Curtis Botanical – Plate 6323 – Asian Butterfly Bush / White Weeping Butterfly Bush

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 6323.

A fragrant Asian butterfly bush with long, drooping white flower spikes (not the familiar purple of the common butterfly bush). Powerfully honey-scented — the fragrance can fill a large garden.

South and Southeast Asian heritage connection.

Uncolored plate. Condition consistent with age of volume. Each print is a unique piece of botanical history, printed on paper aged over a century.

This plate originated with the Royal Horticultural Society and passed through Wheldon & Wesley, one of the great natural history dealers of the 20th century. We came into the archive by accident and have spent the time since trying to share it as widely as we can.