Forsythia showing no signs of roots yet but early days still, but I think I have decided on not making new hedge all forsythia I will maybe throw in a few Butterfly bushes here and there for a little variety and color to distract from the forsythia’s summer green plainness.

Not quite as nice a hedge plant as the Forsythia perhaps as it can be an unruly garden guest. The Butterfly Bush is not a neat, tidy flowering shrub, If that is what you are looking for,  may be it isn’t the plant for you.  Its considered by some to be a bit of a scraggly plant in its appearance,however if you can get past this and appreciate the Buddleia for its the large, and abundant , colorful,  fragrant blossoms that are magnets for butterflies and bees, if you choose a red variety even humming birds are drawn to it, then you might want to give it a try. It is very easy to grow, and hard to kill, and becomes established very quickly growing up to three feet in its first year , even when grown from seed. See full description in plant profile.

There is a particular kind of Butterfly Bush called Fountain or Weeping butterfly bush, ( Buddleia alternifolia) part of its name describes the plant’s alternately arranged leaves, and this form is unique among the buddleias. The leaves are long and narrow, and are grey-green in color. This member of the buddleia family may trained to form a standard, or single stem, so it looks like a small tree. see STANDARD FORMING BUTTERFLY BUSH