'Miss Molly' Butterfly Bush Buddleia x

Dead after one season. Planted with care, watered all summer, added mulch for winter. It was so very beautiful however with so much care, it is dead, dead, dead. Will not purchase another.

We planted this variety of butterfly bush 2 years ago. We cut back each late winter season and it flushes back out beautifully each year. This is only the third season we've grown it personally but it is a great garden performer and one of my faves this year. It is currently early July and it is already back up to just under 4 feet tall and 3 ft wide with a full bushy habit. The plant is covered in blooms and my kids counted a total of 12 butterflies (3 different types including a Pipevine Swallowtail) all at one time....not including the bees that were also attracted. We planted it high in our clay soil and it does have one aerial root of some sort but it isn't a total eyesore and when it flushes out you cant see it. Not sure if that is normal? Either way, this is a wonderful plant and my only regret is not planting it closer to my porch to see the wildlife it attracts.

Miss Molly is a great bloomer. It is easy to dead head and reblooms all summer It attracts lots of butterflies and some other pollinators as well. My only issue is that it is 6 feet tall this year (3rd year) and I wanted a max 5 ft shrub. I cut it back in late winter the past two years, but it has really shot up this year. It gets about 8 hours of sun each day.

Buddleia is invasive in the Pacific Northwest. I am zone 9b in the dry California Central Valley. My Miss Molly is on drip so very happy here. It's a war zone in my garden. Miss Molly is duking it out with large salvia and hardy hibiscus, tall plants. If there isn't enough sun, it is wispy. It pokes out here and there with a beautiful magenta bloom. I don't mind the dead blooms because they are dark and not visible from any distance. I had 3 pugsters and murdered them all because of those ugly brown dead blooms. It's fall, high crime in the garden, another plant murder planned to give one of my 3 Miss Mollys more light.

I ordered 3 plants and received 3 different sizes which I nicknamed Daddy, Mommy and Baby. Miss Molly is noted to be deer resistant but my local deer quickly took care of the size difference for me. I hope the plants can rebound. They are tolerating high heat and that is a plus. I love the blooms and hope that the deer will allow me to see more as the summer progresses. The odor of deer repellant is something I can't stand and the fact that these were supposed to be deer resistant was a factor in my purchase. I just want to let people know that Miss Molly may be deer resistant but certainly isn't deer proof.