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Arbre aux papillons
Buddleja davidii
Un arbuste caduc a semi-persistant aux tiges arquees et multiples, cultive pour ses longues panicules coniques, de l'ete aux gelees, de petites fleurs parfumees au miel, dans des tons de violet, magenta, rose ou blanc. Originaire du centre et de l'ouest de la Chine, c'est l'une des plantes a NECTAR pour papillons adultes les plus attractives que l'on puisse cultiver dans une plate-bande chaude et ensoleillee. Le hic honnete : malgre son nom, il n'heberge aucune larve de papillon indigene, il nourrit donc les adultes mais n'en eleve aucun, et l'espece type est envahissante, s'echappant le long des rivieres et des terrains perturbes. Cultivez-le pour le nectar en toute lucidite : retirez les fleurs fanees, choisissez un cultivar sterile et appuyez-le sur de veritables plantes hotes indigenes.
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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Cultive purement comme arbuste ornemental a nectar, l'arbre aux papillons n'a aucun usage culinaire et aucune de ses parties n'est consommee.
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.
✓
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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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Arbre aux papillons (Buddleja davidii). Retrieved 2026, June 13, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/buddleja-davidii
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