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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)
On Nov 25, 2004, smiln32 from Oklahoma City, OK (Zone 7a) wrote:
This variety is a 1928 hybrid from Good and Reese Nursery in Ohio. It's really not "red", but more of a deep scarlet or bright violet.
Most butterfly bushes are hardy in zones 5 - 9. If you live in zone 5 or a colder zone, the tops in your butterfly bushes will likely die back over the winter. Even so, they will come back the next growing season bigger and better then before. Butterfly bushes prefer full sun (they must receive eight or more hours of sun a day to thrive).
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This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Chico, California Sacramento, California San Jose, California Palm Coast, Florida Dacula, Georgia Rincon, Georgia Oskaloosa, Iowa Wichita, Kansas Hebron, Kentucky Dearborn Heights, Michigan Mount Clemens, Michigan Royal Oak, Michigan Brainerd, Minnesota Clinton Corners, New York Glouster, Ohio Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Norristown, Pennsylvania North Augusta, South Carolina Knoxville, Tennessee Austin, Texas Fort Worth, Texas San Antonio, Texas (2 reports) Seattle, Washington Marinette, Wisconsin
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