Is this a butterfly bush? Thanks, really trying to identify what I have at my new house.
Hardiness Zone: 5a
Linda from Bellevue, NE
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It kind of looks like one. Usually there are more blossoms. Is it growing as a bush? Or is there only one stem coming out from the ground? I looked at the one i have and there are smaller stems branching off in all directions with flowers on. Yours looks like it's just one stem with a big flower. It kind of looks like a garden phlox to me.
Definitely not a butterfly bush, it looks like our fireweed that we love out here in WA. Ask your old neighbors, ask at church, ask your local county extension office (they have a program called 'Master Gardeners' whose job it is, on your tax dollars, to answer just this sort of question!
not a butterfly bush...looks like Summer Phlox
The flowers and the long, narrow leaves are the same as I have on my 50+ year old phlox. Almost every year I get a hummingbird around them.
Thanks for all the responses! Seems the majority has recognized Phlox, so now I know. Next year I plan on some trellis support for them.
It looks like what I call an old-time phlox. I inherited one with my grandmother's house 23 years ago and we are both still here.
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