Buddleja

Buddleja davidii

Flower name
Buddleja
Scientific name
Buddleja davidii
Aliasフサフジウツギ, Buddleja, 房藤空木, butterfly-bush, summer lilac, ニシキフジウツギ, 酔魚草
Place of originChina and Japan
Place of floweringGarden
Flowering seasonJune, July, August, September, October
Language of flowers"Premony of love", "Atone for you", "A whisper of love"

What is Buddleja

Buddleja (Common Name: Buddleja, Scientific Name: Buddleja davidii) is a hardy deciduous shrub native to China and Japan, belonging to the Scrophulariaceae family.It's names include oakleaf hydrangea, summer lilac, butterfly-bush, and orange eye. In Japanese, it is known as Fusafuji-utsugi or Nishikifuji-utsugi.

The shrub grows to a height of 300–500 cm. The leaves are ovate-lanceolate to long-lanceolate, measuring 5–25 cm in length, with toothed margins and opposite arrangement on the branches.

From June to October, it produces numerous small flowers (about 1 cm in length) on panicles that extend 20–50 cm from the leaf axils. Viewed from a distance, these panicles resemble large flower clusters. Each small flower has a cup-shaped corolla with an orange eye in the center and four-lobed petals. The flowers come in a variety of colors, including purple, red, pink, orange, white, yellow, blue-violet, and fuchsia. The leaves, branches, and root bark contain compounds with insecticidal, detoxifying, and bruise-healing properties.

Buddleja and Oakleaf Hydrangea
The Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) and Buddleja (Buddleja davidii) have similar flower appearances. Let's compare the differences.

Left: Left: Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)、

right: Buddleja (Buddleja davidii)
Oakleaf Hydrangea has oak-shaped leaves, five-petaled flowers, and primarily white flower color. Buddleja has ovate-lanceolate leaves, cup-shaped flowers, and a wide range of flower colors.

Common name: buddleia, scientific name:Buddleja davidii, aka: summer lilac, butterfly-bush, or orange eye, origin: Western China and Japan, height: 300-500 cm, leaf shape: lanceolate, leaf arrangement: opposite the Blade length: 5-25 cm, leaf: tooth, left-right asymmetric flowers, inflorescence paniculate, flower purple, red, peach, Orange, white, yellow and blue-violet, purple red, wisteria, floret length: 1 cm, flowering time: June-October, flowers high: 20-50 cm, fruit: capsule and ripens fruit.