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Buddleia (White Profusion)

Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Buddlejaceae
Genus: Buddleja
Species: B. davidii
Binomial name: Buddleia davidii 
Common name: Butterfly bush, White Profusion

It is native to north-western China and Japan.  Buddleia davidii 'White Profusion' is a large stately beacon to butterflies and beneficial insects. his shrub ( 1.6 m) has white flowers in clusters measuring up to 20cm in length. These are the lightly scented. It blooms from late spring through late summer. It has soft silvery undersides on its leaves. of the flowers.