I'll go out and see if its blooming but can get a pic.

Thanks Kristy! Do you remember my post on WOB about my mystery plant? ABout a month ago? You had posted on that thread as well..well, it turns out that that mystery baby is one of the butterfly bush seedlings, lol. I started a couple more this year cuz I thought none had come up last year. My new seedling looks just like my mystery one, so mystery solved!
I posted again on it today..
I just wanna see a pic cuz to me the leaves dont look like buddleia leaves..and I remember we had the discussion and shared pix about how our flowers looked similar, but the seed pods & seeds looked dif on my buddleias and your Butterfly Bush.
There are so many plants casually called 'butterfly bush', if you havent figured out what it is, maybe with some pix of yours we can? Have you figured it out?
Seems it is a very slow grower, but man can it take neglect! lol. If it lived thru what I put it thru last year, it can live thru anything, lol. Actually the yearling is now putting on lotsa new growth with spring here, but for a year it was soooo tiny.
I wanna put it in the ground this year..now that I know what it is, but I don't know if it will survive the winter. Thats the main reason I am wondering what it is, so I can figure out more info on it.

The buds are just starting to form on it but I don't think its a butterfly bush after all. It never dies all the back and only blooms in spring even if I cut it back. I'll take another pic when the blooms open. They do look like the blooms on a butterfly bush so not sure what it is either, lol.

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Thank you Kristy! between the two of us, and everyone else on here..we'll figure out what it is! lol!
So odd..judging by your pix, the flowers are similar, the stems are similar, but the leaves?? I havent found any pix of butterfly bushes with leaves like this. Gonna look again now that I see what the mature leaves look like, mine are still tiny.
Did you ever notice a slight minty smell to your leaves? I noticed it on mine when I rubbed them..weird!
maybe its some kinda hybrid which the pix are just hard to come by? who knows!!
we'll figure it out.
thanks again for the pix!

I have the same bush growing in the back yard and looks like the same plant Kristy posted the pics of. I bought it 2 years ago at a farmer's market. It grows very fast and is gorgeous in full bloom. The tag on the plant was Texas Lilac-Vitex(Vitex agnus-castus).
Butterflies love the bush as do hummers. I have been standing near and hear the hummers just buzzing around the bush. The pics I posted here were just snapped this am. The bush will be in full bloom agin in about a month. The link below may be helpful.
Happy gardening - Russ

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Here is a link that might be useful: Texas Lilac, Vitex

Yes Russ!! That looks like it's it! Thank you!! Wow, that was faster than I thought, lol. OK, We'll wait for Kristy to give it a positive match, but I'd bet that that is it!
Awesome, thank you!

So do you prune it? It blooms on and off or just during the spring? What do you feed yours? Full sun? I want all your info, lol. pleeease? :)

I just googled it and I found this..one of many of course..

Here is a link that might be useful: Texas Lilac-Vitex(Vitex agnus-castus)

The link below shows exactly what my plant looked like last summer when it bloomed. You will love it....its gorgeous.
My plant is now about 6 feet tall and I am going to try to keep it there. Prune only after the blooms are gone as pruning before blooming you will take off the buds before they can open. If you prune the branches at the tips - they will fill in full.
My plant is out in the full sun and the texas sun gets very hot. This week we already had a couple of days in the 90s.
The heat dont seem to bother it. I only feed it in early spring with an all purpose plant food. (20-20-20)
My plant only bloomed the once last summer but lasted for about 3-4 weeks.
Hope this helps....
Russ

Here is a link that might be useful: Texas Lilac, Vitex

Yep, I believe thats what it is. I need to prune mine harder to get the bushy affect after it blooms. Need to fertilize it too. My flowers don't get that big, lol.

thank you Russ! I checked and it is hardy to 7a..so it should be good for me! I'll mulch it real good, just in case. My yearling is def goin in the ground tomorrow! hmmm..need to figure a good spot for it tho..
Thank you so much for all the info!! I really appreciate it :)
Daniella

Thats great Daniella. They seem to grow pretty fast so it should be ok to plant it now. Good luck with it.

One of our neighbors had three in a row on the side of their two story house---that let them grow into a tree form, and they were as tall as the house!!!!

But IKE took them all down....

I actually grew them in 25 gallon pots on our patio years ago...the butterflies love them!!!

~Mary Jane