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Height: 4-6 ft. (1.2-1.8 m) 6-8 ft. (1.8-2.4 m) 8-10 ft. (2.4-3 m)
Spacing: 6-8 ft. (1.8-2.4 m)
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Honeycomb's flowers begin the summer shaped almost like balls, but as the summer progresses, the flowers lengthen until they resemble the ordinary trusses associated with butterfly gardens.
My only complaint is one of my own making: the shrub must contend with my neighbor's very thirsty maple roots. If I don't water Honeycomb, the foliage begins to look tawdry. Hope to do a better job caring for the shrub this summer!
On Apr 15, 2007, nwiebe from Lampasas, TX (Zone 8a) wrote:
This is an absolute must have for anyone loving butterfly bushes (buddleia). Mine is huge and averages around 6-7 feet tall here in central texas and full of blooms, the butterflies love it and so do the bees. Very easy to maintain.
On Dec 9, 2003, saya from Heerlen Netherlands (Zone 8b) wrote:
This is also a fine Budleia that blooms whole summer until frost really hits hard. I cut it down every spring to 50 cm and it runs out to a firm bush of 200 cm again. I keep it deadheading while it blooms. Butterflies and bees love it too. It has a strong honeyscent which you also expect with the colour. It's very easy to maintain and very droughtresistant and disease-/crittersfree. Last winter we had frosts down to -20 C and it came out perfect. I live in the Netherlands in a zone 8a. it was sold to me as a Budleia globosa, but it turned out not to be one (I think).
On Oct 3, 2003, TerriFlorida from Plant City, FL wrote:
Hm. I was warned when I bought this one that it could get seven feet tall. Is that short? I sent for it from S. Carolina, I live in west central Florida, zone 9b most of the time. I planted this bush last November. We had our usual winter regarding 2-3 frosts, but unusual in that it rained a lot. (Our usual rainy season is summer.) Honeycomb bloomed all winter, all spring, and all summer. I cut it back in August, later than I'd intended. It's blooming again now. For all I know, this bush could be short-lived down here. But its very fragrant, unusual flowers were VERY welcome all last winter! Many little native bees visited it, many sulfur butterflies did too.
A different butterfly bush for a couple of reasons. One is that the bloom is in small, roundish sections instead of long and cone-like. The second is that is doesn't grow quite as tall as some other varieties, which can be nice in a smaller space. Flowers still have the same, sweet scent. I like this one a lot!
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Birmingham, Alabama Springville, Alabama Boulder Creek, California Eureka, California Fairfield, California San Anselmo, California Valley Springs, California Pueblo, Colorado Wilmington, Delaware Orange Park, Florida Plant City, Florida Braselton, Georgia Dacula, Georgia Villa Rica, Georgia Palmyra, Illinois Ewing, Kentucky Hebron, Kentucky Zachary, Louisiana Brookeville, Maryland Ocean Springs, Mississippi Fair Play, Missouri Springfield, Missouri Oxford, North Carolina Oakland, Oregon Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania Mount Joy, Pennsylvania Columbia, South Carolina North Augusta, South Carolina Lenoir City, Tennessee Lampasas, Texas Richmond, Texas Kaysville, Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Alexandria, Virginia Chantilly, Virginia Chesapeake, Virginia Olympia, Washington Seattle, Washington Vancouver, Washington
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