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Blueberry Pie Butterfly Bush
Buddleia 'PODARASNGA 9-15'
Also called blueberry pie
Blueberry Pie Butterfly Bush blooms from June through September.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Blueberry Pie Butterfly Bush
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 5–9. Expect it to reach about 2.5 ft tall and 2.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years (a house reading).
No toxicity note is on file for Blueberry Pie Butterfly Bush. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What this means
Listed on October 3, 2026, from two published pages: Plant Addicts and NC State Extension. Its mature size, hardiness zones, sun, bloom time and trait tags were read off those pages and recorded beside them. It has not yet been checked against the wider botanical literature, so treat the numbers as a starting point. Years to mature size is a house convention, taken from the plants of the same kind already in the library. The source-by-source check works through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.
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When to plant Blueberry Pie Butterfly Bush
Plant Blueberry Pie Butterfly Bush in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 7, the middle of its hardy zones 5 to 9, spring means March to May and fall means September or October. Once settled, it blooms from June to September.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 7, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 7 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Blueberry Pie Butterfly Bush get?
2.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult2.5 ftwideSee Blueberry Pie Butterfly Bush in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Blueberry Pie Butterfly Bush
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Blueberry Pie Butterfly Bush about 2.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Blueberry Pie Butterfly Bush to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
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