Li'l Grape™ Butterfly Bush

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Li'l Grape™ Butterfly Bush

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  • Family owned farm since 1980
  • You're good to grow this in Zone X

Li’l Grape™ Butterfly Bush Offers Vibrant Blooms and Compact Beauty All Season Long

Add Lasting Purple Color and Pollinator Magic with the Li’l Grape™ Butterfly Bush

Brighten your garden with the Li’l Grape™ Butterfly Bush, a compact, low-maintenance shrub that boasts deep purple blooms from late spring through fall. Perfect for containers and small spaces, it attracts butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds while adding nonstop color and fragrance.

A Compact Purple Blooming Wonder for Pollinator Gardens

Add a splash of vibrant color and endless charm to your garden with the Li’l Grape™ Butterfly Bush. Part of the Butterfly Candy® series, this delightful variety produces dense clusters of deep purple flowers that bloom continuously from late spring through fall. Its compact size and rich coloration make it perfect for brightening borders, containers, and small gardens, all while attracting butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds to your outdoor space.

A New Generation of Butterfly Bushes

The Li’l Grape™ Butterfly Bush is a hybrid of Buddleia davidii, carefully bred to combine vibrant flower power with a smaller, more manageable size. Designed for contemporary gardeners who want color without the maintenance of larger varieties, as this compact selection offers long bloom periods, excellent heat tolerance, and strong pollinator appeal. It continues the tradition of innovation in garden breeding, bringing stunning color and fragrance to even the smallest landscapes.

Care Guide for Li’l Grape™ Butterfly Bush

This hardy shrub thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, rewarding you with consistent blooms throughout the warm months. During the first growing season, water regularly to establish deep, healthy roots. Once established, Li’l Grape™ becomes drought tolerant and blooms with minimal care. Light pruning in early spring before new growth appears encourages fuller shape and more abundant flowering. Fertilize with a balanced, slow-release fertilizer in early spring for best results.

Why You'll Love the Li'l Grape

The Li’l Grape™ Butterfly Bush grows to about 2 to 3 feet tall and wide, making it an excellent choice for smaller gardens, patio planters, and mixed borders. Its vibrant purple flower clusters stand out against silvery-green foliage, creating a striking display that lasts from late spring until frost. The fragrant blooms attract pollinators of all kinds, including butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees. This variety is deer resistant, heat and drought tolerant once established, and adaptable across USDA Zones 5 through 10, offering reliable performance in a wide range of climates.

Experience the Perfect Plants Difference

Since 1980, Perfect Plants has been a family-run farm dedicated to growing healthy, vibrant plants under the Florida sun. Every Li’l Grape™ Butterfly Bush is hand-grown and cared for by experts, ensuring you receive a strong, thriving shrub that’s ready to flourish in your garden.

Check out all our Butterfly Bushes for sale as well as our complete collection of flowering shrubs.

*Disclaimer: This plant cannot ship to WA or OR due to state regulations

The Li’l Grape™ Butterfly Bush delivers vibrant purple blooms from late spring through fall in a compact, easy-care form perfect for containers, borders, and small gardens. This pollinator magnet thrives in full sun, offers excellent heat and drought tolerance, and provides nonstop color and fragrance across USDA Zones 5–10.

  • Compact 2–3 ft. habit ideal for containers, patios, and small-space gardens.
  • Deep purple blooms attract butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds all season.
  • Long flowering window from late spring until frost.
  • Thrives in full sun with drought tolerance once established.
  • Deer resistant and adaptable across USDA Zones 5–10.
  • Low-maintenance shrub needing only light spring pruning for best flowering.

At Perfect Plants Nursery, we stand behind every tree, shrub, and flower we grow. Every order is protected by our 30-day plant guarantee, ensuring your plants arrive healthy and ready to thrive. For extra peace of mind, our optional 1-Year Extended Warranty covers your plants against death and disease for a full year. Unlike many online nurseries, Perfect Plants ships directly from our family-run farm, so you’re backed by growers who care about your success long after your plants leave our greenhouse. Grow with confidence knowing your investment is protected from the start.

Botanical Name
Buddleia davidii ‘BotEx 001’
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Sunlight
Full Sun

Foliage Color
Green

Flower Color
Purple

Mature Width
2-3 ft

Mature Height
2-3 ft

Growing Zones 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

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FAQs for Li'l Grape™ Butterfly Bush

This variety of butterfly bush is iconic for its compact and manegable size. Li'l Grape™ Butterfly Bushes grow to a mature size of 2-3 feet tall and wide, making them perfect as small border shrubs or growing in patio containers.

Unfortunately, the states of Washington and Oregon have banned the shipment and sale of Butterfly Bushes from out of state vendors. We are unable to ship to these two states in addition to California and Arizona.

These flowering shrubs love full sun and well drained soil. So, whether you're planting in the ground or in a patio container, be sure to place them in a location that routinely receives 6-8 hours or direct sunlight. For soil, be sure water drains quickly to avoid root rot!

This butterfly bush variety from Butterfly Candy® erupt with new purple flowers in late spring with blooms lasting all the way to early-mid fall. They're extremely popular for their long lasting and resilient flowers.

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