This beautiful plant has a rounded, compact habit with flower spikes that can be as long as 12″. Just spectacular! Lavender Cupcake Buddleia is a great addition to any garden because it attracts butterflies like crazy, it’s an amazing pollinator, and hummingbirds love it as well.
This plant grows to a size of about 3′ 6″ high and wide and it responds well to pruning and should be cut back in the fall so it grows nice and full the following growing season.
HUMDINGER® Collection
Lavender Cupcake Butterfly bush is hardy in zones 5 through 10 and loves full sun, maybe a little bit of shade.
Butterfly bushes can easily be propagated By Softwood Cuttings in the late Spring and Early Summer, however, Lavender Cupcake is a patented plant, it is part of the HUMDINGER® Collection.
Buddleia ‘Lavender Cupcake’ PP28221
HUMDINGER® Collection
That means that is is against the law for you and I to propagate this plant while it is still under patent, and the trademarked name will still be protected even after the patent expires. Learn all about plant patents and trademarks here.
But, just because it’s patented doesn’t mean that we can’t grow and sell this amazing plant. I grow and sell hundreds of them every year!
This is how that works.
I buy small plants from wholesale grower who is licensed to grow and sell patented plants. At the time of the purchase they usually charge me around $2.00 for each plant and then I have to also pay a small royalty on each plant. I think it’s around 25 cents but it varies from plant to plant. I also buy color picture tags from the same grower, that way the plant patent info, plant patent number and registered trademark info go along with every plant that I sell.
Can You Buy Plants at these crazy low prices?
Yes you can. In Our Exclusive Members Area
not only can you buy beautiful plants like these at super low prices, but you can also learn about all of the amazing wholesale sources that me and all our members buy from around the country. When you are buying from one of our members they allow you to buy in really small quantities so you don’t have to buy a full tray of one plant. From our members you can often buy as few as 3 or 5 of many items.
How can our members offer plants like this that are patented. It’s simple. They simply buy them wholesale, several trays at a time, then they offer them to other members at really great prices. Of course they have to mark them up a bit from the wholesale prices, but the wholesale prices are so crazy low you still get a great deal.
You won’t even believe how low the price of plants is in Our Members Area.
Why are some plants patented? Because plant breeders work really hard at bringing new and beautiful plants to market and the royalties that they collect for that 20 year period while the plant is under patent compensates them for time, effort and expense of doing all of this plant research and experimentation.
There are a lot of Butterfly Bush that are in the public domain and you and I are free to propagate those. It’s up to us whether or not we want to grow and sell something like Lavender Cupcake or Prince Charming. I grow and sell them because I think they are ideal plants and my customers deserve to have them in their yards.
Questions, comments, mean things to say? Post them below and I will respond.
Until then, by any and all means stay inspired!
I love butterfly bushes and I have a dozen purple & lavender ones one fushia colored one, lavender cupcake is pretty but I’m looking for something different than another lavender one…
I do not belong to the members group. I don’t have the room but I do love beautiful flowers. Can I buy from the members group without being a member?
Judy,
No, you have to be a member to buy from our growers. But the plants are so inexpensive that the membership might make sense.
It’s interesting to note that I receive constant emails from Mikes Nursery, but when I want info, Mikei is too busy . This is the answer that I get from the son. I’m sure with Mikes approval. Please remove me from your mailing list,as I dont want to do business with such a rude company, that’s not interested in doing business with me. Way to go guys. , you will ever know how much money you lose, due to attitude. Bonnie Crim
Dear Bonnie,
I come to this forum daily and answer questions. Then I go on over to the members area where I spend thousands and thousands of hours answering questions. Do I take phone calls? No. The phone rings in Texas where Duston lives. I’m in Perry, Ohio. Do I see incoming Email? No. We have a ton of people on our mailing list and there is no way in the world that I could ever respond to emails, therefore I never see them. All incoming Email goes to Duston. That’s his job, that’s what he gets paid for. And that’s why we have a members area. In the members area I am present on a daily basis offering information and answering questions. But we also have hundreds of members who constantly help each other on a daily basis with the most incredible information and resources you can imagine. And . . . for the whopping invest of just $7.00 we let people test drive the members area for 30 days just to see if they like it or not. It’s not for everybody. Thank you for sharing your opinion. I should also ad that I have been offering free advice online for over 22 years now. I don’t get paid a dime for the article that I write or the videos that I produce. There are more than 100 youtube videos and over 1,000 articles spread across four websites. All free for the taking. I’m sorry that that’s not enough for you.
Great and respectful answer, Mike. It sounds as if most questions can be answered in the members forum. Maybe she wil reconsider.
where are all the butterflies , You need to take a picture of this plant when the butteries are out.
Richard, trust me, they are loaded with butterflies.
I always get loads of butterflies on mine.
Thank you Mike,
I hope I can find this beautiful plant in the deep south.
Thank you for all that you do, Mike! I always enjoy seeing an e-mail from you in my inbox, knowing I am about to learn something new yet again. One of these days, when the money gets better again, I will become a member. Looking forward to it, and thank you again!
Ann,
Keep in mind, you can test drive the membership for only $7.00 so you know what it’s like in the members area. http://backyardgrowers.com/join
Mike,
Isn’t butterfly bush considered to be an invasive plant in Ohio? We pulled ours out (in PA) about 4 years ago and it resurfaced again this past year.
Shirley,
Not that I am aware of and if it is, it’s probably more the wild variety and not these newer named varieties.
Only categorized invasive in PNW, the davidii can reseed.
Most varieties of butterfly bush are considered invasive due to their ability to readily reseed. Most are actually banned in Washington and Oregon for this reason (including a number of hybrids). A few of the newer varieties have been developed to be virtually sterile and set few, if any, seeds. The safest bet is to grow whatever varieties are not restricted in those two states. A quick internet search will easily find this information.
I would like to know were I can get this plant.
Larry,
I sell them here locally, I don’t ship. But if you are a member just ask in the members area and you’ll find them for about $2.00 each.
Plese state growing zone at start of post
I have not been able to keep butterfly plants I’ve
Thank yoi
I appreciate all your emails and learning more about plants
I live in Naples Florida
Will this beautiful plant surve here?
Sandy, it should, it grows in zones 5 through 10.
Goodness, “butterfly” bushes as I guess you are referring to, grow wild here. Mostly purple and white. I have seen yellow. Yes, my back deck is covered by one in the summer. So wonderful.
Where is your “here” ?
How long is the blooming period for the Buddleia Lavender Cupcake?
Jackie about three weeks but if we prune them they bloom again.
Is there a reason, to cut Butterfly Bushes back in the Fall and not the Spring? Mine had gotten out of hand, due to my health, last year. So i had them cut down, last Spring. They grew back lovely, just not as big and full as previous years. I was amazed, thinking they were probably dead. But I didn’t know about fall pruning, so I’d like suggestions one how to proceed, this year.
Thank you.
Cynthia,
Early spring pruning is fine and some claim by leaving the wood on the plant until spring it protects the plant from the cold. So you did fine.
If you’re in one of the colder zones, I’d certainly wait until spring when the new growth begins to emerge before cutting it back. That should offer some additional protection to the plant, and i doubt that you’ll delay the growth much at all.