{"title":"Plants Starting with “B”","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"baccharis-halimifolia","title":"Baccharis halimifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBaccharis halimifolia\u003c\/em\u003e is a plant of edges and thresholds, growing where the land loosens and blurs into water: salt marsh margins, ditches, tidal creeks, and back dunes. In fall, when most things are shutting down, the groundsel bush erupts into a soft storm of white seed fluff, like a marsh firework frozen mid-explosion. This is the shrub that coastal Louisiana calls manglier, that botanists call groundsel bush or eastern baccharis, and that local healers have quietly trusted for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA semi-evergreen shrub of the aster family, with small, gray-green, toothed leaves, native to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the southeastern United States. Tough and salt-tolerant, the groundsel bush is a creature of disturbed, sunny ground, and seeds itself freely enough to colonize old fields, roadsides, and cleared land well inland, so site where the abundant seedlings can be managed. Female plants carry the showy white seed masses in fall, a rich late nectar source for migrating pollinators along the coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow groundsel bush in a coastal, wildlife, or rain garden, in sun to part shade, where the salt tolerance and fall display earn a place and the spread can be kept in check. A plant deeply woven into the folk medicine and natural history of the Gulf South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/woodlanders.net\/blogs\/the-node\/baccharis-halimifolia-manglier-story-medicine-and-mystery-along-the-marsh-edge\"\u003eRead the full ethnobotanical story of this plant here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057816309875,"sku":"BACC-HALI-01G","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-284.jpg?v=1720136572"},{"product_id":"baccharis-dioica","title":"Baccharis dioica","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare, semi-evergreen shrub, \u003cem\u003eBaccharis dioica\u003c\/em\u003e resembles the common groundsel bush, \u003cem\u003eBaccharis halimifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, but is quite distinct. In 1979, just before Hurricane Frederic did tremendous damage to the Mobile, Alabama area, we found this plant growing behind the dunes on Dauphin Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot recognizing the shrub, we sent material to the recognized authority on the genus at Southern Methodist University, who identified the plant as Baccharis dioica, a Caribbean species new to Alabama. Otherwise known in the United States only from southernmost Florida, where the species is now considered extirpated, this rare broombush has proven winter hardy for years in our South Carolina garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA salt-tolerant, drought-tolerant shrub for a hot, sunny, coastal or seaside garden, where few other shrubs will take the wind and salt. Like the rest of the genus, Baccharis dioica carries male and female flowers on separate plants, the females bearing soft white seed fluff in fall. A botanical rarity and a piece of Gulf Coast natural history for the collector and the coastal gardener.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditional photos courtesy of George D. Gann.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057816604787,"sku":"BACC-DIOI-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/BaccharisdioicaGeorgeDGannWoodlanders2.jpg?v=1755116489"},{"product_id":"baptisia-australis","title":"Baptisia australis","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Woodlanders began in 1980, this was about the only Baptisia known to gardeners; we went on to introduce many of the species that have since become popular garden perennials. \u003cem\u003eBaptisia australis\u003c\/em\u003e, blue wild indigo, is a long-lived native, essentially a prairie plant of open glades on limestone soil, with handsome olive-green compound leaves topped in spring by spikes of bright indigo-blue, pea-like flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed the Perennial Plant of the Year in 2010, blue wild indigo is as tough as a perennial comes: nitrogen-fixing, drought-tolerant, deer-resistant, and long-lived, growing a deep taproot that lets the plant shrug off heat and dry spells. The black seed pods that follow the flowers rattle into fall and add a second season of interest. Native to the eastern and midwestern United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant blue wild indigo in a sunny, well-drained spot, in a border, a prairie or meadow planting, or a native garden, where the blue spring spires read against fresh green and the bold, shrubby clump holds its shape all season. Site once and leave undisturbed, since the deep root resents moving. Lovely with peonies, amsonia, and early grasses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057816735859,"sku":"BAPT-AUST-01G","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-614.jpg?v=1720136585"},{"product_id":"baptisia-minor","title":"Baptisia minor","description":"\u003cp\u003eBaptisia minor is the dwarf of the blue false indigos, a compact native perennial that gives all the drama of the well-known Baptisia australis on a smaller, tidier frame. Often treated botanically as Baptisia australis var. minor, the plant stands lower and more compact, yet carries full-sized spires