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Oct 18th, 2009 at 09:58 AM
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Hot Rod
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My first every BLUE BUTTERFLY BUSH IN BLOOM .INdoors Thanks to a nice giver in the spring. ![[Linked Image]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b389/Racetowom/2009%20%20jan%201/IMG_1069.jpg)
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California Queen
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Aren't they beautiful?! Mine grows outdoors and I thought I lost it to a freeze last winter. But it came back and brought another baby along with it. Both are blooming now too. You did a good job with that, Dodge. Was it from a seed?
~Tina ![[Linked Image]](//www.agardenersforum.com/images/graphics/buttons/tina.gif) Drama Free Zone. What every gardener loves the most, Begins and ends in rich compost. (Tina)
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No it was a rooted plant she sent me in the spring.. N>C> or somewhere. It was just ready to bloom and they said frost here, I said your going inside. Will be all winter.. What color is yours? They do look like butterflys. b
PS... My horse isn't here, this is my Nitemare..
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That's beautiful. will it ever go outside or does it stay inside in your weather?
my butterfly bush doesn't look like that at all.
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Hot Rod
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Sheri It was out all year till a week ago. It is inside now till spring ........ I had a different type of butterfly bush which was in a spear shape bloom. Not near as cute as this.. I think white. I like this best. :ding: dodge
PS... My horse isn't here, this is my Nitemare..
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did it bloom while outside?
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California Queen
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Sheri, most butterfly bushes are buddleia davidii. This one is Clerodendrum ugandense. And pretty tropical. Called a butterfly bush because the flowers resemble butterflies complete with antennae. Mine bloom from midsummer to cold when they begin losing leaves. They don't lose their leaves if they are brought in but they are pretty tender to frost.
~Tina Drama Free Zone. What every gardener loves the most, Begins and ends in rich compost. (Tina)
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love it. wonder if it will grown on my screened in porch or will it get too big?
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Mine outdoors in the ground are almost 3 ft tall and about 2 ft wide at 3 years old or more. My book says they can grow 10 ft tall by 5 wide but that is in tropical areas like Hawaii. So I would guess you could keep them in a pot to go out in nice weather and back in for winter, Sheri.
~Tina Drama Free Zone. What every gardener loves the most, Begins and ends in rich compost. (Tina)
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Guess I won't go that route. That's probably why I haven't seen them around here. I don't want a big plant in my house or on my porch all winter. Thanks for the info.
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Sheri, most butterfly bushes are buddleia davidii. This one is Clerodendrum ugandense. And pretty tropical. Called a butterfly bush because the flowers resemble butterflies complete with antennae. Mine bloom from midsummer to cold when they begin losing leaves. They don't lose their leaves if they are brought in but they are pretty tender to frost. Well whatever its variety is--it is beautiful Barb.
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A Gnome's Best Friend
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I love that Dodge,, Blue flowers are hard to come by! Good Job growing it! Awesome it bloomed inside! 
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Hot Rod
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Diane,,
thanks
I had it outside all summer.. It did great .. Really took off the last few weedks..
Now cross the fingers for winter.
PS... My horse isn't here, this is my Nitemare..
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