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Saturday, 7 August 2010

Buddleia

The 'butterfly bush' Buddleja davidii is a shrub native to the mountains of China. It is widely planted for its showy sweet-smelling flowers.
Buddleia provides conservationists with a bit of quandary. It is very attractive to insects, especially butterflies, but has become invasive in parts of North America and Europe. It doesn't appear to be problematic in Scotland, though it is becoming more frequent in milder areas of UK, such as South-West England and Wales.
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  1. Babs Macritchie16 August 2010 at 06:51

    Buddleja appears to go mad on some old semi industrial and disturbed sites but stays there without invading the habitats beyond to any great degree - is this the experience of others?

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