of indigo-blue, pea-shaped flowers held well clear of the blue-green foliage. Much admired in the Woodlanders garden, this is a perennial that settles into a sunny bed for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe genus name comes from the Greek bapto, to dip or to dye, for the old use of these plants as a homegrown substitute for true indigo. Colonial dyers, following a practice learned in part from the Cherokee, boiled wild indigo to draw a blue far less brilliant than the real Indigofera, and the common names false indigo and wild indigo still carry that history. Being a legume, Baptisia also feeds the soil, fixing nitrogen through deep roots, and the inflated seed pods ripen charcoal-black and rattle in the wind, good for dried arrangements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn spring the blue racemes draw queen bumblebees and other long-tongued native bees, and the foliage serves as a larval host for the wild indigo duskywing and the frosted elfin among other butterflies. Deer and rabbits leave the plant alone, put off by the alkaloids that make every part mildly toxic to eat, so a word of care is due where the seed pods might tempt a curious child. In the garden, few native perennials give so much for so little fuss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaptisia minor wants full sun and average, well-drained soil, and asks mainly for patience, sending down a deep taproot that makes the plant slow to establish, long-lived, and best left unmoved once planted. Native to the prairies and glades of the south-central United States, the dwarf blue false indigo suits a sunny border, a rock or gravel garden, a meadow, or a native planting, where the spring blue, blue-green summer mounds, and black autumn pods carry three seasons of interest. Give the plant room, sun, and time, and the plant repays all three.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057816932467,"sku":"BAPT-MINO-01G","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-617.jpg?v=1720136596"},{"product_id":"baptisia-alba","title":"Baptisia alba","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBaptisia alba\u003c\/em\u003e, white wild indigo, is a striking native perennial of tall spires of white, pea-like flowers over deep blue-green foliage. Native to the eastern and central United States, the species carries a rich history as a dye plant, used by Native American peoples and early settlers as a substitute for true indigo, and the genus name, from the Greek bapto, to dip, records that role.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond the beauty, white wild indigo fixes nitrogen to enrich the soil and draws bees and butterflies to the spring flowers. Drought-tolerant, long-lived, and low in fuss, the plant grows a deep taproot that resents disturbance, so site once and let the plant settle in place. A piece of American garden history for a sunny border or a naturalized planting, with handsome black seed pods that rattle into fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhoto courtesy of David Brenda.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057816965235,"sku":"BAPT-ALBA-01G","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Baptisia-alba-closeup_lg-DavidBrenda.jpg?v=1725495481"},{"product_id":"baptisia-sphaerocarpa","title":"Baptisia sphaerocarpa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBaptisia sphaerocarpa\u003c\/em\u003e, yellow wild indigo, is the sunny member of the wild indigo clan, a tough, rounded native perennial topped in spring with short, dense spikes of clear bright yellow, pea-like flowers over fresh blue-green foliage. Compact and shrubby, the plant brings strong color and structure to a sunny border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to the south-central United States, from Texas north through the prairies, yellow wild indigo is built for heat and lean, dry ground: nitrogen-fixing, drought-tolerant, deer-resistant, and long-lived, with a deep taproot that lets the plant shrug off drought once settled. Black seed pods follow the flowers and hold into fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant yellow wild indigo in full sun and well-drained soil, in a border, a meadow or prairie planting, or a native and pollinator garden, where the gold spring spikes draw bees and butterflies and the bushy clump holds its shape all season. Site once and leave undisturbed, since the deep root resents moving. Lovely with the blue and white wild indigos and early grasses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057816998003,"sku":"BAPT-SPHA-01G","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-619.jpg?v=1720136603"},{"product_id":"barleria-cristata","title":"Barleria cristata","description":"\u003cp\u003eCalled Philippine violet, though neither Philippine nor a violet, \u003cem\u003eBarleria cristata\u003c\/em\u003e is a showy subtropical shrub that saves its display for the close of the year, opening dark blue-violet, trumpet-shaped flowers through late summer and autumn when much of the garden is winding down. A perennial in zones 8 and 9 and a four-to-six-foot shrub in zone 10, native to India and Myanmar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn zone 8 the tops are killed by frost; cut the plants back, mound about ten inches of coarse sand over the stubs, and mulch over with pine straw. As the weather warms, remove the covering to let new shoots emerge. Given rich soil and ample water, the Philippine violet makes a fine addition to the subtropical garden, valued for that long, late season of cool blue bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse Barleria cristata in a warm, sunny to lightly shaded border, where the late flowers extend color into fall and draw bees and butterflies. Fast and easy in heat and humidity, a reliable performer for the Deep South and a worthwhile experiment, with winter protection, at the cold edge of the range.