Butterfly Candy™ Lil' Lavender™ Butterfly Bush
Buddleia davidii ’BotEx 004’
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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' Lavender™ Butterfly Bush highlights at a glance!
Specifications
Specifications
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Botanical Name
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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
Add a frosty lavender confection to your garden with the all-new Butterfly Candy™ Lil' Lavender™ Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii 'BotEx 004')! Creamy and dreamy lavender panicles waft a sweet scent from their upright-growing, fluffy panicles! This Buddleia is a space-saving and compact delight that acts like a beacon for every butterfly, bee, and hummingbird in your neighborhood looking for a nectar-rich treat!
The new Butterfly Candy™ line of Buddleia is wonderfully compact and grows just 2-3 feet in height and width, but each is packed full of sage to gray-green foliage all growing season long! Densely branched, each stem ends in a vertically pointed cluster of tiny, scented blooms, packed into tight clusters!
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' Lavender™ blooms in late spring, through summer, and continue into fall! Lil' Lavender™ is hardy throughout chilly USDA growing zones 5 to warm zone 10! The floriferous blooms keep returning for your pollinators and cut flower arrangements as fast as you can keep them deadheaded.
Planting and Application:
Wonderful pastel and scented accents in any part of the sunny landscape, the frosty lavender spires add a calming, soothing, and meditative aspect to all garden styles and landscapes of all sizes! Small and space-saving enough for Container gardeners and porch planters, these lovely blooms dress up a sunny front porch! 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!
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 hedgerow into a spectacle! Transform your cottage garden, Rock garden, or perennial border into a pollinator garden with ease!
Take out a bit of lawn and add a berm, a hummingbird feeder, a birdbath, and a garden bench! Voila! You have front-row seats to a show all growing season until frost! These compact and easy-to-grow Buddleia are perfect gifts and are even Kid-friendly! Everyone will enjoy watching as Lil' Lavender™ 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!
- Fluffy & Full Panicles in Soft Frosty Lavender!
- Sweetly Scented Densely Packed Tiny Flowers
- Nectar-Rich - 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 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' Lavender™ Butterfly Bushes will bring frosty lavender, sweet treats to your pollinator gardens! Hurry and order all the new Butterfly Candy™ line of Buddleia from NatureHills.com today!
