Tag: buddleia

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Intermission 6

The humble butterfly bush…….some days there is nothing to see, but then the flowers are overrun

nothing and then the sun comes out the wind drops and the humidity is just right

The humble yet very large weed called buddleia has a redeeming feature. Butterflies love it’s nectar rich flower heads.

The flower heads are actually dozens of flowers each with a nectar store.

This means the butterflies can camp on a single plant and get a lot of nectar for less effort.

The beautiful almost luminous blue scallop edge markings make this butterfly a welcome visitor
Many buddleia are purple or white and with very large conical flowerheads whereas our bush has smaller globes of yellow.

With a cooler Autumn fast approaching this is probably the last of my butterfly blogs for 2020. I will miss them and this year has been only good at times. I look forward to 2021 and perhaps a golden year for butterflies.