buddleia
/ˈbʌdlɪə
/noun
A widely cultivated shrub with clusters of fragrant lilac, white, or yellow flowers.
- Genus Buddleia (or Buddleja), family Loganiaceae: several species, especially the butterfly bush.
- The buddleia is just coming into flower and mid-summer clematis are covered in fat buds that will soon bloom.
- They planted a spring flowering cherry tree, two buddleia bushes and a laurel bush, along with daffodil bulbs.
Origin
Modern Latin; named in honour of the English botanist Adam Buddle (died 1715), by Linnaeus, at the suggestion of Sir William Houston, who introduced the plant to Europe from South America.
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