Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii)

Greetings from my garden … enjoy your summer time ☀️☀️🥰 #photocontest Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii) When an intense and aromatic fragrance wafts through the garden, summer has arrived. The butterfly bush is back in all its opulent splendour, delighting the eye and nose. This colourful yet undemanding flowering shrub can be an asset to any garden. The versatile lilac The butterfly bush (Buddleja), also known as the summer lilac or butterfly bush, is a hardy semi-shrub that botanically belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family. There are around 100 known species. With its long aromatic umbels, it resembles the common lilac. However, while the common lilac finishes flowering in May, the butterfly lilac only begins to bloom in summer and unfolds its play of colours until late autumn. The colour spectrum of the magnificent flowers ranges from white, yellow and pink to a variety of sophisticated purple and blue shades.