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Hardiness Zone: 5-9
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Mature Height: 18-24 Inches
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Mature Spread: 2-3 Feet
Buy Pugster Blue® Butterfly Bush online. Meet the Pugster® Series – a whole new look for butterfly bush. It’s a compact plant but has the large, full flowers normally seen on a much larger plant. It blooms non-stop from early summer through frost with true-blue flowers, each with a tiny yellow-orange eye in the center. Thanks to its thick, sturdy stems, the Pugster® Series offers vastly improved hardiness and winter survival over other types of dwarf butterfly bush.
Family: Scropholariaceae
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Common Name: Butterfly Bush
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PUGSTER BLUE® BUTTERFLY BUSH Plant Characteristics
Bark Type*
| • | Rough |
Brand*
| • | Proven Winners® Color Choice® |
Cultural Information*
| • | Leaf Scorch – Moderate Resistance |
| • | Leaf Spot – Moderate Resistance |
| • | Powdery Mildew – High Resistance |
| • | Root Rot – Low Resistance |
Flower Color*
| • | Blue |
Flower Type*
| • | Fragrant |
Growth Habit*
| • | Compact Growing |
Growth Rate*
| • | Fast |
Leaf Color Fall*
| • | Green |
Leaf Color Spring*
| • | Green |
Leaf Color Summer*
| • | Green |
Leaf Type*
| • | Deciduous/Herbaceous |
Nature Assets*
| • | Attracts Bees |
| • | Attracts Butterflies |
| • | Attracts Hummingbirds |
| • | Deer Resistant |
Plant Type*
| • | Shrub |
Preferred Planting Season*
| • | Fall Planting |
| • | Spring Planting |
| • | Summer Planting |
Preferred Soil Conditions*
| • | Adapts Well to Most Soil Types |
| • | Average |
| • | Drought Tolerant |
| • | Low Water Use |
| • | Prefers Dry Soils |
| • | Well-Drained |
Propagation Methods*
| • | Cuttings or Divisions |
Season of Interest*
| • | Fall |
| • | Fall Flowering |
| • | Late Spring/Early Summer |
| • | Late Summer/Early Autumn |
| • | Spring |
| • | Spring Flowering |
| • | Summer |
| • | Summer Flowering |
Sun Exposure*
| • | Prefers Full Sun in Northern States |
| • | Prefers Full Sun in Southern States |
Uses*
| • | Accent Plant |
| • | Border Plant |
| • | Cut Flowers |
| • | Mass Planting |
| • | Near Water Gardens or Ponds |
| • | Rain Garden |
| • | Rock Gardens |
| • | Under Power Lines |
| • | Wildlife Habitat |
| • | Flowering |
Exposure (Short)
| • | Full Sun |















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