Butterfly Tree

Dame's Rocket

About Butterfly Tree and Dame's Rocket

Butterfly Tree

Dame's Rocket

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Biennial

1.2 Type

Tree

Herbs

1.3 Origin

South-Eastern Asia, Southeastern Asia, China

Southern Europe, Western Europe, Russia/Siberia, Central Asia, Western Asia

1.4 Types

Purple Orchid Tree, White Orchid Tree, Bidi leaf tree

Summer lilac, Winter gilliflower

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

NANA

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Forests, Mountain Slopes, Valley

meadows, Open areas, Roadsides, Woodlands

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

9-134-9

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12-9

9 - 1

1.8 Sunset Zone

H1, H2, 9, 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

21,22

1.9 Habit

Upright/Erect

Clump-Forming

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

760.00 cm60.00 cm

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

17.80 cm60.00 cm

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Light Pink, Magenta, Violet

White, Pink, Lavender

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Green, Sandy Brown

Not Available

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green, Gray Green

Green, Dark Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Gray Green

Green, Dark Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Gray Green, Yellow green

Green, Dark Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Green, Gray Green, Yellow green

Light Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Butterfly shaped

Ovate

2.4 Thorns

✔ ✘

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Spring, Summer

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Clay, Loam, Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Acidic, Neutral

Neutral, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Early Spring, Spring

Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

✔ ✘

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

Not Available

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground

Container, Ground

4.2 How to Plant?

Budding, Grafting, Seedlings

Seedlings, Stem Planting, Transplanting

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Average Water Needs, Keep the ground moist but not water-logged, Water Deeply

Average Water Needs, Water when top layer of soil becomes dry

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Acidic, Neutral

Neutral, Alkaline

4.5.2 Soil Type

Clay, Loam, Sand

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun

4.7 Pruning

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

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

Apply N-P-K

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Red blotch

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Showy

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

✔ ✘

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

✔ ✘

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

5.4 Showy Foliage

✔ ✘

5.5 Showy Bark

✔ ✘

5.6 Foliage Texture

Medium

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

✔ ✘

5.9 Invasive

Sometimes

5.10 Self-Sowing

✔ ✘

5.11 Attracts

Birds

Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Insects

5.12 Allergy

Not Available

Vomiting

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose

Bouquets, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

✔ ✘

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification, Nesting sites for birds, Shadow Tree

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Carminative, Laxative

Nutrients

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Buds, Flowers, Leaves, Root, Seeds, Stem

Flowers, Leaves, Seeds

6.2.3 Other Uses

Fibre, Gum, Used as a dye

Showy Purposes, Used As Food, Used as Ornamental plant

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

✔ ✘

6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

✔ ✘

6.5 Garden Design

Feature Plant, Shade Trees, Street Trees, Tropical

Cutflower, Mixed Border, Wildflower

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

BAUHINIA purpurea

HESPERIS matronalis

7.2 Common Name

Butterfly Tree, Orchid Tree

Dame's Rocket, Sweet Rocket

7.2.1 In Hindi

Butterfly tree

डेम के रॉकेट

7.2.2 In German

Schmetterlings- Baum

Rockets Freifrau

7.2.3 In French

arbre de papillon

Rocket Dame

7.2.4 In Spanish

árbol de la mariposa

Rocket Dame

7.2.5 In Greek

δέντρο πεταλούδα

Rocket Dame του

7.2.6 In Portuguese

árvore borboleta

Rocket de Dame

7.2.7 In Polish

drzewo Butterfly

Rocket Dame

7.2.8 In Latin

Gloria ligno

Hesperis Rocket

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Fabales

Brassicales

8.5 Family

Fabaceae

Brassicaceae

8.6 Genus

Bauhinia

Hesperis

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Cercideae

Hylocereeae

8.9 Subfamily

Caesalpinioideae

Cactoideae

8.10 Number of Species

500NA

1 27800

Properties of Butterfly Tree and Dame's Rocket

Wondering what are the properties of Butterfly Tree and Dame's Rocket? We provide you with everything About Butterfly Tree and Dame's Rocket. Butterfly Tree doesn't have thorns and Dame's Rocket doesn't have thorns. Also Butterfly Tree does not have fragrant flowers. Butterfly Tree has allergic reactions like Not Available and Dame's Rocket has allergic reactions like Not Available. 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 Tree and Dame's Rocket and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Butterfly Tree and Dame's Rocket

Season and care of Butterfly Tree and Dame's Rocket is important to know. While considering everything about Butterfly Tree and Dame's Rocket Care, growing season is an essential factor. Butterfly Tree season is Spring and Summer and Dame's Rocket season is Spring and Summer. The type of soil for Butterfly Tree is Clay, Loam, Sand and for Dame's Rocket is Clay, Loam, Sand while the PH of soil for Butterfly Tree is Acidic, Neutral and for Dame's Rocket is Neutral, Alkaline.

Butterfly Tree and Dame's Rocket Physical Information

Butterfly Tree and Dame's Rocket physical information is very important for comparison. Butterfly Tree height is 760.00 cm and width 17.80 cm whereas Dame's Rocket height is 60.00 cm and width 60.00 cm. The color specification of Butterfly Tree and Dame's Rocket are as follows:

Butterfly Tree flower color: Light Pink, Magenta and Violet
Butterfly Tree leaf color: Green and Gray Green
Dame's Rocket flower color: White, Pink and Lavender
Dame's Rocket leaf color: Green and Dark Green

Care of Butterfly Tree and Dame's Rocket

Care of Butterfly Tree and Dame's Rocket include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Butterfly Tree pruning is done Remove branches, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves and Remove dead or diseased plant parts and Dame's Rocket pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. In summer Butterfly Tree needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Dame's Rocket needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.