Buddleia loricata Drought Tolerant and forest edges from the

and forest edges from the Tidewater into the rolling country west of the fall line

This is a shrub worth growing for eleven months on foliage alone

Use 'Miss Ruby' in a sunny border

an old grower's trick keeps the crown safe: after the frost kills the stems

Buddleia loricata

Buddleia loricata Drought Tolerant and forest edges from theBuddleia loricata, the mountain sagewood, is a rugged evergreen from the high Drakensberg of South Africa and Lesotho, and one of the hardiest of all the butterfly bushes. Unlike the familiar deciduous buddlejas, this species holds narrow, crinkled, sage like leaves the year round, dark green above and felted silvery white beneath. The species epithet loricata means clad in mail or armored, a nod to that tough, quilted foliage, while the genus honors