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floraldictionary:
Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii) - peace after struggle
The best gardens are peacefully busy, filled with the quiet focus of life doing nothing but getting on. There’s nothing better than a big Buddleia bush in the dog days of summer, exploding soundlessly with colour, sweet heady smells, and life. Thousands of butterflies, bees and many other good garden friends are all there to get what they need and add to the rich tapestry of life which congregates on this beautiful plant.
The butterfly bush didn’t make it onto European shores until the late 19th century, but immediately made work of thriving. It self-seeds, which means that if it’s left unchecked it will grow everywhere and everywhere. It’s the scourge of train-tracks and old buildings, and can break up any loose soil it finds. This isn’t always a bad thing, however (although it can drive out native plant species if its spread is not controlled). After World War II, it became known as “bombsite bush”- as it turns out, the ravaged rubble of an attacked street is the perfect place for this plant to thrive. When the devastation has passed, there is room for sweet and colourful flowers to bring back the butterflies.
(illustration and writing by Mira Gryseels)
floraldictionary:
Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii) - peace after struggle
The best gardens are peacefully busy, filled with the quiet focus of life doing nothing but getting on. There’s nothing better than a big Buddleia bush in the dog days of summer, exploding soundlessly with colour, sweet heady smells, and life. Thousands of butterflies, bees and many other good garden friends are all there to get what they need and add to the rich tapestry of life which congregates on this beautiful plant.
The butterfly bush didn’t make it onto European shores until the late 19th century, but immediately made work of thriving. It self-seeds, which means that if it’s left unchecked it will grow everywhere and everywhere. It’s the scourge of train-tracks and old buildings, and can break up any loose soil it finds. This isn’t always a bad thing, however (although it can drive out native plant species if its spread is not controlled). After World War II, it became known as “bombsite bush”- as it turns out, the ravaged rubble of an attacked street is the perfect place for this plant to thrive. When the devastation has passed, there is room for sweet and colourful flowers to bring back the butterflies.
(illustration and writing by Mira Gryseels)
