Butterfly Candy™ Lil' Taffy™ Butterfly Bush
Buddleia davidii ’BotEx 005’
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Specifications
| Plant Characteristics | Compact/Dwarf, Non-invasive, Seedless, Deer-resistant, Low Maintenance, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts pollinators, Flowering, Heat Tolerant, Drought resistant |
|---|---|
| Sunlight | Full sun |
| Height | |
| Width | |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Flower Color | Pink |
| Fragrant | Yes |
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| Does Not Ship To | AK, HI, ID, MT, PR |
Description
Sweet garden dessert! With bubblegum pink vertical blooms, the Butterfly Candy™ Lil' Taffy™ Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii 'BotEx 005') brings a world of biodiversity to your garden with sweet scent and candy-pink blooms! Held aloft in upright, fluffy tapering panicles, this cheerful pink-flowering Buddleia adds space-saving yumminess to your landscape!
The new Butterfly Candy™ line of Buddleia is wonderfully compact and stays just 2-3 feet in height and width, but is packed full of lovely lighter sage to gray-green foliage. Each branch ends in a vertically pointed cluster of tiny, scented blooms, jam-packed into tight clusters! Each held up like a beacon for every butterfly, bee, and hummingbird in your neighborhood!
Lil' Taffy™ is hardy throughout chilly USDA growing zones 5 to warm zone 10! The floriferous blooms keep returning for your pollinators and cut flower arrangements so long as you keep them deadheaded.
Acting as woody perennials in cooler climates, and deciduous shrubs in warmer ones, Butterfly Bushes usually are slow to start in colder zones, but grow fast once temps are just right! They can start sooner in warmer zones where Lil' Taffy™ blooms in late spring, through summer, and continue into fall!
Planting and Application:
Butterfly Candy™ Butterfly Bushes are must-have sweet desserts for your Pollinator Garden! Packed with vital nectar resources for all your winged visitors, the flowers also are a treat for you as well! They look lovely in cut flower arrangements and smell sweet! Plant among other perennials or flowering shrubs and turn any cottage garden, Rock garden, or perennial border into a pollinator garden!
Wonderful accents in any part of the sunny landscape, the candy pink spires of blooms seem to enhance all other plant colors and all garden styles! Small and compact enough for Container gardeners and porch planters and dressing up a sunny front porch! They are also easy-care enough to create Mass plantings that fill your landscape with hardy, versatile, blooms and butterflies!
Plant one by a hummingbird feeder, add a birdbath, and a garden bench, and enjoy front-row seats as the winged visitors arrive in droves! Great gifts and Kid-friendly, everyone will enjoy watching Lil' Taffy™ attract tons of wildlife! Get them a book on butterfly identification and a pair of binoculars or a camera to go with your thoughtful, easy-care gift!
- Fat Fluffy & Full Panicles in Bubblegum Pink!
- Lovely Scented - Packed with Tiny Flowers
- Nectar Rich Pollinator Magnets - Attracts Bees, Butterflies & Hummingbirds!
- Gray-Green Foliage & Compact Dense Branching
- Pollinator Gardens, Cut Flower Gardens & Landscape Accents
- Containers, En Masse, Beds & Borders
#ProPlantTips For Care
Buddleia Butterfly Bushes bloom best and have the strongest stems in full sun, so provide at least 6 hours of direct sunlight a day. Plant in almost any kind of well-drained, enriched soil with a 3-4 inch layer of mulch as topdressing. Then in the early spring before you see new growth, prune back your entire bush. This plant is like a woody perennial in colder zones it will die back, and should cut stems down in late winter or early spring before it starts to grow and all fresh new growth will develop from the roots. Deadhead to keep new blooms returning all growing season. Butterfly Bushes are rarely damaged by deer unless truly desperate!
- Full Sun Is Best
- Moderate to Lower, Yet Consistent Soil Moisture
- Enriched, Very Well-Drained Soil & Appreciates Mulched Beds
- Deadhead Often For Rebloom
- Prune Back in Early Spring
- Deer Seldom Bother It
The new line of Butterfly Candy™ Lil' Taffy™ Butterfly Bush will bring bubblegum pink treats to your pollinator gardens! Hurry and order all the new Butterfly Candy™ line of Buddleia from NatureHills.com today!
