Butterfly Candy™ Lil' Grape™ Butterfly Bush
Buddleia davidii ’BotEx 001’
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Understanding Plant Options
Nature Hills offers plants in two main formats:
- Container Plants: Grown in pots with soil, sized by container volume and plant age
- Bare Root Plants: Dormant plants without soil, sized by height measurements
Container Plant Sizes
Container sizes indicate plant age and growing capacity rather than liquid volume equivalents. Our containers follow industry-standard nursery "trade gallon" specifications, which differ from standard liquid gallon measurements.
Young Plants (6 months to 18 months old)
| Container Size | Actual Volume | Metric Equivalent |
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| 2" x 2" x 3" | 0.18 - 0.21 dry quarts | 0.20 - 0.23 dry liters |
| 4" Container | 0.31 - 0.87 dry quarts | 0.35 - 0.96 dry liters |
| 4.5" Container | 0.65 dry quarts | 0.72 dry liters |
| 6" Container | 1.4 dry quarts | 1.59 dry liters |
| 1 Quart | 1 dry quart | 1.1 dry liters |
| 5.5" Container | 1.89 dry quarts | 2.08 dry liters |
Established Plants (18 months to 2.5 years old)
| Container Size | Actual Volume | Metric Equivalent |
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| 2 Quart | 2 dry quarts | 2.2 dry liters |
| #1 Container | 2.26 - 3.73 dry quarts | 2.49 - 4.11 dry liters |
| 5" x 5" x 12" | 3.5 - 4.3 dry quarts | 3.85 - 4.74 dry liters |
Mature Plants (2-4 years old)
| Container Size | Actual Volume | Metric Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| #2 Container | 1.19 - 1.76 dry gallons | 5.24 - 7.75 dry liters |
| #3 Container | 2.15 - 2.76 dry gallons | 8.14 - 12.16 dry liters |
Large Plants (3-5 years old)
| Container Size | Actual Volume | Metric Equivalent |
|---|---|---|
| #5 Container | 2.92 - 4.62 dry gallons | 12.86 - 20.35 dry liters |
| #6 Container | 5.25 - 6.01 dry gallons | 23.12 - 26.42 dry liters |
| #7 Container | 5.98 - 6.53 dry gallons | 26.34 - 28.76 dry liters |
Bare Root Plants
Bare root plants are sold by height from the root system to the top of the plant. Plants may exceed minimum height requirements.
Common Sizes:
- Trees: 1 foot, 2 feet, 3 feet, 4 feet, 5 feet, 6 feet
- Shrubs & Perennials: 1 foot, 18 inches, 2 feet
Important Notes
Container Volume Specifications
- Trade Gallon Standard: Our containers follow industry-standard "trade gallon" specifications established by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI Z60.1) for nursery stock
- Volume Variations: Actual soil volume may vary due to plant root systems and growing medium settlement
- Age Indicators: Container size primarily indicates plant age and maturity rather than liquid volume equivalents
Growing Conditions
- Plant size can vary based on variety and growing conditions
- Container size helps indicate plant maturity and establishment level
- Larger containers generally mean more established root systems and faster landscape establishment
Seasonal Availability
- Bare root plants are available seasonally when dormant
- Container plants are available throughout the growing season
- Specific varieties may have limited availability in certain sizes
Questions?
For questions about specific plant sizes or availability, please contact our plant experts who can help you choose the right size for your landscape needs.
Plant Highlights
Butterfly Candy™ Lil' Grape™ Butterfly Bush highlights at a glance!
Specifications
Specifications
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Brand
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Botanical Name
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Growing Zones
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Mature Height
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Mature Spread
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Sun ExposureFull Sun
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Moisture
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Soil
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Growth RateMedium
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Pollinator Friendly
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Fragrant
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Pruning Time
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Bloom PeriodLate Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Zones 5-10
The all-new Butterfly Candy™ Lil' Grape™ Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii 'BotEx 001') is just the juicy and fruity treat your garden needs for saturated, almost two-tone butterfly-friendly blooms! Tightly packed panicles are sweet-scented and vibrant deep purple with a violet eye in the center of each tiny little blossom that makes up each fluffy spire!
Growing upright from the top of each of the many, compact and densely branched stems, this Buddleia is a space-saving delight that acts like a beacon for every butterfly, bee, and hummingbird in your neighborhood looking for a nectar-rich treat! This new Butterfly Candy™ line of Buddleia is wonderfully compact and grows just 2-3 feet in height and width, and is packed full of sagey, gray-green foliage all growing season long!
These compact and easy-to-grow Buddleia are perfect gifts and are Kid-friendly! Everyone will enjoy watching as Lil' Grape™ attracts tons of beneficial insects! Include a pair of garden gloves, a book on butterfly identification, and a pair of binoculars to go with your thoughtful gift that attracts biodiversity!
Planting and Application:
Any garden becomes a pollinator garden with ease! Wonderful juicy hues these vibrant accents light up any part of the sunny landscape! Amp up front garden beds and borders, or back patios - kicking the curb appeal up in all garden styles and working into landscapes of all sizes! Space-saving enough for Container gardeners and porch planters, these lovely blooms catch the eye on a sunny front porch!
Butterfly Candy™ Butterfly Bushes are must-have eye candy for you and are a vital food source for your Pollinators! Your winged visitors and beneficial pollinators, plus your kitchen table will all benefit from these lovely spires! They look lovely in Cutting Gardens and smell just as sweet as they look! Turn any Perennial border, mixed-shrub hedge into a spectacle with a facer planting or groupings of Lil' Grape™! Transform your boring cottage garden, enhance a Rock garden, or add 3 seasons of purple blossoms to perennial borders!
The floriferous blooms keep returning for your pollinators and cut flower arrangements as fast as you can keep them deadheaded. Take out a bit of lawn and add a berm, a hummingbird feeder, a birdbath, and a garden bench! You have front-row seats to a show all growing season until frost! They are also easy-care enough to create en masse drifts of vibrant all-growing season color! Fill your landscape with these hardy, versatile, blooms and butterflies!
- Fluffy & Full Panicles in Juicy Purple & Violet!
- Sweetly Scented Densely Packed With Tiny Flowers
- Nectar-Rich - Attracts Pollinators & Hummingbirds!
- Gray-Green Foliage & Compact Dense Branching
- Butterfly Gardens, Cut Flower Borders & 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!
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' Grape™ blooms in late spring, through summer, and continue into fall! Lil' Grape™ is hardy throughout chilly USDA growing zones 5 to warm zone 10!
- Full Sun For The Most Blooms
- 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
All-new Butterfly Candy™ Lil' Grape™ Butterfly Bush adds saturated purple and violet puffy blooms to your garden and sweet treats for your pollinators! Hurry and order one of every new Butterfly Candy™ Buddleia from NatureHills.com today!
