Light Needs
Mature Height
Mature Spread
Growing Zones
Monarch® Crown Jewels Butterfly Bush may be one of the most explosive plants to include in your garden. Not only does this deciduous shrub bloom non-stop from summer to fall and have electric lime green foliage, but it attracts absolutely any beneficial pollinator in the neighborhood! Insect pollinators, hummingbirds and butterflies will compete to get at the nutritious nectar.
Crown Jewels Butterfly Bush is a great cultivar that is more compact than other Buddleia davidii. Less staking is needed and far less pruning during the summer is required to keep Crown Jewels clean and tidy. The flower plumes are produced all summer and make lovely fresh cut flowers for the vase. Regular deadheading will not only help keep more flowers forming, but will keep seeds from forming and spreading. The color combination of the lime green leaves and deep purple flowers may seem difficult to fit into an established garden border. Although the colors are intense, they act as a compliment to other deep green foliage or can be used as a focal point in a pond side planting or a Cottage Garden.
Monarch® Crown Jewels Butterfly Bush Care
Butterfly Bush makes for a nice drought tolerant shrub after it has been established for a year or two in the garden. Well drained, moist soil with average fertility is best. Extremely heavy clay soils will cause the roots to rot in the winter. A full sun to part shade situation is perfect and will provide the most flower spikes to form.
Annual Maintenance for the Monarch Crown Jewels Butterfly Bush will be different depending on what hardiness zone you garden in. The colder zones may experience regular winter die-back. Crown Jewels bloom on the current season’s growth. Pruning in the early spring just as new growth emerges is the time to either remove damaged branches or cut the whole shrub back hard to 8 inches from the ground. Butterfly Bush will quickly recover with even better new growth and blooms. In the hotter hardiness zones, pruning to remove dead, dying, diseased and diagonal branches is all that is needed to tidy up from the winter.
Monarch® Crown Jewels Butterfly Bush Spacing
Crown Jewels are much smaller than a traditional Butterfly Bush. The mature height and width is 4-5 feet. Spacing this shrub at 4 feet is recommended. Lower growing perennials should be placed at least 3 feet from the base of Crown Jewels since the branches stay very low on the trunk and have dense foliage.
Compare Monarch® Butterfly Bushes
Compare flower color, foliage, mature size, and the features that set each Monarch® Butterfly Bush apart.
| Variety | Flowers | Foliage | Mature Size | Why Choose It |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal purple | Gray-green | 3' H × 3.5' W | Compact, rounded form for smaller sunny spaces | |
| Pale periwinkle blue | Silvery green | 3' H × 5.5' W | Low, broad habit with cool-toned foliage and blooms | |
| Cerise to raspberry pink | Green | 3.5–4' H × 3.5–4' W | Intense pink 10-inch flower spikes on a rounded plant | |
| Lavender to blue-purple | Mint green | 3.5–4' H × 6–6.5' W | Extra-long two-tone flowers on a broad-spreading plant | |
| Magenta-purple | Golden yellow | 3.5–4' H × 4–5' W | Golden foliage adds color before flowering begins | |
| Light appleblossom pink | Dark green | 5' H × 6–6.5' W | Large, floriferous plant with soft pink flower spikes | |
| Magenta-red | Green | 2.5–3' H × 3.5–4' W | Compact form with richly colored flower panicles |
Monarch® Crown Jewels Butterfly Bush Plant Facts
Growing Conditions
- Hardiness ZonesGrowing Zones
- USDA Zones 5 to 10 (perennial); grown as an annual elsewhere (outdoors year-round); grown indoors elsewhere (outdoors year-round); grown in containers elsewhere (grown as a seasonal crop)
- Sun Exposure
- Full Sun (6+ Hours Direct Sun)
- Mature Height
- 4 Feet
- Mature Spread
- 4-5 Feet
- Growth Habit
- , Spreading, Upright
- Water Needs
- Average
Flowers & Foliage
- Flower Colors
- , Purple
- Flower Description
- Pink, Purple
- Bloom Time
- Summer to Fall
- Blooms On
-
New Wood
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"Blooms on" tells you which stems produce flowers, which decides when it's safe to prune.
- New Wood: Flowers form on stems that grow this season. Prune in late winter or early spring without losing blooms.
- Old Wood: Flower buds form on last year's stems. Prune right after flowering. Pruning in fall or early spring removes next year's blooms.
- Both New and Old Wood: Blooms on last year's stems and again on new growth, so it flowers even after a hard winter or a mistimed pruning. Prune lightly after the first flush of blooms.
- When to Prune
- Late winter to early spring, before new growth starts
- Foliage Color
- , Green
- Foliage Description
- Green
- Foliage Type
- , Deciduous
- Seasonal Interest
- , Spring Flowering, Summer Flowering, Fall Flowering
Garden Benefits
Plant Overview
- Common Name
- Monarch® Crown Jewels Butterfly Bush
- Botanical Name
- BUDDLEIA MONARCH 'CROWN JEWELS'
- Brand
- Plants That Work
- Plant Type
- Shrub
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Please Note: The pictures below are to give a general representation of the different container sizes. The actual size/ages of plants are estimates and will vary based on type of plant, time of year, last pruning & many other factors.
Also Known As:
Quart
Plant Age:
~ 6 months - 1 year
Plant Size:
~ 4"-8"
Pot Size:
~ 4.75"H x 4.5"W
Volume:
1.50 quarts
Also Known As:
2.5 Quart Pot
Plant Age:
~ 1 - 2 years old
Plant Size:
~ 8"-12"
Pot Size:
~ 6.5"H x 6.5"W
Volume:
2.20-2.30 quarts
Also Known As:
#1 Container
1 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 1 - 2 years old
Plant Size:
~ 10"-14"
Pot Size:
~ 7"H x 7.75"W
Volume:
2.26-3.73 quarts
Also Known As:
#2 Container
2 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 1.5 - 3 years old
Plant Size:
~ 12"-18"
Pot Size:
~ 9.5"H x 9.5"W
Volume:
1.19-1.76 gallons
Also Known As:
#3 Container
3 Gallon
Plant Age:
~ 2 - 4 years old
Plant Size:
~ 12"-30"
Pot Size:
~9.5"H x 11"W
Volume:
2.32-2.76 gallons
Also Known As:
#5 Container
5 Gallon
Plant Age:
~3-4 years old
Plant Size:
~ 20" - 60"
Pot Size:
~11" H x 10 1/2” W
Volume:
3.5 - 4 gallons
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