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Black Knight Butterfly Bush, Spectacular summer color from lightly fragrant, dark violet-purple flower spikes. A fast growing shrub that works well as a foundat.
Award-winning Buddleja davidii ‘Black Knight’ (Butterfly Bush) is a vigorous large deciduous shrub with gracefully arching branches, studded with lance-shaped, dark green leaves with white-felted undersides, and sweetly scented elongated panicles of dark purple, almost black flowers.
Buddleja davidii is called the butterfly bush, and the Black Knight is a cultivar with nearly black flowers. The parent plant is a deciduous shrub native to China growing on stream banks. It can reach up to eight feet tall and wide when not killed by cold winter temperatures.
'Black Knight' is a butterfly bush cultivar which features almost black flowers. It is a deciduous shrub with an arching, spreading habit which typically grows 6-8' tall if not cut back in late winter and 4-5' tall if cut back.
‘Black Knight’ has deep purple-blue, almost black, flowers in elongated clusters on arching branches to 10 feet tall if not cut back, and half that size if cut back. The blooms come from early summer to first frost.
Black Knight Butterfly Bush - 3 Gallon Pot. A long time favorite of ours, and the hummingbirds and butterflies, Black Knight is a tall-growing Buddleia that produces elongated clusters of fragrant, deep purple (almost black) flowers from June all the way to frost. Get all details below!
Loaded with large summer flowers, Black Knight Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii) should hold a special spot in your landscape. The shrub grows to a height of nearly 8 feet and almost 6 feet around. It's an easy-care addition to low-water, Mediterranean, cottage or natural garden styles.
Mar 9, 2024 · Buddleja davidii ‘Black Knight,’ commonly known as the butterfly bush, is a striking and alluring plant that adds drama and elegance to any garden landscape. Let’s delve into the unique characteristics and cultivation of this captivating variety.
Buddleia davidii ‘Black Knight’. The fragrant, arching clusters of Butterfly Bush are irresistible to hummingbirds and butterflies. Really a shrub, plants are best treated like perennials and pruned back hard each spring, to maintain a compact, bushy habit.
The Black Knight Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii ‘Black Knight’) is a popular cultivar of the butterfly bush that is known for its striking dark purple to almost black flowers.