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057817194611,"sku":"BARL-CRIS-01G","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Barleria_cristata_Woodlanders_1.jpg?v=1731873171"},{"product_id":"begonia-grandis-pink","title":"Begonia grandis (pink)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHardy begonia is the surprise of the shade border: a true begonia that survives a cold winter. \u003cem\u003eBegonia grandis\u003c\/em\u003e carries large, pointed, olive-green leaves lit with red veins and flushed deep rose-red beneath, and in late summer and fall hangs loose clusters of soft pink flowers on red-tinted stems, a cool, luminous note when most shade plants have finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to eastern Asia, hardy begonia rises each year from tuber-like roots and spreads gently, dropping tiny bulbils that grow into slow, well-behaved colonies. The plant wants moist, rich soil in shade or part shade, though with steady moisture it takes some sun. A winter mulch protects the roots at the cold edge of the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant hardy begonia in a shaded border, a woodland bed, or a courtyard, where the red-backed leaves and pink fall flowers can be enjoyed against ferns, hostas, and other shade companions. Easy, long-lived, and quietly spreading, one of the few begonias that returns reliably outdoors year after year, and lovely backlit, when the red leaf veins and undersides glow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057817358451,"sku":"BEGO-GRAN-PINK-01G","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/WoodlandersBegoniagrandis_pink_2.jpg?v=1758741468"},{"product_id":"bejaria-befaria-racemosa","title":"Bejaria (Befaria) racemosa","description":"\u003cp\u003eBejaria racemosa, the tarflower, is one of the odd and lovely surprises of the Florida scrub, a heath-family shrub that looks nothing like the rest of the clan. Where blueberries and azaleas carry small, fused, bell-shaped blooms, tarflower opens wide flowers of seven separate petals, white to soft pink and sweetly fragrant, held in loose summer racemes. The genus honors the eighteenth-century Spanish botanist Jose Bejar, and though older books spell the name Befaria, botanists have since settled on Bejaria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe common names tarflower and flycatcher come from the plant's strangest habit. The buds, young twigs, and flowers are coated in a sticky, resinous film that catches small insects like flypaper, and whether the shrub draws any nourishment from the trapped visitors or simply fends off nectar thieves is a question botanists still debate. Either way, the large native bees strong enough to work the blooms pass freely, doing the real business of pollination while ants and small flies stay stuck at the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTarflower belongs to the fire-shaped scrub and sandy pine flatwoods of Florida and the neighboring Deep South, thriving on lean, acid sand where richer soil and standing water would spell trouble. Like the blueberries and azaleas nearby, the plant depends on sharp drainage and an acid root run, and repays those conditions with fragrant summer flowers and a quietly picturesque, often twisting form. Bees, butterflies, and at least one native moth make use of the plant through the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeldom offered in the trade and famously particular about transplanting, tarflower is a collector's shrub and a conversation piece for the native, xeric, or pollinator garden. Give Bejaria racemosa full sun to light shade and very sandy, sharply drained, acid soil, and resist the urge to pamper the roots. Sited well, this uncommon Florida native rewards the patient gardener with sticky, seven-petaled, honey-scented flowers found on nothing else in the border.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057817489523,"sku":"BEJA-BEFA-RACE-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Bejaria_Befaria_racemosaAlanCresslar.jpg?v=1784298434"},{"product_id":"bignonia-capreolata-tangerine-beauty","title":"Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty'","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrossvine is a high-climbing, semi-evergreen native vine, and 'Tangerine Beauty' is the famous tangerine-orange selection, opening a spring blaze of bright orange, trumpet-shaped flowers and blooming again, more lightly, through the season. Climbing high by tendrils and adhesive holdfasts, the crossvine shows to best effect on a fence, a wall, or a trellis in sun or part shade, where the early trumpets draw hummingbirds in numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrossvine was virtually unavailable from nurseries when Woodlanders began offering the plant in the early 1980s. 