Buddleia Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven Butterfly BushÂ
Buddleia x ‘Blue Heaven’ P.P.# 22069
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b  Find Your Zone
Plant Type:Â Perennial Shrub
Height at Maturity:Â 3′ in ground, 2-2.5′ in containers
Width at Maturity:Â 3′
Spacing:Â 2′ for solid hedges, 5′ for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form:Â Arching, Bushy, Mounding
Growth Rate:Â Fast to Very Fast
Flower Color: Â Lavender-Blue
Flower Size:Â 4-5″ long clusters
Flowering Period:Â June to Frost!
Flower Type:Â Spike
Fragrant Flowers:Â Â Yes
Foliage Color:Â Grey-Green
Fragrant Foliage:Â No
Berries:Â Â No
Berry Color:Â No
Sun Needs:Â Full to Mostly Sun
Water Needs:Â Â Average, low when established
Soil Type:Â Â Clay (Amended), Loam, Sand, SiltÂ
Soil Moisture / Drainage:Â Well-drained moist to dry
Soil pH:Â 5.5 – 8.5 (Acid to Moderately Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care:Â Low to Average
Attracts:Â Visual Attention, Birds, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Resistances:Â Deer –Â more info, Disease, Drought, Dry Soil, Heat, Insect, Rabbit
Description
Now you can enjoy butterflies and hummingbirds buzzing around without giving up much space. The varieties in the Flutterby Petite Series are dwarf bushes sized perfectly for smaller gardens and large containers growing only 3 feet tall and wide. Petite Blue Heaven Butterfly Bush produces full size, 4 to 6″ spikes of lavender-blue flowers on bushes one-third the size of their taller growing cousins. The flowers are more lavender than they are blue in our gardens. As with all butterfly bush, Blue Heaven is drought tolerant when established and deer turn their nose up to it.
Landscape & Garden Uses
We have Flutterby Blue Heaven growing in both garden beds and pots in our landscape. In the ground it’s 3 foot height with an equal or slightly wider spread, making it an ideal choice for smaller garden spaces, where larger growing butterfly bush won’t fit. In containers it doesn’t grow quite as large; maybe 2 feet tall by 2 feet wide or so. That said, we’d recommend a larger pot of at least 15 inches or more in diameter. Ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or massed in landscape borders, flowering shrub borders and perennial gardens. A natural choice for butterfly and hummingbird gardens, Xeriscape gardens (low water needs, and blue-themed color gardens.
Suggested Spacing:Â 2.5 to 3 feet apart for solid hedges or mass plantings; 6 to 7 feet apart or more for space between plants
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Note:Â For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Butterfly Bush variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
Flutterby Blue Heaven Butterfly Bush is exceptionally easy to grow. It thrives in full to mostly sun and isn’t too picky about soil type, provided the soil is well-drained and of average fertility. At least 6 hours of direct sun per day is recommended for best flowering. As with so many other plants, constantly soggy or wet soils can cause problems with the roots.
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Butterfly Bushes.
How To Plant & Care For Butterfly Bushes
Planning a Butterfly Garden
Butterfly Garden Design & Planting Tips
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I planted the butterfly bush right away, and it is doing quite well, thank you, along with the Lantanas I received from you. I am very grateful for your company!——————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
All the plants arrived and seemed to be in good condition. All have been planted. Looking forward to the Spring. Will plan on mulching them heavily this Fall.————————————————–Thanks so much for your review. Let us know if there’s ever anything we can help you with. 🙂 – Beth | WBG
Packaging was super. Plants have not stopped blooming since we took them out of the box. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are loving them.—————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Great packaging and shipping.. Plants arrived vibrant and blooming. My second year ordering plants.——————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Dainty little plant, arrived safely. Its planted but hasn’t bloomed yet. Lots of buds on a healthy plant. I can’t wait to see it in flower.—————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Beautiful plant. Everything I’ve received from Wilson Bros Gardens has been packaged beautifully and have been very healthy plants. I couldn’t be happier with all my purchases. Thank you.————————————-Thanks so much for your review. Let us know if there’s ever anything we can help you with. 🙂 – Beth | WBG
Plants arrived in excellent shape due to Wilson Brothers superior packing job.
Planted about a week ago and they are doing well.
Thank you for great service.—————————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
Planted about a week ago and they are doing well.
Thank you for great service.—————————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the kind words and great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
We’ve done quite a bit of business with Wilson’s Bros over the past few months. We’ve never been disappointed with any of our orders. Shipping and arrival shape of the plant has been fantastic. When the need arises we will be back
Thank you!—————————We are so glad yall are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! Thanks for the kind words! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Thank you!—————————We are so glad yall are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the great review! Thanks for the kind words! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I was very pleased with my order, prompt shipping. The plants were well packed and arrived in beautiful condition. Hopefully they survive the winter. Very lovely plants.————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Plant is doing well. Thank you.——————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
Hoping to see beautiful flowers in the spring.————————————We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
I ordered this time in August with next year in mind, but it is budding and may attract some of this season’s butterflies. Plant arrived at time promised and in fine shape, packed so that it was protected from contact with the sides of the box.——————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I ordered this plant on 6/15 and it was delivered on 6/17! I was amazed! (I had much worse service from another company.) It looked good and healthy. I planted it the next day and it looks good now. It looks healthy and growing, and
some of the buds appear to be about to open. It has a lot of buds; I hope the
hummingbirds like it.———————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you and the hummers enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
some of the buds appear to be about to open. It has a lot of buds; I hope the
hummingbirds like it.———————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you and the hummers enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I can’t say enough about how well this plant was packaged. It is very well established and has a multitude of buds ready to bloom.. Thank you for a great online experience. head and shoulders above other retailers.———————————Thanks for the great review! We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG
A beautiful color well represented by the photo on Wilson Bros Gardens. This bush was well established and multi branched, well pruned, and mature. It is shaped more compact and dense compared to many of the more open loose sprawling types…very unique in it’s shape. I was very pleased also with the very personal email customer support I received from Wilson Brothers Gardens. I included a photo of it’s first day in my garden, I expect this little bush to do well, and grow nicely over time making this more of a focal point at the foot of the statue. Very Happy with his purchase!———————————–Hi Sue, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Buddleia Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven Butterfly Bush. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens
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