Chrysalis™ Steel Blue Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)

(Butterfly Bush) Add Chrysalis™ Steel Blue Buddleia to your butterfly bush collection! Loved by butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds, butterfly bushes are the perfect colorful plants for your pollinator garden. Chrysalis™ Steel Blue features vibrant periwinkle blue, cone-shaped flower clusters that stand out amongst deep green foliage. A compact variety, it can reach a maximum height of 20-28 inches and can spread up to 18-24 inches. Hardy in zones 5a-9a, it is a great frost tolerant plant with a hardiness degree of -25 degrees Fahrenheit. For those in northern zones, its stems may die back to the ground in the winter, but its roots will survive and shoot up new stems in the spring. However, those in warmer climates might find the stems more hardy. Grow Chrysalis™ Steel Blue Buddleia in full sun and keep it moderately watered. Once established, it is drought tolerant. You won't have to worry about deer eating this plant as it is deer resistant. Butterfly bushes in the Chrysalis™ series stay in bloom all season long – beginning in the spring and lasting into late summer. The perfect plant to add to your pollinator garden or landscape!