'Tangerine Beauty' was introduced by Hines Nursery, quite possibly selected from stock supplied by Woodlanders, and is now widely grown, one of the most popular flowering vines for the South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive 'Tangerine Beauty' a sturdy fence, wall, pergola, or large arbor and room to climb, where the spring flush of orange trumpets feeds hummingbirds and the semi-evergreen leaves screen year round. Like all crossvines, the plant suckers from the roots and can spread, so site where the roaming can be managed. Native to the southeastern United States: fast, tough, and reliable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818013811,"sku":"BIGN-CAPR-TANG-BEAU-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-809.jpg?v=1720136649"},{"product_id":"bignonia-capreolata-helen-fredel","title":"Bignonia capreolata 'Helen Fredel'","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrossvine is a high-climbing, semi-evergreen native vine with bright trumpet flowers, and 'Helen Fredel' is a large-flowered selection in red-orange with a yellow throat, a shade between the old varieties 'Atrosanguinea' and 'Tangerine Beauty'. Climbing high by tendrils and adhesive holdfasts, the crossvine flowers heavily in early summer and again, more lightly, later, and shows to best effect on a fence, an arbor, or a trellis in sun or part shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow widely grown, crossvine was virtually unavailable from nurseries when Woodlanders began offering the plant in the early 1980s. 'Helen Fredel' comes from the garden of Helen Fredel in College Station, Texas, where the vine apparently grew first on an old two-story house in the neighborhood, and was shared with us by Greg Grant, who saw the larger flowers and good ornamental quality. A native vine with a real story behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive 'Helen Fredel' a sturdy support and room to climb, on a fence, a wall, a pergola, or a large arbor, where the early flush of trumpets draws hummingbirds. The crossvine suckers freely from the roots and can spread into nearby beds, so site where the roaming can be managed, or grow against a wall away from open ground. Native to the southeastern United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818046579,"sku":"BIGN-CAPR-HELE-FRED-01G","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-2063.jpg?v=1720136652"},{"product_id":"bignonia-anisostichus-capreolata-var-atrosanguinea","title":"Bignonia capreolata var. atrosanguinea","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrossvine is a vigorous, semi-evergreen native climber that ascends by tendrils and adhesive holdfasts, and var. \u003cem\u003eatrosanguinea\u003c\/em\u003e is the red one: where the typical crossvine flowers orange, this striking selection, introduced by Woodlanders, carries abundant deep red to red-purple trumpets, often over narrower, longer leaves. The flowers even smell faintly of mocha on a warm day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine vine for a wall, a fence, or a trellis in sun or part shade, where the red spring trumpets draw hummingbirds in numbers. Like all crossvines, this red form suckers from the roots and can spread in beds, and is best planted on an isolated support where the roaming can be managed. Native to the southeastern United States, fast and tough once established.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818144883,"sku":"BIGN-CAPR-VAR-ATRO-01G","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-807.jpg?v=1720136655"},{"product_id":"bouvardia-ternifolia","title":"Bouvardia ternifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBouvardia ternifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, the firecracker bush, is a compact, heat-loving shrub of the southwestern United States and Mexico, hung from late spring to frost with clusters of long, slender, scarlet-red tubular flowers. Few plants pull hummingbirds in like this one: the bright tubes are pitched exactly for their bills, and the bloom keeps coming through the hottest months when little else holds color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhorls of narrow leaves clothe a tidy, two-to-three-foot frame. A creature of sun and lean, dry, well-drained ground, the firecracker bush shrugs off heat and drought and thrives where water is scarce. Native to the desert Southwest, root-hardy in zone 8 and a year-round shrub in frost-free gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant firecracker bush in a hot, sunny border, a rock or gravel garden, a dry bank, or a xeric planting, where the scarlet tubes draw hummingbirds and butterflies all season. Pairs naturally with salvias, agastache, and other sun-and-drought lovers, and earns a place as one of the best heat-tolerant flowering shrubs for the warm garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818374259,"sku":"BOUV-TERN-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Bouvardia_turnifolia_Woodlanders_1.jpg?v=1737245785"},{"product_id":"buddleia-davidii-attraction","title":"Buddleia davidii ‘Attraction’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddleia davidii\u003c\/em\u003e 'Attraction' is a more compact butterfly bush than the usual run of the species, forming a rounded shrub of arching branches lined with gray-green leaves. From summer into fall, royal red, fragrant flowers gather in nodding panicles six to ten inches long, drawing butterflies and bees in profusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast and easy in full sun and well-drained, moist, fertile soil, 'Attraction' can be cut back hard in spring before new growth, since the bloom comes on the current season's wood. As with the species, deadhead the spent flowers before they set seed: this keeps