Buddleia Ellens Blue Silver/Grey Foliage Plants the foliage

the foliage

deer-resistant hybrid between Japanese painted fern (Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum') and Southern lady fern (Athyrium filix-femina) combines the best features of both parents

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Clumps can thrive for decades with no care as long as they are planted in the right conditions

'William Lachman' x self) makes a dramatic 4' wide clump of perfectly shaped

Buddleia Ellens Blue Silver/Grey Foliage Plants the foliageWhat started as a stray seedling in the former New York (Seneca Hill Perennials) garden of Ellen Hornig took the gardening world by storm. Buddleia 'Ellen's Blue' makes a compact, 4' tall, deer resistant bush smothered all summer in terminal spikes of blue violet flowers (RHS 89D) a hummingbird treat. This unique color in buddleias and its extraordinary fragrant flowers make this one of the best butterfly bush introductions 9 out of 10 butterflies