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+ | Butterfly bush is the perfect foundation plant for a butterfly garden. The species are commonly known as Butterfly Bush due to their attractiveness to butterflies; | ||
+ | The species of buddleia with red flowers are also attractive to hummingbirds. | ||
+ | The larger cultivars should be placed behind other shrubs and blooming annuals and perennials. | ||
+ | Dark flowered varieties show up quite well against a light background. | ||
+ | Plant alongside pentas (Pentas lanceolata), | ||
+ | and find a place nearby for parsley (Petroselinum crispum), passion vine (Passiflora incarnata) and other butterfly larval food plants. | ||
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+ | The most popular cultivated species is Buddleja davidii from central China, named after the French naturalist Père Armand David. | ||
+ | Other common garden species include Buddleja globosa from southern Chile, grown for its strongly honey-scented orange globular flower-heads, | ||
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+ | Some species are commonly found as escapees from the garden. B. davidii in particular is a great coloniser of dry open ground; in towns in Britain, | ||
+ | it often self-sows on waste ground, where it grows into a dense thicket, and it is listed as an invasive species in many areas. | ||
+ | It is frequently seen beside railway lines, on derelict factory sites and after the Second World War on urban bomb sites. | ||
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+ | It is not able to survive the harsh winters of northern continental climates, being killed by temperatures below about -15°C to -20°C. | ||
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===== Pissenlit officinal or Taraxacum officinale(Dandelion) ===== | ===== Pissenlit officinal or Taraxacum officinale(Dandelion) ===== | ||
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+ | * Dandelion Folklore/ http:// | ||
+ | * Dandelion Wine/ http:// | ||
+ | * Dandelion Jam and Martha' | ||
+ | * Dandelion Literature/ http:// | ||
+ | * Dandelion Magick / http:// | ||
+ | * Myth and Folklore: Dandelions/ http:// | ||
===== Crepis tectorum (Narrow-Leaved Hawk' | ===== Crepis tectorum (Narrow-Leaved Hawk' | ||
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===== Geranium robertianum ===== | ===== Geranium robertianum ===== | ||
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