Plant of the Week - Episode 601
Other Featured Plants

T-shirt winners:
Dr. Dennis Werner
Dir. J.C. Raulston Arboretum

Common Name:
Blue Chip Butterfly Bush

Scientific Name:
Buddleia davidii ‘Blue Chip’

Dr. Dennis Werner, director of the JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University and a plant breeder in the NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, developed the new butterfly bush, or buddleia.

Flowers:
medium blue
purple
continuous bloomer, no need to deadhead

Growth habit:
dense and compact
2-3ft. in height and width

Culture:
full sun, well-drained soil

Other:
'Blue Chip' is the first of what Werner anticipates will be a number of butterfly bushes developed as part of a trademarked series of plants called Lo and Behold. All the Lo and Behold buddleia will be low, compact plants that produce few seeds. They should be available to gardeners over the next several years.