Buddleja (Buddleia) alternifolia 'Argentea'
Plant Expert:
Michael Dirr Buddleja (Buddleia) alternifolia 'Argentea'
Michael Dirr
Buddleja (Buddleia) alternifolia 'Argentea'
Buddleja (Buddleia) alternifolia 'Argentea' (click for large image)
Argentea Alternate-leaf Butterfly-bush 		Common Names:
  • Argentea Alternate-leaf Butterfly-bush
 
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Sun/Water Requirements:

  Requires full sun.
Moderate climate.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 5 to Zone 7

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 15' to 30'.

Flowers:

  Color(s): Purple
Season(s): Spring

Dirr says: "Flowers 7 to 10 days ahead of the species."  

Foliage:

  Deciduous
Color: Leaves are gray in the summer.
Dirr says: "has silky hairs which gives the leaves a silvery sheen. This is a most handsome form and preferable to the species."  

Fruit:

  Color: Black
Season(s): Fall
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a grouping plant.

Other:

  Attracts Butterflies
 
Buddleja (Buddleia) alternifolia 'Argentea' is hardy in these areas:
Allegan, MIAllentown, PAAlsip, IL
Athens, MIAugusta, MIBaltimore, MD
Bangor, MIBattle Creek, MIBayside, NY
Bellmore, NYBellport, NYBethpage, NY
Blue Point, NYBohemia, NYBrentwood, NY
Brightwaters, NYBronxville, NYBrookhaven, NY
Canton, MIChannahon, ILCharlottesville, VA
Chicago Heights, ILChicago Ridge, ILChicago, IL
Cicero, ILCleveland, OHCoal City, IL
College Point, NYConneaut, OHCorona, NY
Crete, ILDetroit, MIDewitt, MI
Dimondale, MIDolton, ILDorset, OH
Eagle, MIEast Claridon, OHEast Elmhurst, NY
East Greenville, PAEast Lansing, MIEast Texas, PA
Eastchester, NYEaston, PAEaton Rapids, MI
Ecorse, MIEdmore, MIElkins Park, PA
Elmhurst, NYElmwood Park, ILElyria, OH
Emmaus, PAEvergreen Park, ILFerndale, MI
Flushing, NYForest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VA
Fresh Meadows, NYGlen Burnie, MDGrand Rapids, MI
Greenlawn, NYGwynn Oak, MDHamtramck, MI
Harper Woods, MIHarrison Township, MIHastings On hudson, NY
Highland Park, MIHolbrook, NYHoltsville, NY
Hunt Valley, MDHuntington Station, NYHuntington, NY
Islandia, NYJackson Heights, NYKalamazoo, MI
Lakewood, OHLandisburg, PALawn, PA
Leasburg, NCLebanon, PALemoyne, PA
Lewistown, PALexington, NCLiberty, NC
Linwood, NCLittle Neck, NYLiverpool, PA
Loysville, PALykens, PAMacomb, MI
Marysville, MIMaspeth, NYMcalisterville, PA
Melville, NYMemphis, MIMemphis, TN
Mentor, OHMiddle Village, NYMiddlefield, OH
Montville, OH
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