Buddleia loricata Drought Tolerant an old grower's trick keeps

an old grower's trick keeps the crown safe: after the frost kills the stems

and unusually clothed beneath with a grey-white felt

Buddleia loricata

explains a great deal about the plant: upright

The genus name is a Latin rendering of the Japanese aokiba

Buddleia loricata Drought Tolerant an old grower's trick keepsBuddleia loricata, the mountain sagewood, is a rugged evergreen from the high Drakensberg of South Africa and Lesotho, and one of the hardiest of all the butterfly bushes. Unlike the familiar deciduous buddlejas, this species holds narrow, crinkled, sage like leaves the year round, dark green above and felted silvery white beneath. The species epithet loricata means clad in mail or armored, a nod to that tough, quilted foliage, while the genus honors