Buddleja 'Butterfly Candy Little White' (Dwarf white butterfly bush) — H25 cm | Pot Ø12 cm
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Frequently asked questions
When does Buddleja Little White bloom? From midsummer, with lightly fragrant white flower spikes that keep coming until autumn if you regularly remove the spent blooms.
How do you prune a dwarf buddleja? At the end of winter, around March, cut all the stems back by half: it flowers on the current year's growth and grows back bushier after pruning.
Shipping & packaging
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- Delivery in 2 to 5 working days
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CARE TIPS ON ARRIVAL
To help your plant settle in for the long term:
- Unpack your plant immediately and inspect it
- Let it acclimatize for 24-48h in a bright spot out of direct sunlight
- Check the soil moisture before watering (dry surface = light watering)
- Wait 2-3 weeks before repotting, if needed
- Keep it away from heat sources and drafts
- Gently wipe the leaves to remove dust
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🦋 Lightly fragrant white flower spikes • 🌿 Dwarf and compact, maximum 1 m • 🐝 Highly attractive to pollinators • ☀️ Full sun • ❄️ Hardy down to -20 °C • 📏 H25 cm | Pot Ø12 cm
The Buddleja davidii 'Butterfly Candy Little White' is a dwarf butterfly bush: it bears the same flower spikes as larger buddlejas, but stays compact, between 50 cm and 1 m tall. Its small, lightly fragrant white flowers with orange-yellow centers open in conical spikes from midsummer, above narrow gray-green foliage. The species is native to China, and this variety was selected for growing in a pot.
Where a traditional buddleja grows into a 2 to 3-meter shrub, Little White fits in a planter or balcony pot. It is one of the sun-loving balcony plants that attract butterflies, bees, and bumblebees all summer, even in the city.
Which butterfly bush should you choose?
Buddlejas in the catalog, depending on color and the space available:
- Buddleja 'Butterfly Candy Little White' (this plant) — white flower spikes, dwarf and compact habit, 50 cm to 1 m at maturity. For a balcony pot or planter.
- Buddleja 'Butterfly Candy Little Lila' — fragrant violet-lilac flower spikes, same dwarf habit. The same size, in a colored version.
- Buddleja davidii 'Royal Red' — long panicles of purplish red flowers, a large shrub growing 2 to 4 meters tall. For the garden or a large pot.
To create a flower-filled balcony suited to its orientation, see our guide to choosing plants for your balcony.
Exposure & placement
Like all buddlejas, Little White flowers more abundantly the more sun it gets. It tolerates heat, wind, and dry locations, making it an easy south-facing balcony plant to grow successfully, as explained in our guide to plants for a full-sun balcony.
- Exposure: full sun, at least 6 hours a day; in partial shade, flowering is less abundant.
- Placement: balcony pot, planter, terrace edge, rock garden, or at the front of a garden border.
- Hardiness: down to -20 °C in the ground; in a pot, protect the roots in severe cold.
- Soil type: well-drained, even poor or calcareous soil; it is especially sensitive to standing water.
The white of its flowers remains visible at dusk: place it near a seating area or a terrace where you spend your evenings.
Watering & care
Once established in the ground, it almost looks after itself. In a pot, the soil dries out quickly in summer: that's the only time it needs attention.
- Watering: moderate — in a pot, when the potting soil is dry 2 to 3 cm deep, or once or twice a week in summer; hardly at all in winter.
- Fertilizer: use fertilizer for flowering plants every three to four weeks, from April to August.
- Spent flowers: cut off faded flower spikes as they appear: the plant will produce new ones until autumn, and you'll prevent self-seeding.
- Pruning: at the end of winter, cut all stems back by half; it blooms on the current year's growth.
- Repotting: the spring after delivery, in a pot with a 20 cm diameter and drainage holes, using well-draining potting soil.
Delivered in autumn or winter, it may have no flowers and lose some of its leaves: this is its natural dormancy; it will grow again in spring and bloom again from summer.
Decorating ideas & plant pairings
Its gray-green foliage and white spikes pair well with fragrant or flowering sun-loving plants, creating a balcony that attracts pollinators, as shown in our ideas for fragrant balcony plants.
- For a white and lilac duo, plant it next to the Buddleja 'Butterfly Candy Little Lila' — the same compact habit, the same flowering, for a two-tone planter.
- For a succession of blooms, pair it with a Hibiscus syriacus 'Hamabo' — its large pale pink flowers with purple centers accompany the white all summer.
- To cover a wall or railing, plant a Trachelospermum 'Star of Ibiza' behind it — its evergreen foliage and fragrant pink flowers create a green backdrop all year round.
- To repot it, choose the Elho Greenville Round pot in leaf green, Ø20 cm — an outdoor pot with drainage holes, whose green makes the white flowers stand out.
Planted in a row of three in a long planter, 25 cm apart, dwarf buddlejas form a low flowering hedge that is covered in butterflies in summer.
Verdeia tips
- Cut off faded flower spikes every week in summer: a few snips with pruning shears are all it takes. The plant immediately produces new spikes, and flowering continues until autumn.
- Cut back by half in March: trim all the stems to half their height just before growth begins. It will grow back denser and flower on new shoots.
- Protect the pot in very cold weather: the plant is hardy, but its roots are exposed in a pot. Move it close to a wall and place it on blocks so the water can drain and doesn't freeze underneath.
Technical characteristics
- Botanical name: Buddleja davidii 'Butterfly Candy Little White'
- Common name: Dwarf white butterfly bush
- Family: Scrophulariaceae
- Origin: species native to China, compact horticultural variety
- Dimensions on delivery: H20-25 cm | Pot Ø12 cm
- Mature height: 50 cm to 1 m, with an equal spread
- Growth habit: bushy and compact, with slightly arching stems
- Exposure: full sun
- Watering: moderate, regular in a pot in summer
- Hardiness: down to -20 °C
- Soil type: well-drained, tolerates poor and chalky soils
- Foliage: deciduous, narrow, gray-green
- Flowering: from midsummer, lightly fragrant white conical flower spikes
- Pollinator-friendly: very attractive to butterflies, bees, and bumblebees
- Care: easy, prune once a year
- Toxicity: non-toxic to pets and children
- Decorative style: Flower-filled balcony / Biodiversity garden / Country garden
Each plant is unique: the number of flower spikes and the density of the foliage naturally vary depending on the season and sunlight.
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Every plant is hand-packed in a box specially designed for plants — secured, protected, ready to travel. It arrives in perfect condition, roots intact and foliage preserved, ready to take its place in your home.
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What should I do when my plant arrives?
Open your package as soon as you receive it and carefully remove the plant from its packaging. Let it acclimate for 24 hours in its new environment before watering. If it has been slightly stressed during transport, it will recover its shape after one or two days in the light.
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