Butterfly-bush - Buddleja davidii
Alt Name
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.
Graham CalowWitherley15 July 2015
Graham CalowSapcote01 September 2014
Peter SmithWelford Road, Leicester10 August 2012
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 Old Fosse near Stoney Bridge Sapcote SP 5035 9295 (taken 15.9.2008)..jpg)
Graham CalowSapcote19 May 2008
Graham CalowStanton Lakes05 July 2013 Old Fosse near Stoney Bridge Sapcote SP 5035 9295 (taken 15.9.2008).jpg)
Graham CalowSapcote19 May 2008
Alan SemperMelton, pub carpark04 October 2012
Alan SemperMelton, pub carpark04 October 2012
David GouldCroft Hill, Leics17 July 2014
 Old Fosse near Stoney Bridge Sapcote SP 5035 9295 (taken 15.9.2008)..jpg)
 Old Fosse near Stoney Bridge Sapcote SP 5035 9295 (taken 15.9.2008).jpg)
