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Looking for butterfly bush seeds!

Lilyfinch z9a Murrieta Ca

14 years ago

I am looking for yellow, bicolor,red, deep purple, pink,blue or white seeds for butterfly bush. I already have regular purple. Please check my trade list! I also have some other seeds not on my trade list if you dont see something else youd like. Thanks!

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Chemocurl zn5b/6a Indiana
14 years ago
Hi lilyfinch,

My pink butterfly bush reseeded and all of the seedlings bloomed in very slightly different shades of lavender/purple. There was not a single pink one.

I don't know how others turn out through. I think I saw someone on the WSing forum say they had planted a mix of butterfly bush seeds and did end up with a white one.

Besides the pink ones I have (that will result in lavender/purple blooms) I also have Black Knight (a very dark purple) and Royal Red which is far from being red in color. The link below shows the true colors, imho, of the Royal Red and Black Knight.

If you would like to try those seeds and see what the resulting seedlings are, feel free to drop me an email. I'm not looking to trade but could send for postage.

chemocurl...aka Sue

Here is a link that might be useful: scroll down to see butterfly bush colors
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