Buddleia lindleyana Open House the leaves and sap are

the leaves and sap are mildly toxic if eaten and can irritate skin

deciduous tree of the ebony family

the kind of color that reads from across the garden

best noticed up close

Buddleia lindleyana Open House the leaves and sap areBuddleia lindleyana, Lindley's butterfly bush, is the elegant outlier of the genus, an open, arching shrub from China hung in summer with long, slender, gracefully curved racemes of purple violet flowers. Where most butterfly bushes carry stiff cone shaped panicles, this one drapes, the curving spikes nodding from the tips of the branches from June until frost. Tough and fast, Lindley's butterfly bush thrives in full sun or part shade in well drained