the rebloom coming and keeps the self-sowing in check, which matters where the common butterfly bush is unwelcome. Native, in the species, to China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse 'Attraction' in a sunny border, a cottage garden, or a pollinator planting, where the deep red panicles draw butterflies through the heat of summer. Compact at four to six feet, and a strong red in a genus mostly given to purples and pinks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818636403,"sku":"BUDD-DAVI-ATTR-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/0D0AA9F4-DA1B-4E53-B86F-DB6F7570DF21.jpg?v=1772026729"},{"product_id":"buddleia-alternifolia","title":"Buddleia alternifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddleia alternifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, the fountain or alternate-leaf butterfly bush, stands apart from the usual butterfly-bush crowd. A deciduous shrub native to northwestern China, the fountain butterfly bush is the most cold-hardy of the genus, and is grown above all for a weeping form and an early-season flood of fragrant, lavender-purple bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn shape the shrub recalls a small weeping willow, the long, arching branches cloaked in narrow, silver-green leaves set alternately, a key difference from other butterfly bushes. In late spring and early summer the branches erupt into a waterfall of softly scented blossoms, densely packed along the previous year's wood, an elegant cascade and a magnet for butterflies and bees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the flowers come on old wood, prune right after bloom to protect the next year's display. Left unpruned, the fountain butterfly bush settles into a naturally flowing eight-to-fifteen-foot fountain, a striking specimen for a cottage garden, an informal border, or a naturalistic planting. Tough and drought-tolerant once established, and reliably hardier than the modern butterfly-bush hybrids.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818734707,"sku":"BUDD-ALTE-01G","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/0B9E2FF4-06DE-4F18-A79F-BF748D95DA4C.jpg?v=1772275407"},{"product_id":"buddleia-lindleyana","title":"Buddleia lindleyana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddleia lindleyana\u003c\/em\u003e, Lindley's butterfly bush, is the elegant outlier of the genus, an open, arching shrub from China hung in summer with long, slender, gracefully curved racemes of purple-violet flowers. Where most butterfly bushes carry stiff cone-shaped panicles, this one drapes, the curving spikes nodding from the tips of the branches from June until frost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTough and fast, Lindley's butterfly bush thrives in full sun or part shade in well-drained soil and shrugs off heat and drought. The flowers, though unscented, draw butterflies and hummingbirds all season. One caution: the shrub spreads by underground suckers and can colonize over time, so site where the roaming can be managed or where a thicket is welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse Lindley's butterfly bush at the back of a sunny border, along a fence, or in a naturalistic planting where the arching, dark-leaved form and curved violet racemes can be appreciated. Eight to ten feet, with a wilder, more graceful habit than the common butterfly bushes. 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Wilson' but proving to be a very different and superior yellow butterfly bush, named 'Honeycomb' and a standout in Georgia trials, flowering as late as Thanksgiving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe honey-scented, creamy-yellow to golden-orange flowers gather in rounded clusters, like little globes, from midsummer well into late fall, on both new and old wood, a long and generous nectar source for butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. As a hybrid, 'Honeycomb' sets little or no viable seed, a well-behaved, non-self-sowing alternative to the common butterfly bush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant 'Honeycomb' in a sunny border, a cottage garden, or a pollinator planting, where the unusual gold flowers and long season earn a place; the blooms are good for cutting too. Six to eight feet, fast and tough, deer-resistant, and drought-tolerant once established. Cut back in late winter to keep the shrub bushy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818898547,"sku":"BUDD-X-WEYE-HONE-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1217.jpg?v=1720136694"},{"product_id":"buddleia-davidii-x-globosa-miss-ruby","title":"Buddleia davidii x globosa \"Miss Ruby\" PP 19,950","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Miss Ruby' is the butterfly bush that finally cracked the color barrier: a striking, near-sterile hybrid of \u003cem\u003eBuddleia davidii\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBuddleia globosa\u003c\/em\u003e carrying racemes of bright, purplish pink, a magenta few other butterfly bushes can touch. The shrub was bred by Dr. Dennis Werner at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, North Carolina, the source of our cuttings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA relatively new introduction, 'Miss Ruby' won first place in the Royal Horticultural Society's 2008 butterfly-bush trials and has been a favorite since. Compact and free-flowering, fragrant, and drawing butterflies and hummingbirds all season, the shrub sets almost no viable seed, so the magenta show comes without the self-sowing of the old kinds. Plant in full sun in well-drained, fertile soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse 'Miss Ruby' in a sunny border, a cottage garden, or a pollinator planting, where the hot magenta reads against silver and green. Cut the shrub back hard in spring once new growth shows, and the flowers return on the current season's wood by summer. Four to six feet, and one of the most colorful butterfly bushes going.