Butterfly Bush Honeysuckle 1 Live Plant – Diervilla sessilifolia ‘Butterfly’ – 3 Gallon Pot

Butterfly Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla sessilifolia ‘Butterfly’) is a deciduous flowering shrub valued for its cheerful yellow blossoms, attractive green foliage, and naturally spreading growth habit. Its tubular flowers appear in clusters during the summer, providing seasonal color and attracting visiting pollinators.

This selection of southern bush honeysuckle develops a dense, branching form with arching stems and pointed green leaves. The foliage may develop yellow, orange, or reddish tones in autumn, depending on growing conditions. Butterfly Bush Honeysuckle is suitable for mixed shrub borders, mass plantings, naturalistic landscapes, and woodland-edge gardens.

This listing includes one live Butterfly Bush Honeysuckle in a 3 gallon nursery pot, measuring approximately 12 inches tall at shipping. The shrub grows in full sun to partial shade and prefers well-drained soil with moderate moisture. As a deciduous plant, it naturally loses its leaves during winter and may arrive dormant or recently pruned.

Approx. 12 inches tall at time of shipping.

Plant Quantity: 1 Live Plant

Pot Size: 3 Gallon Pot

Shipping Height: Approx. 12 inches tall at time of shipping.

Common Name: Butterfly Bush Honeysuckle

Scientific Name: Diervilla sessilifolia ‘Butterfly’

Cultivar: Butterfly

Plant Form: Live Potted Flowering Shrub

Plant Type: Deciduous Ornamental Shrub

Flower Color: Yellow

Flower Form: Small tubular flowers in clusters

Bloom Season: Summer

Foliage Color: Green; may develop warm autumn tones

Growth Habit: Dense, branching, spreading

Primary Ornamental Features: Yellow summer flowers, pollinator interest, and attractive foliage

Plant Condition Disclosure:

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note:

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

• Common Name: Butterfly Bush Honeysuckle

• Scientific Name: Diervilla sessilifolia ‘Butterfly’

• Cultivar: Butterfly

• Plant Quantity: 1 live plant

• Pot Size: 3 Gallon Pot

• Shipping Height: Approx. 12 inches tall at time of shipping.

• Plant Form: Live potted flowering shrub

• Plant Type: Deciduous ornamental shrub

• Plant Family: Caprifoliaceae

• Life Cycle: Perennial

• Flower Color: Yellow

• Flower Form: Small tubular flowers in clusters

• Bloom Season: Summer

• Foliage Color: Green with possible yellow, orange, or reddish autumn tones

• Growth Habit: Dense, branching, spreading

• Sunlight: Full sun to partial shade

• USDA Hardiness Zones: Generally 4–8

• Soil Preference: Well-drained soil

• Water Requirements: Moderate

• Pollinator Interest: Attracts bees, butterflies, and other flower-visiting insects

• Landscape Uses: Shrub borders, mass plantings, naturalistic gardens, woodland edges

• Container Suitable: Yes, with adequate drainage and root space

• Seasonal Appearance: Deciduous; leafless during winter dormancy

• Primary Ornamental Feature: Yellow summer flowers and spreading growth

One live Butterfly Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla sessilifolia ‘Butterfly’), natural woody stems, seasonal foliage, root system, growing medium, and 3 gallon nursery pot.

Pot Size: 3 Gallon Pot

Shipping Height: Approx. 12 inches tall at time of shipping.

Plant Form: Live Potted Deciduous Flowering Shrub

Plant Condition: Live shrub; seasonal dormancy, pruning, leaf loss, and natural variation in foliage density, branching, and appearance may occur.