Buddleia lindleyana Open House and the flower buds in

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

Ficus pumila

best noticed up close

cut down by frost and returning from the base

deciduous tree of the ebony family

Buddleia lindleyana Open House and the flower buds inBuddleia 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