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Birthday Cake™ Butterfly Bush
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Birthday Cake™ Butterfly Bush
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Birthday Cake™ Butterfly Bush
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Birthday Cake™ Butterfly Bush
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Birthday Cake™ Butterfly Bush

Candle-like blooms for narrow spaces and pollinator gardens

  • Narrow habit fits borders, containers and tight beds
  • Magenta-purple blooms attract butterflies, bees and hummingbirds
  • Reblooming flowers keep color going into fall
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SKU: 14207

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Size/Grade What It Is Who It’s For
Own Root & Jumbo Own Root Roses grown on their own roots, valued for cold hardiness, strong rebound, and long lifespan. Gardeners in colder climates or anyone looking for a durable, long-living rose that stays true to its natural growth habit.
Premium WOW!® Roots Grafted roses designed for improved vigor, larger blooms, and better adaptability across different soil and growing conditions. Gardeners who want stronger performance, bigger blooms, and reliable growth across a wide range of environments.
Fortuniana Rootstock A specialized grafted rootstock known for increased bloom production, vigorous growth, and strong resistance to soil-borne issues. Ideal for warm climates (especially the South) or challenging soils like sandy conditions where extra vigor and resilience matter.
Jumbo WOW!® Roots An upgraded WOW!® root system grown larger in the field, delivering a more established bareroot with faster early performance. Arrives bareroot or potted depending on time of year. Gardeners who want a larger starting plant with more immediate impact and quicker establishment in the garden.

 

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Birthday Cake™ Butterfly Bush gives gardeners the long bloom season and pollinator appeal of buddleia in a slimmer, more space-friendly form. Growing about 4–5' tall and 2–3' wide, it brings upright color to sunny borders, wildlife gardens and large containers without spreading heavily into nearby plants.

Fit More Color Into Tight Spaces

The narrow, upright habit is one of its best benefits. Birthday Cake™ works where broader butterfly bushes may feel too large, making it useful along walkways, in mixed borders, beside patios or in smaller planting beds. Its columnar-to-vase shape gives the garden height and color without taking up too much ground space.

Bring Pollinators Close

From early summer into fall, long flower panicles rise above the foliage in rich magenta-pink to purple tones. These nectar-rich blooms attract butterflies, bees and hummingbirds, helping your sunny garden feel active and alive through much of the warm season. Plant it where you can enjoy the visitors up close—from a porch, patio, path or favorite garden seat.

Enjoy a Longer Flower Show

Birthday Cake™ blooms on new growth and can rebloom with light, regular deadheading. The upright flower spikes stand above the shrub like bright candles, making the display easy to see from a distance and simple to cut back when spent. Removing old panicles helps encourage more bloom and can also reduce unwanted self-seeding where that is a concern.

Grow Big Impact With Simple Care

Give Birthday Cake™ full sun and well-drained soil. Once established, it tolerates heat and some drought, making it a practical choice for sunny, low-fuss plantings. Avoid wet, heavy spots where roots may stay too damp. In the right site, this compact butterfly bush delivers months of color, fragrance and pollinator activity with very manageable care.

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