You had me with Buddleja, so off to Google/Wiki.
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Buddleja, or Buddleia /ˈbʌdliːə/ (also historically given as Buddlea), commonly known as the butterfly bush,[5] is a genus comprising over 140[6] species of flowering plantsendemic to Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
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Well that's no help, gimme images….
Oh, pretty, but your description of carnage doesn’t jib with those images, they look like the would just lie flat.
Then this…
Oh, now I get it... it's like the aftermath of a George Bush.