Butterfly Bush

Bracken Fern

About Butterfly Bush and Bracken Fern

Butterfly Bush

Bracken Fern

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Perennial

1.2 Type

Flowering Plants, Shrubs

Fern

1.3 Origin

Africa, America, Asia

World, Pandemic

1.4 Types

Lockinch, Petite Indigo, White Profusion

Pteridium arachnoideum, Pteridium caudatum, Pteridium centrali-africanum

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

100NA

0 40000

1.9 Habitat

Along Railroads, River side, Roadsides

meadows, Shady Edge, Woodland Garden Dappled Shade

1.10 USDA Hardiness Zone

5-103-12

0 99

3.2 AHS Heat Zone

9-2

12-1

3.3 Sunset Zone

H1, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

3.4 Habit

Arching/Fountain-shaped

Thicket/Colonizing

4 Information

4.1 Plant Size

4.1.1 Minimum Height

7.50 cm60.96 cm

0.54 3900

4.1.4 Minimum Width

4.00 cm91.44 cm

0.1 6350

9.5 Plant Color

9.5.1 Flower Color

Blue, Pink, Purple, Red, White

Not Available

9.7.2 Flower Color Modifier

Not Available

Bicolor

9.9.1 Fruit Color

Not Available

Brown

9.9.3 Leaf Color in Spring

Gray Green

Light Green, Lime Green

9.10.2 Leaf Color in Summer

Gray Green, Light Green

Green

10.2.1 Leaf Color in Fall

Gray Green, Light Green, Yellow green

Yellow, Gold, Brown

10.3.1 Leaf Color in Winter

Not Available

10.4 Shape

10.5.1 Leaf Shape

Egg-shaped

Pinnate

10.8 Thorns

✔ ✘

11 Season

11.2 Plant Season

Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter

Spring, Summer, Fall

11.3 Growing Conditions

11.4.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Part sun, Partial shade

Full Sun

11.4.3 Growth Rate

Fast

11.6.1 Type of Soil

Loamy, Sandy, Well drained

Loam, Sand

11.8.1 The pH of Soil

Neutral, Slightly Acidic, Slightly Alkaline

Acidic, Neutral

12.0.1 Soil Drainage

Well drained

12.2.2 Bloom Time

Spring

Not Available

12.2.0 Repeat Bloomer

✔ ✘

12.4 Tolerances

Drought, Pollution, Salt, Soil Compaction

Not Available

13 Care

13.1 Where to Plant?

Ground, Pot

Ground

13.3 How to Plant?

Seedlings, Stem Planting, Transplanting

Divison, Spores

13.5 Plant Maintenance

Medium

13.8 Watering Plants

13.8.1 Watering Requirements

Form a Soil ring to water efficiently, Water Deeply, Water twice a day in the initial period

Average Water Needs, Medium

14.1.1 In Summer

Lots of watering

14.2.2 In Spring

Moderate

15.2.1 In Winter

Average Water

15.4 Soil

15.4.2 Soil pH

Neutral, Slightly Acidic, Slightly Alkaline

Acidic, Neutral

15.4.5 Soil Type

Loamy, Sandy, Well drained

Loam, Sand

15.4.8 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

15.5 Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Part sun, Partial shade

Full Sun

15.7 Pruning

Cut or pinch the stems, Prune for shortening long shoots, Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Prune ocassionally, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts, Remove deadheads, Remove shoots

