Another exciting color breakthrough for Buddleia! 'Bicolor' is the first ever to offer two completely different colors on the same bloomstalk -- rich butterscotch yellow and frosty raspberry lavender! Add a heady, sweet fragrance, tons of butterflies, and you've got your perennial border, patio, or meadowland garden standout!Selected from more than 2,000 seedlings, 'Bicolor' was first grown at Dr. Michael Dirr's test gardens at the University of Georgia. Well, pandemonium broke loose whenever a group of visitors caught sight of these long, elegant trusses shimmering with deep gold and pale lavender tones! This is undoubtedly the best thing to happen to Butterfly Bushes since Honeycomb (one of 'Bicolor's parents!) arrived on the scene!
The blooms arise all summer long, standing out nicely against the soft gray-green foliage. Most bloom trusses are about 5 to 6 inches long, but they can reach up to 10 inches at the end of the season, with an intoxicating scent just as overwhelming as their color show! You will find yourself making excuses to visit this Buddleia in the sunny border or on the patio. The bloomstalks are lovely as cutflowers, too, so be sure to bring this color and scent indoors!
'Bicolor' reaches 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide, and benefits from a good shearing in late winter to encourage better branching and more blooms. It grows easily in any sunny, well-drained spot, demonstrating fantastic drought tolerance and indifferent to extreme heat and humidity. The butterflies will love this shrub . . . but not as much as you will! Zones 5-9.
