Hi Lynn - I have Black Knight and a pinky violet one [Pink delight?] as well as some herbs from your list [chives, lemon balm, Egyptian and white onions] and would like to trade for your coneflower mix. Doreen.

Hi ms_minnamouse's, I have butterfly bush seeds from pink, red and lavender bushes. They are from 2008, but they are indeed the seeds. I harvested them 'after' the seed pods browned and split open on the end. Some of the seeds from the pink bush sprouted this spring in the bed, and the results are lavender butterfly bushes instead of pink. If you want to, just send me a stamp, I'll send you some of all 3 and pad them lightly as the seeds are like tiny hairs. oh....btw, seeds from 2009 will not be ready for harvest for a few months, even if members are in the south, if they wait until the pods dry and split before harvesting them. I too have gotten 'stuff' that was supposed to be butterfly bush seeds, but there were no seeds. Sue Here is a link that might be useful: Buddleja-butterfly bush seeds at the bottom of the page.

They are two different species of the genus buddleia, the purples, yellows and white are species davidii and fountain is alternifolia. I have never seen seeds offered of the fountain one BUT Mountain Valley Growers offers it as plants for less than $4.00, and High Country Gardens for somewhat more. Regular butterfly bushes can also be trained into standards. I have two that I started as cuttings last fall and trained this summer and they look quite nice. Not the same I know, but possible. spiderwoman

I thought butterfly bush didn't come true from seed.