Buddleia Auriculata
It attracts butterflies to the garden.
Buddleia auriculata. They are mostly shrubby and can sometimes become small trees. The tree can be used to form a screen or as informal hedging and looks beautiful when planted close to water. Zimbabwe lesotho and in south. There are seven species of buddleja in south africa.
The leaves are dark green above with pale undersides. Buddleja auriculata is known as the weeping sage. There are 21 tree species of wild elder worldwide of which south africa has 20. They occur in the wild from tanzania malawi.
Buddleja auriculata is an evergreen shrub endemic to zimbabwe mozambique and south africa growing in montane fields and thickets at elevations of 600 2 000 m. A beautiful arching shrub with dark green leathery foliage with a white reverse and sprays of sweetly scented cream coloured flowers in spring. With its beautiful fragrance attractive flowers and foliage the weeping sage is a welcome addition in any garden. This dense shrub or small tree branches from low down and has a graceful weeping form.
Buddleja auriculata is frost and drought resistant and grows fast making it ideal for highveld conditions. With glossy dark green and silvery foliage throughout the year fragrant flowers in winter and frost hardy to boot buddleja auriculata is a must for any medium to large garden within its habitat range. Plants need protection from frost best grown on a south facing wall. Adam buddle 1660 1715 an english botanist and auriculata means having an ear like appendage and refers to the stipule between the leaves which resembles a small ear.
Buddleja auriculata is a lax growing shrub with branches which arch to the ground in places. Genus buddleja can be evergreen or deciduous shrubs occasionally trees or scrambling climbers with simple leaves and panicles of small tubular fragrant flowers details b. It should get sun for most of the day. Locally buddleja salviifolia is known as sagewood wild lilac and butterfly bush.
Evergreen narrowly oblong leaves to 12cm 5in long white beneath cream creamy white. A very hardy evergreen shrub with a weeping appearance. The genus is named after the rev. Large sprays of fragrant flowers borne in winter.
The small cream flowers are borne on the previous year s wood in late autumn or winter. Auriculata is an evergreen shrub to 3m with lance shaped dark green leaves white beneath and small orange centred white flowers in dense panicles in autumn and winter. Buddleja auriculata from burncoose nurseries available online to buy information.