: any of a genus (Buddleja of the family Scrophulariaceae) of shrubs or small trees of warm regions with showy terminal clusters of usually purple or white flowers
called also butterfly bush
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Some flowers in my garden have been inherited from the previous owners: astilbes, baptisias, azaleas, and buddleias.
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
The bush is a compact buddleia that cascades instead of growing upright, so it could be grown in a basket or a large pot, then put in the ground in fall.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2022
Pentas, lantana, verbena, zinnia, salvias (many different species and cultivars), Mexican butterfly weed (Asclepias curassavica) and buddleia are excellent flowering plants to attract butterflies into your garden this summer.
—Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 5 May 2019
These include asters, ornamental salvias, caryopteris, perovskia, lespedeza, buddleia and chrysanthemums.
—Adrian Higgins, sacbee, 8 June 2018
This hybrid is a very dwarf form of buddleia (or buddleja), great for small spaces and containers.
—Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 15 Dec. 2017
Pentas, lantana, verbena, zinnia, salvias, Mexican butterfly weed and buddleia are excellent flowering plants to attract butterflies to your garden this summer.
—Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 15 July 2017
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Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
The bush is a compact buddleia that cascades instead of growing upright, so it could be grown in a basket or a large pot, then put in the ground in fall.
—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2022
Pentas, lantana, verbena, zinnia, salvias (many different species and cultivars), Mexican butterfly weed (Asclepias curassavica) and buddleia are excellent flowering plants to attract butterflies into your garden this summer.
—Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 5 May 2019
These include asters, ornamental salvias, caryopteris, perovskia, lespedeza, buddleia and chrysanthemums.
—Adrian Higgins, sacbee, 8 June 2018
This hybrid is a very dwarf form of buddleia (or buddleja), great for small spaces and containers.
—Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 15 Dec. 2017
Pentas, lantana, verbena, zinnia, salvias, Mexican butterfly weed and buddleia are excellent flowering plants to attract butterflies to your garden this summer.
—Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 15 July 2017
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“Buddleia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buddleia. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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