Butterfly Bush Black Knight

A tall garden plant with dark purple flowers in late summer when little else blooms, and attracts butterflies; may treat as a perennial and cut it back to the ground each spring as it regrows vigorously and blooms on new wood

Other Names: Summer Lilac

• Botanical Name: Buddleia davidii 'Black Knight'
  
• Sun requirements: full sun-full sun
• Growth Rate: fast
• Mature Height: 5 feet Mature width: 5 feet
• Preferred soil moisture: dry to moist
• Cold Hardiness: 5b
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• Deer Resistant
• Nice Fall color
• showy dark purple flowers from mid summer to mid fall

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