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818964083,"sku":"BUDD-DAVI-MISS-RUBY-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/13D11DDA-0B97-4E9A-B090-D50EB7C24DA5.jpg?v=1727143282"},{"product_id":"buddleia-davidii-x-fallowiana-lochinch","title":"Buddleia davidii x fallowiana 'Lochinch'","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Lochinch' is one of the most refined of the butterfly bushes, a cross of \u003cem\u003eBuddleia davidii\u003c\/em\u003e and the silvery \u003cem\u003eBuddleia fallowiana\u003c\/em\u003e that takes the best of both: dense, fragrant panicles of soft lavender-blue, each tiny flower lit by a small orange eye, over handsome gray-green, almost silver foliage. Compact and rounded, the shrub blooms all summer into fall on the new growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEasy and tough, 'Lochinch' wants full sun and well-drained soil, takes heat and drought in stride once established, and draws butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds the length of the season. Deer tend to pass the gray foliage by. Deadhead spent panicles to keep the bloom coming and to limit self-sowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse 'Lochinch' in a sunny border, a cottage garden, or a pollinator planting, where the silvery leaves and lavender-blue flowers cool a hot summer scheme. Cut the shrub back hard in early spring before new growth, since the flowers come on the current season's wood. Five to seven feet, fragrant, and reliably floriferous.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818996851,"sku":"BUDD-DAVI-FALL-LOCH-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/9E08DEB6-2752-4A0F-A693-D65CF078CCB3.jpg?v=1724938156"},{"product_id":"buddleia-cordata-ssp-tomentella","title":"Buddleia cordata ssp. tomentella","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddleia cordata\u003c\/em\u003e ssp. \u003cem\u003etomentella\u003c\/em\u003e is a striking, large evergreen shrub with broad, somewhat heart-shaped leaves in soft gray-green, the lighter undersides flashing in every breeze. First collected by Yucca-Do Nursery near Los Lerios in Coahuila, Mexico, the plant was originally offered by Woodlanders as Buddleia sp. 'Los Lerios', and the true identity was later confirmed by Dr. Jon Lindstrom of the University of Arkansas, a longtime customer and plantsman of note.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemarkably hardy for a Mexican evergreen, reliable in zone 8, this robust shrub thrives in a sunny site with well-drained soil. In summer, dense terminal clusters of tiny greenish to creamy-white flowers gather at the branch tips, an unusual but quietly handsome display. In form and effect, Dr. Lindstrom notes, the shrub can resemble a sumac, lending a soft, architectural presence to the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a specimen or part of a mixed border, Buddleia cordata ssp. tomentella offers year-round gray-green foliage, summer bloom for pollinators, and a fascinating backstory, a plant for the collector and the adventurous gardener. Drought-tolerant once established.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819062387,"sku":"BUDD-CORD-SSP-TOME-01G","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Buddleiacordatassp.tomentellaWoodlanders1.jpg?v=1755116341"},{"product_id":"buddleia-madagascariensis","title":"Buddleja madagascariensis","description":"\u003cp\u003eEndemic to the mountain scrub of Madagascar, where the plant scrambles along slopes between two and six thousand feet, \u003cem\u003eBuddleja madagascariensis\u003c\/em\u003e throws out long arching canes that will climb to ten feet given a wall to lean on. The flowers come in late winter and spring on terminal panicles up to ten inches long, opening deep yellow and aging through orange to soft pink along the same spike, all of it carrying a honeyed fragrance strong enough to scent a courtyard. The leaves are narrowly ovate, dark green above, silvery and felted beneath, so the whole shrub seems to flicker when wind moves through the canes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA plant of the subtropics.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardy in USDA zones 9 and 10, where the shrub grows as a substantial evergreen, and reliably killed by frost below the high twenties. In zone 8 the plant can be sited against a south-facing wall and treated as a winter-dieback shrub, returning from the root each spring to flower on new wood. Elsewhere the Madagascar butterfly bush belongs in a cool conservatory or a generous greenhouse, where gardeners have grown the plant that way in English collections for over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorth saying plainly: this species naturalizes aggressively in frost-free climates and is listed as invasive in Hawaii, parts of Florida, coastal Australia, and several other warm regions. We \u003cstrong\u003edo not\u003c\/strong\u003e ship to states where the plant is a documented problem. In its proper