My blue butterfly bush was already more three feet tall, and the garden area had room for a red and white border. For that, I selected white penta and red salvia plants.

One Blue Butterfly Bush will be left outside to test its hardiness for our Zone 7. Some Zone 8-9 gardeners say it will freeze back to the ground, but roots survive and send up new stems in the spring.

The Butterfly bush, also known as Buddleia davidii in the plant world, is known for its elegant silvery green foliage and colorful blooms. It comes in many varieties and can grow between 2-12 feet ...

This fall and winter, I’ve been going back to look at some of my really, really favorite plants that I’ve talked about over the years as host of Southern Gardening ...

The El Segundo Blue Butterfly has been endangered since the 1970s. ... seacliff buckwheat, we were able to populate the garden with El Segundo Blue Butterflies,” says Wolff.

The butterfly’s resurgence, the USDFW said, is also helping with the revival of endangered plants that are pollinated by the Fender’s blue, like the Kincaid’s lupine and the Willamette daisy.