Buddleia lindleyana Open House Fontanesia is one of those

Fontanesia is one of those quiet shrubs that rewards a close look and a little curiosity

and the flower buds in particular served as a traditional remedy for ailments of the eyes

which is lovely and entirely sufficient

which sounds minor and is

Buddleia lindleyana Open House Fontanesia is one of thoseBuddleia lindleyana, Lindley's butterfly bush, is the elegant outlier of the genus, an open, arching shrub from China hung in summer with long, slender, gracefully curved racemes of purple violet flowers. Where most butterfly bushes carry stiff cone shaped panicles, this one drapes, the curving spikes nodding from the tips of the branches from June until frost. Tough and fast, Lindley's butterfly bush thrives in full sun or part shade in well drained