{"product_id":"buddleia-madagascariensis","title":"Buddleja madagascariensis","description":"\u003cp\u003eEndemic to the mountain scrub of Madagascar, where it scrambles along slopes between two and six thousand feet, throwing 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 it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA plant of the subtropics.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardy in USDA zones 9 and 10, where it grows as a substantial evergreen; reliably killed by frost below the high twenties. In zone 8 it 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 it belongs in a cool conservatory or a generous greenhouse, where it has been grown that way in English collections for over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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 globally. We \u003cstrong\u003edo not\u003c\/strong\u003e ship to states where it is a documented problem. In its proper place it is a beautiful and historically beloved garden shrub. In the wrong place it becomes a thicket. Plant it accordingly.\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","url":"https:\/\/woodlanders.net\/products\/buddleia-madagascariensis","provider":"Woodlanders","version":"1.0","type":"link"}