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Buddleja japonica

Buddleja japonica
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Japan (Honshu, Shikoku)
Climate
temperate

About

Buddleja japonica is a deciduous shrub in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is native to Honshu and Shikoku, Japan, where it grows on mountain slopes amid scrub. The shrub was named and described by Hemsley in 1889, and introduced to Western cultivation in 1896.

How to grow it

In the UK a specimen is grown as part of the NCCPG national buddleja collection at Longstock Park Nursery, near Stockbridge, Hampshire.

Hardiness: USDA zones 8–9.

Other Buddleja plants

Buddleja acuminata · Himalayan Butterfly Bush · Buddleja alata · Buddleja albiflora · Fountain butterflybush · Buddleja americana · Buddleja anchoensis · Buddleja araucana · Buddleja aromatica · Dogtail · Weeping Sagewood · Buddleja axillaris

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Buddleja japonica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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