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Arbusto de las mariposas
Buddleja davidii
Un arbusto caduco a semiperenne de tallos arqueados y multiples cultivado por sus largas panículas en forma de cono, de verano a la helada, con flores pequeñas y perfumadas a miel en morado, magenta, rosa o blanco. Nativo del centro y oeste de China, es una de las plantas de NECTAR para mariposas adultas mas magneticas que puedes cultivar en un cantero caluroso y soleado. La trampa honesta: a pesar del nombre no hospeda larvas de mariposas nativas, asi que alimenta a los adultos pero no cria a ninguno, y la especie pura es invasora, escapando a lo largo de rios y terreno alterado. Cultivalo por el nectar con los ojos abiertos: quita las flores marchitas, elige un cultivar esteril y respaldalo con verdaderas plantas hospederas nativas.
Review: Source-backed
Climate fit: moderate (51/100)
Pollinator
Border
Focal point
Light
Full sun
Water
Moderate water
Mature size
72-144" tall · 60" apart
Hardy in zones
5a-9b
very cold to frosty winters
Native in Illinois
No
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Se cultiva puramente como arbusto ornamental nectarifero; el arbusto de las mariposas no tiene uso culinario y no se come ninguna de sus partes.
Cold hardiness
Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Well-suited
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Well-suited
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
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Well-suited today and still thriving in 2050.
Heat tolerance
Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Where this plant fits
Suitable across 41 ecoregions — 39 climate-resilient through 2070 · 1 suited today · 1 newly possible by 2070. Best matches first.
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
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Arizona Mountains forests
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Atlantic coastal pine barrens
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Blue Mountains forests
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Canadian Aspen forests and parklands
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Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
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Central Tallgrass prairie
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Central-Southern Cascades Forests
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Chilean Matorral
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Sources & citations
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Arbusto de las mariposas (Buddleja davidii). Retrieved 2026, June 13, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/buddleja-davidii
Sources for every fact
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NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
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