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/
DNA studies, 1998, led to a name change to Rotheca myricoides ‘Ugandense’. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a496&fbclid=IwAR002FUiu5QjOoq7o_T4d_ODH
as an annual flower in a large pot in Ephrata, PA in August 2019
Maywood, CT. Copyright Karl Gercens. Conservatory Horticulturist at Longwood Gardens. http://www.karlgercens.com/
September, 2011--Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
September, 2009--Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
September, 2011--Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
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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 |
