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Sometimes known as the ‘butterfly bush’ because of its attractiveness to the colourful insects, pruning your buddleja davidii in February can result in earlier flowering.
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My excellent Buddleja Glasnevin, bought in 1993 in Sussex, was a hybrid named in Ireland and selected for its neat narrow leaves and pale blue flowers, but in 2022-23 it expired.
Ask Address... Is a flap brewing over the butterfly bush? By Carol Stocker Globe Correspondent,August 16, 2015, 12:00 a.m.
Q. I have little space for a garden so I planted a butterfly bush in a large pot. Any suggestions on how I can save the plant for next spring? — E. Kaukialo, Chicago AProtecting the plant&#82… ...
Charles Quest-Ritson on the buddlejas that help see him through the winter — and the plant breeding idea that could help you grow a small fortune.
Flowers of the butterfly bush, Buddleja davidii Franch., are visited by butterflies as well as other insects. Night captures revealed also that moths visit butterfly bush flowers.
A. Butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii and cvs.) is a woody shrub that typically dies to the ground over the winter in this climate, but it usually sprouts new growth from roots, which survive the cold.