Butterfly-bush - Buddleja davidii
Alternative names
Buddleia
Description
A familiar garden shrub with long, drooping, purple flowers.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
Roadsides, waste ground and walls.
When to see it
In flower during May, July, August and September.
Life History
Deciduous perennial.
UK Status
Established as a wild plant throughout Britain but more frequent in the south.
VC55 Status
Fairly frequent and probably increasing in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 17 of the 617 tetrads.
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Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015