place, this is a beautiful and historically beloved garden shrub. In the wrong place, the canes form a thicket. Plant with that in mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819127923,"sku":"BUDD-MADA-01G","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/IMG-1337.webp?v=1778101435"},{"product_id":"buddleia-loricata","title":"Buddleia loricata","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuddleia 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 the English clergyman-botanist Adam Buddle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the warm months the shrub carries dense terminal heads of small, sweetly honey-scented flowers, creamy white to pale yellow and often lit with an orange eye. Butterflies and bees work the fragrant clusters as they do on the common buddlejas, but here the show comes on an evergreen, mountain-tough plant rather than a rangy summer one. In the wild, mountain sagewood grows among rocks and in sheltered, moist gullies high on the slopes, well above six thousand feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat alpine origin gives the mountain sagewood an unusual toughness, shrugging off frost and cold that would cut down more tender kin, and standing among the most cold-hardy buddlejas in cultivation. Give the shrub full sun and well-drained soil, where the plant asks little once established and holds a neat, bushy form on non-invasive roots. Little known and still largely untested in American gardens, this is a plant for the curious grower and the collector.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet Buddleia loricata where the fragrance and the pollinators can be enjoyed, in a sunny border, a rock garden, a low hedge, or a butterfly planting. The evergreen, silver-backed foliage earns a place even out of bloom, and the sweet summer flower heads bring in the winged traffic buddlejas are loved for. For a fragrant, frost-hardy, evergreen alternative to the usual butterfly bush, the mountain sagewood is a quietly rewarding choice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819193459,"sku":"BUDD-LORI-01G","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/buddleja-loricataJohnGrimshaw.jpg?v=1784298596"},{"product_id":"buddleia-salvifolia","title":"Buddleja salviifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddleja salviifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, the sage-leaf butterfly bush, is a medium to large evergreen shrub from the sun-soaked hillsides of South Africa, and despite the exotic origin the plant has proven remarkably hardy in southeastern gardens, coming through winters at the University of Georgia's Athens trials with quiet resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn late spring and early summer the shrub carries airy clusters of pale lavender flowers, soft in tone and lightly fragrant. But the real draw is the foliage: long, sage-like leaves, softly textured and silvered beneath, a rare and quiet kind of beauty. As Dr. Michael Dirr once noted, \"All visitors to our trials have become enamored with the foliage.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSage-leaf butterfly bush also has a long life in South African folk medicine, an herbal tea and remedy in the home gardens of its native range. Grown here for the silvered foliage and the lavender bloom, the plant wants a sunny spot with well-drained soil and room to take its natural, upright, architectural form: a fine specimen, a texture contrast in a dry or Mediterranean-style garden, or a backbone for a wildlife planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotos courtesy of Julian Sutton and John Wursten.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819226227,"sku":"BUDD-SALV-01G","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/buddleja-salviifolia-1AndrewLargeWoodlanders2.jpg?v=1747576534"},{"product_id":"buxus-balearica","title":"Buxus balearica","description":"\u003cp\u003eA seldom-offered evergreen, \u003cem\u003eBuxus balearica\u003c\/em\u003e is the bold-leaved boxwood: an upright shrub or small tree related to the common boxwood, \u003cem\u003eBuxus sempervirens\u003c\/em\u003e, but with noticeably larger, glossier leaves. Less cold-hardy than the common box, the Balearic boxwood is a fine choice for warmer gardens, where the big evergreen leaves give a lush, polished presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to the Balearic Islands of the Mediterranean and to southwestern Spain, the Balearic boxwood is easy and adaptable in sun or semi-shade in well-drained soil, drought-tolerant once established, and deer-resistant like the rest of the genus. Small, fragrant, greenish-yellow flowers open in spring, modest but pleasantly scented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse Balearic boxwood as a specimen, an informal evergreen screen, or a bold-textured anchor in a Mediterranean or dry garden, where the large leaves set the plant apart from the fine-leaved common boxwoods. A rare and handsome evergreen for the warm-climate garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotos in bloom courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819816051,"sku":"BUXU-BALE-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/BuxusbalearicaMBG2.jpg?v=1730297635"},{"product_id":"buxus-sempervirens-unraveled","title":"Buxus sempervirens 'Unraveled'","description":"\u003cp\u003eA twisting, weeping take on the classic boxwood, \u003cem\u003eBuxus sempervirens\u003c\/em\u003e 'Unraveled' breaks the upright, clipped