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts

15.9 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

15.11 Pests and Diseases

Downy mildew, Leaf spot, Spider mites

Red blotch

17.3 Plant Tolerance

Drought

Not Available

18 Facts

18.2 Flowers

✔ ✘

18.2.3 Flower Petal Number

Single

18.4 Fruits

18.5.0 Showy Fruit

✔ ✘

18.5.3 Edible Fruit

✔ ✘

18.7 Fragrance

18.7.1 Fragrant Flower

✔ ✘

18.8.2 Fragrant Fruit

✔ ✘

19.1.1 Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

19.2.1 Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

19.5 Showy Foliage

✔ ✘

19.8 Showy Bark

✔ ✘

19.10 Foliage Texture

Medium

19.12 Foliage Sheen

Matte

19.14 Evergreen

✔ ✘

19.16 Invasive

Sometimes

19.18 Self-Sowing

✔ ✘

19.20 Attracts

Butterflies, Hummingbirds

Insects

19.22 Allergy

Vomiting

Carcinogenic, Stomach cancers

20 Benefits

20.1 Uses

20.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Showy Purposes

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose

20.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

Good for skin

20.1.3 Edible Uses

✔ ✘

20.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

20.2 Plant Benefits

20.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Not Available

Anthelmintic, Antiemetic, Antiseptic, Diuretic, Poultice, Refrigerant, Tonic

20.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Leaves

Leaves, Root

20.2.3 Other Uses

Showy Purposes, Used as Ornamental plant

Adhesive, Basketary, Used as a dye, Used for making soaps, Used in biomass

20.3 Used As Indoor Plant

✔ ✘

20.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

✔ ✘

20.5 Garden Design

Edging, Feature Plant, Foundation

Groundcover

21 Scientific Name

21.1 Botanical Name

Buddleia davidii

PTERIDIUM aquilinum

21.2 Common Name

Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac, Butterflybush

Bracken, Western brackenfern, Decomposition brackenfern, Hairy brackenfern

21.2.1 In Hindi

Butterfly Bush

Bracken Fern Plant

21.2.2 In German

Schmetterlingsstrauch

Bracken Fern Pflanze

21.2.3 In French

buisson de papillon

Bracken Fern Plante

21.2.4 In Spanish

arbusto de las mariposas

Planta de helecho

21.2.5 In Greek

Butterfly Μπους

Bracken Fern Plant

21.2.6 In Portuguese

arbusto de borboleta

Bracken Planta Fern

21.2.7 In Polish

Butterfly Bush

Bracken Fern roślin

21.2.8 In Latin

papilio rubo

Pteridium aquilinum Planta

22 Classification

22.1 Kingdom

Plantae

22.2 Phylum

Spermatophyta

Pteridophyta

22.3 Class

Dicotyledonae

Filicopsida

22.4 Order

Lamiales

Polypodiales

22.5 Family

Scrophulariaceae

Dennstaedtiaceae

22.6 Genus

Buddleja

Pteridium Gleditsch

22.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

Not Available

22.8 Tribe

Not Available

22.9 Subfamily

Not Available

22.10 Number of Species

100NA

1 27800

Properties of Butterfly Bush and Bracken Fern

Wondering what are the properties of Butterfly Bush and Bracken Fern? We provide you with everything About Butterfly Bush and Bracken Fern. Butterfly Bush doesn't have thorns and Bracken Fern doesn't have thorns. Also Butterfly Bush does not have fragrant flowers. Butterfly Bush has allergic reactions like Vomiting and Bracken Fern has allergic reactions like Vomiting. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Butterfly Bush and Bracken Fern and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Butterfly Bush and Bracken Fern

Season and care of Butterfly Bush and Bracken Fern is important to know. While considering everything about Butterfly Bush and Bracken Fern Care, growing season is an essential factor. Butterfly Bush season is Fall, Spring, Summer and Winter and Bracken Fern season is Fall, Spring, Summer and Winter. The type of soil for Butterfly Bush is Loamy, Sandy, Well drained and for Bracken Fern is Loam, Sand while the PH of soil for Butterfly Bush is Neutral, Slightly Acidic, Slightly Alkaline and for Bracken Fern is Acidic, Neutral.

Butterfly Bush and Bracken Fern Physical Information

Butterfly Bush and Bracken Fern physical information is very important for comparison. Butterfly Bush height is 7.50 cm and width 4.00 cm whereas Bracken Fern height is 60.96 cm and width 91.44 cm. The color specification of Butterfly Bush and Bracken Fern are as follows:

Butterfly Bush flower color: Blue, Pink, Purple, Red and White
Butterfly Bush leaf color: Gray Green
Bracken Fern flower color: Not Available
Bracken Fern leaf color: Light Green and Lime Green

Care of Butterfly Bush and Bracken Fern

Care of Butterfly Bush and Bracken Fern include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Butterfly Bush pruning is done Cut or pinch the stems, Prune for shortening long shoots, Prune if you want to improve plant shape, Prune ocassionally, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts, Remove deadheads and Remove shoots and Bracken Fern pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves and Remove dead or diseased plant parts. In summer Butterfly Bush needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Bracken Fern needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.