Buddleia lindleyana Open House Ficus pumila

Ficus pumila

the kind of color that reads from across the garden

and the flower buds in particular served as a traditional remedy for ailments of the eyes

Native peoples knew the plant well

best noticed up close

Buddleia lindleyana Open House Ficus pumilaBuddleia lindleyana, 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. Tough and fast, Lindley's butterfly bush thrives in full sun or part shade in well drained