Rotheca myricoides ‘Ugandense’, or Blue butterfly bush, is a low maintenance, suckering, evergreen shrub in the Lamiaceae family that is native to tropical eastern Africa (Kenya and Uganda). As its common name implies, the plant displays violet-blue flowers that resemble a butterfly in flight.

2016年2月22日 · Clerodendrum ugandense, also called Rotheca myricoides, and commonly known as Blue Butterfly Bush, is a wonderful plant to have at home. It’s not a fussy, high requirement plant, and it’s very rewarding to have. The flowers sport two hues of blue and truly resemble butterflies, especially the way they flock around the plant. The Blue ...

‘Ugandense’ is a cultivar that features intense purplish-blue flowers with showy stamens. This cultivar was originally named Clerodendrum ugandense, but was later changed to Clerodendrum myricoides ‘Ugandense’. DNA studies from 1998 led to a further change to its current listing as Rotheca myricoides ‘Ugandense’.

Clerodendrum ugandense, Blue Butterfly Bush, Blue Glory Bower, Rotheca Myricoides 'Ugandense' - Grow your own bush of non-stop butterflies! It's simple with this quick-to-establish, low-maintenance shrub.

Rotheca myricoides or Butterfly Clerodendrum, Butterfly Bush, and (butterfly bush – also a name for Buddleja species) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. [3] [4] It is native to tropical eastern Africa and widely cultivated elsewhere. [3] In cultivation, it is frequently known by one of its synonyms, such as Clerodendrum ...

Clerodendrum ugandense has been cultivated in botanical gardens for almost 100 years, but has only recently been considered as flowering potplant. It is a fast growing plant which in nature grows to 6-9 ft, but is easily kept much smaller.

Rotheca myricoides ‘Ugandense’ (Butterfly Bush) is a suckering evergreen shrub of open, scrambling habit, boasting showy terminal panicles of magnificent pale blue flowers adorned with a violet-blue lower petal and long stamens arching outward and upward.

Rotheca myricoides 'Ugandense' (Butterfly Bush) - An open, evergreen shrub reaching 6 to 10 feet tall by 6 feet wide with 4-inch-long elliptical dark green leaves. From spring through fall appear the delicate and intricate flowers, suggestive of a butterfly in flight.

紫蝶花（学名：Clerodendrum ugandense)，是热带非洲和亚洲热带地区原産、是唇形科海州常山属的常绿灌木。 让在集散花序从夏天起秋天呈紫色了的蝴蝶形的小花开花。

Growing Clerodendrum Ugandense, often called the Blue Butterfly Bush, requires a bit of attention to detail. I’ve found that it thrives in well-drained soil and prefers a spot with full sun. It’s quite hardy but does best in USDA zones 9 to 11.