Rotheca, Butterfly Bush, Cambridge Bush, Oxford Bush 'Ugandense' (Rotheca myricoides)


Helsinki Botanical 10.5.2002



Flowers and seedpods forming

Beautiful flowers, stinky leaves.


a scanned picture of the flower. Note the color difference of the petals and how much the flower looks like a butterfly

Setting buds 7-11-03


Tibouchina


The centers of the blooms are fascinating. They look like they have fairy dust on them. Shown here at a local nursery at the beginning of March. (San Antonio, Tx.)

Clerodendrum Blue Glory Bower

Clerdendrum Glory Bower Topiary


Seedpod on the bush

My plant is 3 years old now, started from a seed I received in a trade.

Love the shape and color of this flower.

The Butterfly Clerodendrum; Blue Glory Bower (Clerodendrum ugandense) bloom buds have a very interesting shape.

Different stages of seed formation of the Butterfly Clerodendrum, Blue Glory Bower (Clerodendrum ugandense). The seed is produced in the "cup". The "cup" disintegrstea leaving the seed to dry.

Lovely displays of butterfly-like flowers on a 3 year old shrub in a container. I overwinter it indoors.


Full size--8' shrub. Freezes to ground every winter so this is half a season's growth.


A side view of a Butterfly Clerodendrum, Blue Glory Bower (Clerodendrum ugandense) flower backlit by morning sunlight (shown at the end of September) ...

A side view of a Butterfly Clerodendrum, Blue Glory Bower (Clerodendrum ugandense) flower in morning sunlight taken at the end of September ...

Very delicate blooms, frost tender.

This can grow to 10 feet and is often sold as a small standard.



Bob Terra 's house. Yea Bob!


Each berry contains 3 or 4 seeds

Each berry contains 3 or 4 seeds

Bee visting my Blue Butterfly Clerodendrum

Blue Butterfly plant with jatropha in background.

6-2009--Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI

6-2009--Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI


Cambridge Bush 'Ugandense'

Clerodendrum ugandense Prain

The Huntington Botanical Gardens


A Butterfly Bush in mid April bloom in the convent garden in Opotiki, New Zealand

The foliage

The lovely blues of the Butterfly-like blooms of the Butterfly Bush


Close-up of bloom

Butterfly Bush, Oxford Bush, Cambridge Bush 'Ugandense' (Rotheca myricoides) new growth; 6/8/2018; San Antonio. Texas

Butterfly Bush, Oxford Bush, Cambridge Bush 'Ugandense' (Rotheca myricoides) beautiful foliage in early morning light 6/14/2018; San Antonio. Texas

Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Photo courtesy of Karl Gercens. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com/

Photo courtesy of Karl Gercens. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com/
Discuss this image
About
Rotheca, Butterfly Bush, Cambridge Bush, Oxford Bush
Rotheca myricoides 'Ugandense'
Type: | Shrubs |
Height: | 8-10 ft. (2.4-3 m) |
Conditions: | Zone 9-11, Sun to Partial Shade, Light Shade |