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(Fleemo) wrote:

The label for the plant was an actual label stuck to the surface of
the pot, so it wasn't a shopper accidentally switching tags, but a
nursery or grower error. The funny thing is, we went to a couple of
nurseries in pursuit of a Black Knight, and one nursery had this same
lighter purple and called it a Black Knight. We thought they were
crazy. So we returned to the one place in town that had the deep dark
Black Knight, and purchased a smaller specimen that wasn't in bloom
yet. Weeks later we discovered the error.

Is Nanho Purple the same deep, almost black purple as Black Knight?
And just how large does it get? And would you mind passing along the
URL for Blue Stone?

Thanks!

-Fleemo

My butterfly bush is Nanho Blue (a semi-dwarf variety), & a record kept
photographically proved I wasn't imagining it that it bloomed much bluer
this year than it did last year (pretty either way). Last year it was so
purple it was hard to see why it was called "Blue," but this year it's a
purer rich blue. I've also had clematis bloom a pale blue then rebloom a
darker blue. I suspect some of the depth of color is informed by changng
soil conditions, moisture conditions, weather patterns. "Wrong tag" is
always a possibility, but many a plant prepared by specialists in
providing "product" that stays for some while beautiful in pots (hence
easy to sell in nurseries) -- that plant may never again look exactly like
it did as potted product, but could look better, or worse, or merely
different, once established in a garden.

The two photos on this page show the Nanho Blue last year when it was
purple, & this year; it's been blooming true-blue for quite some weeks
now.
http://www.paghat.com/butterflybush.html

-paghat the ratgirl


"B & J" wrote in message
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Amen, Marilyn! I have two butterfly bushes growing in my yard that I
purchased because they were labeled "Black Knight" but weren't. I didn't
return them because the blooms are reasonably attractive and it was the
following year before I determined they weren't. Finally I ordered one from
Blue Stone. I think this problem often happens at retail outlets because
customers are prone to pull out labels and put them back in the wrong
container. BTW, another butterfly bush I ordered because it was labeled
as a dwarf "Nanho Purple" is incredible. The number and size of the flowers
far surpasses "Black Knight." It requires little pruning and blooms it's
head off.

John

"madgardener" wrote in message
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return the plant. Black Knight is deep deep dark purple with an orange
eye.........
"Fleemo" wrote in message
m...
I love growing butterfly bushes, and wanted to a deep, dark purple
"Black Knight" to my collection. We went to a nursery that had a few
in bloom, but not the size we wanted. So we purchased a smaller plant
that wasn't in bloom. When it finally did bloom, it wasn't the deep
almost black purple, but more of a bright purple. Might my plant get
darker flowers with age, or should I return the plant?




--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
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