Buddleia Mop Top™ Butterfly Bush

Buddleia Mop Top™ from the Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Flowering Shrubs collection is a compact butterfly bush known for its limber, weeping habit. Growing to only 3 to 5 feet tall and wide, Mop Top features long, arching branches that create a lovely spray effect, adding soft refinement to garden settings. In spring, these cascading branches are adorned with clusters of lavender blooms that attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, making it a true pollinator magnet. The fragrant flowers are perfect for spring bouquets and cut arrangements, bringing the beauty of spring indoors.

A cultivar of Buddleia alternifolia, also known as the butterfly bush or fountain butterfly bush, Mop Top is an excellent choice for small-space gardens and larger pollinator-friendly landscapes. Its multi-stemmed, compact growth makes it ideal as a specimen plant or in mass plantings, adding color, texture, and movement to beds and borders.

Cold-hardy to Zone 4, Mop Top is even more resilient than many other buddleia varieties, thriving in full sun with well-drained, slightly alkaline soil. This drought-tolerant, deer-resistant shrub is low maintenance and highly adaptable, perfect for gardeners looking for a durable and beautiful flowering shrub to enrich their landscape.

SKU: 44345
Genus: Buddleia
Species: alternifolia
Variety: 'SMNBAB'
Item Form: 1-Quart
Bloom Color: Lavender
Foliage Color: Medium Green
Habit: Weeping
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Moisture Requirements: Moist, well-drained
Soil Type: Normal, loamy
Bloom Start: Mid Spring
Bloom End: Mid Summer
Uses:

• Beds
• Border
• Containers
• Cut Flowers
• Specimen

Special Features:

• Butterfly Lovers
• Easy Care Plants
• Flower
• Hummingbird Lovers
• Seedless/Sterile

Hardiness Zones: 4 - 8
State Shipping Restrictions: GU, HI, OR, PR, VI, WA