Buddleia Lochinch Part Sun to Shade Sweet fern is a renaissance

Sweet fern is a renaissance plant in the garden

as a sedative

not the maid) makes a nice 2' tall clump to 8' in width and is smothered with 1" blue flowers starting in October (NC)

heavily-textured foliage provide a nice foil for the whorls of yellow

but seems to be best in full sun for 6+ hours

Buddleia Lochinch Part Sun to Shade Sweet fern is a renaissanceThis hybrid of B. fallowiana x davidii seems to be everyone's favorite. Inheriting the silvery leaf backs from B. fallowiana, this shorter cultivar (4 5' tall) makes a nice compact deer resistant clump with large foliage the overall effect is a shimmering silver bush. From midsummer until early fall, the plants are topped with fragrant, lavender blue flowers a great color echo for Russian sage.