Buddleia vs Lilac - What's the difference?
buddleia | lilac |
A tree or shrub of the genus Buddleja , especially , a large ornamental shrub whose lilac flowers attract butterflies.
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A large shrub of the genus Syringa , bearing white, pale pink or purple flowers.
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*:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
A flower of the lilac shrub.
A pale purple colour, the colour of some lilac flowers.
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As nouns the difference between buddleia and lilac
is that buddleia is a tree or shrub of the genus Buddleja, especially species: Buddleja davidii, a large ornamental shrub whose lilac flowers attract butterflies while lilac is a large shrub of the genus Syringa, bearing white, pale pink, or purple flowers.As an adjective lilac is
(colour) having a pale purple colour.buddleia
English
(wikipedia buddleia)Noun
(en noun)- At the foot of the garden, behind a clump of gooseberry-bushes, stood an arbour formed of a yellow buddleia .