Column "Flowering Calendar"

Buddleja davidii blossoms in Mykolaiv Zoo.

This beautiful plant is named after famous French missionary and explorer in China, Armand David, who was the first European to report the shrub. The homeland of Buddleja davidii is China.

Popular name of this shrub is "summer lilac". It is called so for the similarity of pale purple flowers with common lilac flowers and for the flowering period, which occurs in late summer.

Buddleja davidii secrete fragrant nectar which attracts insects. With this fact connected appearance of another name for this plant – "butterfly-bush".

You can see flowering bushes in the green area behind the primates enclosures, as well as near the flower garden in front of the summer enclosure for chimpanzee.