Delivery and Shipping
Shipping Rates
Ships in 3-5 business days • Tracking provided • Weather protected
| Under $50 | $9.99 |
| $50 - $99.99 | $14.99 |
| $100 - $149.99 | $16.99 |
| $150 - $198.99 | $24.99 |
| $199+ | FREE |
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It is doing well and shipping it was a little drowsy when it arrived watered it down well and in no time it perked right up. So far as happy in his new place
Butterfly bushes are tough travelers once they get a good drink and settle in, so it's great to hear yours bounced back quickly. They tend to really take off once the roots get established, so keep an eye out for the blooms. Thanks for the update, Howard.
When I first got the box and opened it, they were tough but now they look great
Bare-root and plug plants can look pretty rough right out of the shipping box, so it's great to hear yours bounced back and are looking great now. Butterfly bushes are tough once they settle in, and Perfecta Trifecta will really hit its stride as the season goes on. Thanks for the update, Karen!
Plant arrived in great condition and had a couple of blooms on it already. It's thriving even in this heatwave we are having in Ohio. It's blooming but I'm anticipating to see if it is a variated color bush like the ad said.
Butterfly bush are tough plants once they settle in, so it's a good sign yours hit the ground running through an Ohio heatwave. The variegated color mix really does show best as the plant matures and puts on more growth, so keep watching those new blooms. Thanks for sharing the update, Kathy. We hope the color display lives up to the anticipation! The Nature Hills Team
I ordered two bushes. The first one arrived with half the top soil spilled into the box. It looked small, about a foot and a half tall. But because it looked healthy I replaced the soil and planted it in a 20" pot. The second one arrived the next day and was in pretty good shape. This one was about 3 feet tall and I planted it in another 20" pot.
I understand that the content in the shipping can become disturbed, but I ordered 2 bushes expecting them to be of the same size and age. They obviously were not. Because of their guarantee I sent an email through their site (the same one requesting this review) requesting a replacement. This was over 2 weeks ago and I still haven't seen a reply to my email or the 3 follow-ups i sent.
Blooming well. Very happy.
Butterfly bushes can take a little time to settle in, so it's great to hear the Perfecta Trifecta is already putting on a show for you. Once it gets a full season of roots down, you'll likely see even more blooms. Thanks for sharing the update, Lori. The Nature Hills Team
This is very healthy butterfly bush.
Healthy arrival is exactly what we aim for, Katherine. The Perfecta Trifecta is a great choice for pollinators, and once it settles in and starts blooming, the butterflies will find it fast. Thanks for letting us know it arrived in good shape.
Plant arrived in excellent condition. I planted it right and it is growing well. Can’t wait to see it when it blooms. This is just one of several plants I have purchased from Nature Hills and every one has done well. Glad I found them.
Hearing that every plant you've ordered has done well means a lot, and the Perfecta Trifecta is a rewarding one to watch as it settles in. Butterfly bushes tend to really hit their stride in the second season once the roots are fully established, so the blooms should be even better next year. Thanks for sticking with us, Robert.
Seemed to suffer after shipping but is now blooming happily!
Shipping stress is real for plants, and it's good to hear this one bounced back and found its footing. Butterfly bushes are pretty resilient once they settle in, and blooms are always a sign they're happy with their spot. Enjoy the show, and the pollinators that are sure to follow!
Very healthy, very large plant arrived. Three colors, beautiful and unique.
A Perfecta Trifecta arriving in good shape and ready to go is exactly what you want, and the three-color bloom combination really is something different from your typical butterfly bush. Enjoy the pollinators it brings in this season, Donna. Thanks for sharing your experience.
As usual all my plants were properly packaged and shipped
with planting and growth information. I have never received any damaged plants, they are all in excellent condition and grow without issue. I do recommend Nature Hills Nursery.
Sandra, it sounds like you have quite a collection going at this point, and it's good to know the Butterfly Bush arrived in the same shape as everything else you've ordered. Lil' Lavender is a compact grower that really earns its keep once it settles in, so keep an eye out for those first blooms. Thank you for the recommendation and for continuing to grow with us.
packed well.had blooms on it and beautifully colored leaves. adapted well after planting compact I wish I had room for a full size plant
Compact plants that bloom right out of the box and settle in quickly after planting are exactly what you hope for, so it's good to hear this one delivered. The Lil' Lavender is a great fit for tighter spots, but we understand the temptation once you see how the full-size butterfly bushes perform. Thanks for sharing, Jeffrey.
