Buddleja Species, Rio Grande Butterflybush

Buddleja sessiliflora is a wonderful bush, it grows very rapidly here in west central Mexico were i live,
it is very common and g...Read Morerows by itself almost anywhere. Although some may think that this is some kind of an unlikely wild weed, i find it very reassuring. When it grows well it has this light green silvery color with dashes of light yellow that sparkle beautifully in the sun almost like tiny emeralds dwindling in the air. It is a rapid grower and it has two wonderful values: one is the sweet scent it discharges lavishly (i call it "honey butter" odor for it is distinctly sweet but with a sort of milky or cheesy smell, and for this i would rename it "Butterhoney Bush". The other thing that is amazing is that once it is established it produces hundreds of little cluster like yellow flowers that bees adore. People around where i live probably will think i am crazy but i am planting several of them near my big fence to make it a hedge. The smell is so strong when you are near this bush, that it almost makes you dizzy. By the way some people here in Mexico call it "Hierba del Tepozan" and it has some medicinal uses.

Rio Grande Butterflybush Buddleja sessiliflora is Native to Texas and other States.