Buddleia loricata Drought Tolerant and largely among people who

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and unusually clothed beneath with a grey-white felt

The genus name is a Latin rendering of the Japanese aokiba

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Buddleia loricata

Buddleia loricata Drought Tolerant and largely among people whoBuddleia loricata, the mountain sagewood, is a rugged evergreen from the high Drakensberg of South Africa and Lesotho, and one of the hardiest of all the butterfly bushes. Unlike the familiar deciduous buddlejas, this species holds narrow, crinkled, sage like leaves the year round, dark green above and felted silvery white beneath. The species epithet loricata means clad in mail or armored, a nod to that tough, quilted foliage, while the genus honors