It’s holding its own. I don’t know that I’d say it’s growing……
Butterfly bush can be slow to establish in the first season, putting more energy into roots than visible top growth. If it is holding steady and not declining, that is actually a good sign heading into the growing season. Give it a little more time and you will likely see it take off.
The little bush arrived promptly. It even had little blooms on it! I transplanted it and it took off, with fast growth and more blooms. I am impressed!
Fast establishment after transplanting is always a good sign with butterfly bush, and blooms right out of the box is a nice bonus. Perfecta Trifecta tends to be a strong grower once it settles in, so you should see it fill out nicely as the season goes on. Thanks for sharing the update, Mark.
She's doing well. Arrived packaged nicely and healthy. She's just a kid right now, but when she grows up she'll be awesome. Very healthy plant!
Perfecta Trifecta is such a rewarding grower, and it sounds like yours is off to a solid start. Once she hits her stride in the second season you will really see her take off, so keep up whatever you are doing. Thanks for sharing the update, Marlene. The Nature Hills Team
Plants came well boxed and undamaged. The plants were all healthy and good size. They are growing quickly.
Butterfly bushes tend to take off once they settle in, so it's great to hear yours hit the ground running. We take care packing them for transit, and it's good to know they arrived in solid shape. Thanks for sharing, Susan, and enjoy the show when those blooms start coming in.
Seem to be growing well.
Perfecta Trifecta is a fast establisher once it gets going, so it is great to hear yours is off to a good start, Carol. As it settles in, you can expect strong bushy growth and plenty of blooms that pollinators really go for. Thanks for the update!
Already blooming!
Love them.
Perfecta Trifecta is a fast starter, so it is great to hear yours hit the ground running. Butterfly bushes that bloom early in their first season tend to put on quite a show as they settle in. Enjoy the pollinators it will bring your way, Melissa. Thanks for sharing the update!
I bought the trifecta with two other butterfly bushes, and all were healthy. Two, including the trifecta were already in bloom when planted. Very happy with the plants and nursery.
Butterfly bushes already in bloom at planting time is a great sign of how well they were rooted before shipping. Glad the whole trio arrived healthy and hit the ground running. The Trifecta in particular puts on quite a show once it gets established, so you have a lot to look forward to. Thanks for sharing, Douglas, and enjoy the butterflies!
The plants arrived healthy and well packaged. Within a week they started blooming and already are attracting butterflies. Beautiful flowers, seamless purchase.
Butterflies showing up within the first week is a good sign the plants settled in quickly. Perfecta Trifecta is a strong bloomer and should keep putting on color well into fall, so you have a lot of season left to enjoy it. Thanks for the kind words, Karl. We hope your garden stays busy with visitors all summer.
Beautiful plant just starting to flower
Butterfly bush can take a little time to settle in after planting, so it's great to hear yours is starting to flower. Once it hits its stride you should see blooms well into fall, and the butterflies will find it fast. Thanks for sharing the update, Gary.
They sent me a all white butterfly shrub but I ordered tri colored. And tried calling and emailed but no response.
The bush was delivered in excellent condition and planted a few days later. Seems to be thriving.
Hearing that it arrived in good shape and is already settling in well is exactly what we hope for with every shipment. Butterfly bushes tend to take off quickly once they get their roots into the ground, so with some warm weeks ahead you should start seeing real growth soon. Thanks for the update, Peter.
Doing good, small yet but good colors. Can’t wait till all colors come in and it gets bigger
Butterfly bushes have a way of surprising you once they really settle in. Those colors only get richer and more abundant as the plant matures, so you have a lot to look forward to. Thanks for sharing the early progress, Daniel.
The bushes were delivered in perfect packaging. They are in our flower bed blooming. Thank you. 😊
Blooming already in the flower bed is about the best start a butterfly bush can have. The Perfecta Trifecta is a real pollinator magnet once it gets going, so keep an eye out for the visitors that will follow. Thanks for letting us know it arrived in good shape, GeorgeAnn, and happy growing!
