Buddleia lindleyana Osmunda But these are the exception

But these are the exception to the rule in these normally stationary plants

The 18" tall stems are topped with shiny green

The horizontal horseshoe-like wreath of foliage rests atop 18-24" tall

both with a contrasting yellow throat

Buddleia lindleyana Osmunda But these are the exceptionThis little known obscure Chinese native butterfly bush species has shiny green leaves, cinnamon trunks, and graceful 2' long pendulous panicles of medium lavender flowers in summer a hummingbird favorite. Our clone of Buddleia lindleyana came from giant specimens in the Bolivia, NC, garden of the late Francis Marion Galloway, where they have grown since the 1860s. Buddleia lindleyana is our only buddleia that is not cut to the ground each year. We