About
Buddleja asiatica is a tender evergreen shrub that typically reaches a height of around 3 meters. It features broad, dark green leaves that can grow up to 30 centimeters in length, with a soft, grey felt texture on their undersides. The plant produces small white flowers arranged in elongated, narrow spikes, which emit a pleasant fragrance and bloom during late winter and early spring.
About the genus
Buddleja comprises evergreen and deciduous shrubs, and in some cases, it can also be found as small trees or scrambling climbers. The foliage consists of simple leaves, and the plants produce clusters of small, tubular flowers that emit a pleasant fragrance.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs, Conservatory Greenhouse
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- 2.5-4 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Mediterranean climate plants, Sub-tropical
- Native to
- E Asia
- Fragrance
- Flower
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Needs full sun, well-drained soil and a frost-fee location. Ideal for a large conservatory or greenhouse. See buddleja cultivation for more detailed advice
- Pruning
- Pruning group 6, or pruning group 13 for wall-trained plants
- Propagation
- Root semi-ripe cuttings in summer
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids, capsid bugs, caterpillars, earwigs, figwort weevils, glasshouse red spider mite, leaf and bud eelworm, and mullein moth
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus, fungal leaf spot, and virus diseases