Water-Wise Gardening

California-Friendly Plant: Butterfly Bush

Of all the California-Friendly plants MNWD has highlighted through the years, none lives up to its name more than the Butterfly Bush. With brightly colored flower cones that drape from evergreen leaves, this plant resembles a pack of butterflies and attracts them as well.

Butterfly Bush has small and fragrant flowers that come in white, pink and purple clusters growing at the tip of long, arching stems. It blooms during the spring and summer months, and is a great California-Friendly evergreen plant the remainder of the year.

Regular watering is needed for the first couple of weeks upon planting. Then the plant will thrive with only sporadic soaks after that. Add this California-Friendly plant to your garden today and start enjoying nature tomorrow.