It is not particular about soil type or pH and can tolerate environmental salt. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.

Miss Molly Butterfly Bush makes a fine choice for the outdoor landscape and is also well suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. Due to its height, it is often used as a thriller in the spiller-thriller-filler container combination and should be planted near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller and trailing plants. It is sizeable enough to be grown alone in a suitable container. Plants grown in containers may not perform exactly as indicated on the tag and typically require more frequent watering than those grown in the landscape.