mold of the genus entirely. The branches arch and twist into a loose, cascading, almost sculptural form, dense with the familiar small evergreen leaves but carried on a frame that drapes rather than stands. A selection from the JC Raulston Arboretum, 'Unraveled' brings a wild, playful edge to a plant usually grown for rigid formality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardy, evergreen, and low in fuss, 'Unraveled' keeps a compact three-to-four-foot scale and asks little beyond well-drained soil. The arching habit makes the shrub a standout specimen, a soft note at the front of a border, a draping accent over a wall or large container, or a curiosity in a rock garden, equally at home in formal and informal settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike all boxwoods, 'Unraveled' is evergreen, deer-resistant, and best given good air circulation, since the genus can be troubled by boxwood blight. Grown in sun to shade, the twisting form holds year-round structure with a character all its own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819881587,"sku":"BUXU-SEMP-UNRA-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Buxussempervirens_Unraveled_Woodlanders.png?v=1730819915"},{"product_id":"buxus-harlandii","title":"Buxus harlandii","description":"\u003cp\u003eA small boxwood with narrow, bright green leaves and an unusually showy spring bloom, this is apparently the true \u003cem\u003eBuxus harlandii\u003c\/em\u003e. The boxwoods commonly sold in the South as B. harlandii, including the variety 'Richard', are, according to Dr. Todd Lasseigne, another Asian species, \u003cem\u003eBuxus bodinieri\u003c\/em\u003e; the real harlandii is much less often seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe confusion is old and well documented. Henry Fletcher Hance described the species from Chinese material in the early 1870s, and on the herbarium sheet that anchors the name two different plants were mounted side by side, one the true \u003cem\u003eharlandii\u003c\/em\u003e and one a form of \u003cem\u003eBuxus microphylla\u003c\/em\u003e var. \u003cem\u003esinica\u003c\/em\u003e. Generations of nurseries went on propagating the wrong half of the sheet. The name honors William Aurelius Harland, colonial surgeon at the Victoria Seamen's Hospital in Hong Kong and an early student of the local flora, who botanized around the harbor between hospital rounds and corresponded with Hance until his death in the late 1850s. In the wild the plant grows from Hong Kong and the Guangdong islands south to Hainan and into Vietnam, rooted among rocks and river cobble at low elevation, which explains both the appetite for sharp drainage and the dislike of hard winters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoodlanders acquired this plant from a small nursery in north Florida. The true Harland boxwood is best known to bonsai growers, who prize the fine bright foliage, the dense twiggy frame, and the handsome corky bark that ages faster than most box. Where common boxwood reads as a green mass, harlandii reads as a set of small deliberate lines, which is exactly what earns the plant a pot and a bench.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the ground, use Harland boxwood as a low evergreen edger, a small specimen, or a container plant, where the compact two to three foot frame and bright narrow leaves can be appreciated up close. Well-drained soil in sun or semi-shade suits the shrub, good air movement discourages boxwood blight, and the deer leave the foliage alone. As with all box, the leaves are toxic if eaten, so site accordingly. An uncommon, choice boxwood for the warm-climate garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819947123,"sku":"BUXU-HARL-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/BuxusharlandiiWoodlanders1.jpg?v=1743381360"},{"product_id":"baptisia-megacarpa","title":"Baptisia megacarpa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBaptisia megacarpa\u003c\/em\u003e, the Apalachicola or bigpod wild indigo, is a rare and remarkable native of the floodplains and forested slopes of the Florida Panhandle, southeastern Alabama, and southwestern Georgia. The species grows on sandy ridges and stream terraces in the Chattahoochee River drainage, finely tuned to that particular corner of the South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA perennial of moist, well-drained soil, the Apalachicola wild indigo lifts tall spikes of large, creamy flowers in spring, followed by the oversized seed pods that name the plant: megacarpa means large fruit. Bees handle the pollination, while the genus's quinolizidine alkaloids defend the foliage from grazing and most insects, though weevils still prey on the seeds. The pods ripen dark and stay ornamental into autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRare in the wild, with only a few populations left and a critically imperiled status in Georgia, the Apalachicola wild indigo faces pressure from logging, habitat loss, and river damming. Growing the plant in a sunny to lightly shaded native garden, in deep, moist, well-drained soil, is both a garden pleasure and a small act of conservation for a piece of regional biodiversity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42066148393075,"sku":"BAPT-MEGA-01G","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-616.jpg?v=1720304386"}],"url":"https:\/\/woodlanders.net\/collections\/plants-starting-with-b.oembed?page=2","provider":"Woodlanders","version":"1.0","type":"link"}