Plant Information

Common Name: BLUE BUTTERFLY BUSH, BLUE CAT'S WHISKERS
Scientific Name: Rotheca myricoides
Alternative Names: Bloutontelhout (Afr.), Umbozwa (zulu)

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Description

• Perennial
• Indigenous from South Africa up to Eritrea.
• The blue flowers resembles a butterfly in flight which link to its common name Blue Butterfly Bush.
• Blue Butterfly Bush is a hardy, medium sized, evergreen up to 2-3m.
• It is a decorative shrub with beautiful foliage and bears spikes of light blue to violet-blue pea-like flowers in spring and summer.
• The flowers attract beneficial insects and the edible fruit attracts birds to the garden.
• A beautiful shrub for small gardens and containers.
• It will die back in temperate areas - the roots will survive and rejuvenate again in spring.
• If a compact form is desired, prune back to the ground in early spring.
• Prune regularly to encourage it to bush out and keep producing flowers.
• Will grow in full sun to partial shade.

Medicinal Uses. It is said that

• Was used in traditional medicine for the management of diabetes in the lower eastern part of Kenya.

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