Miss Violet Butterfly Bush

The Miss Violet Butterfly Bush has long, slender flower spikes in a stunning shade of deep violet-blue, that you will love. The flowers sparkle like jewels in the sunlight, spreading a sweet honey fragrance into the air, and attracting swarms of butterflies to your garden. Children love to see these beautiful creatures close up, and they are a valuable source of food for butterflies in summer, helping local populations thrive. This bush is a beautiful choice for a sunny spot in your garden, as a specimen, in group planting, or as a flowering hedge. It is in bloom from early summer right until the first hard frost, and it delivers more blooms than just about any other shrub.

• Long, slender spikes of deep blue-violet flowers
• Dense bush of medium size, with green and gray leaves
• Does not produce seed, so cannot spread
• Magnet for butterflies, and a good food source for them
• Drought resistant and grows well on sandy soils

Grow your Miss Violet Butterfly Bush in full sun for maximum flowering. It thrives in any well-drained soil and it tolerates dry and sandy soils well, once it has established itself. Avoid areas with poor drainage and wet soil, especially in winter. It is hardy from zone 5 to 9, so it can be grown almost anywhere. Deer normally leave it alone, and it hardly ever has any pest or disease problems. Once a year, in spring after the new growth develops, prune out any dead shoots, and thin, weak stems. Leave an open structure of sturdy branches and cut each stem just above a strong pair of new shoots. You don’t need to remove spent flower clusters, as they fall naturally, without forming seed.