About
Buddleja crispa is a deciduous shrub that typically reaches heights of about 3 meters. It features oval leaves with deep serrations, which emit a pleasant fragrance when they are young. The stems have a distinctive arching habit and are densely covered in white, felt-like hairs. From mid to late summer, this plant produces racemes of small, pale lavender-pink flowers, each with a white eye, that are also fragrant.
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
- West-facing, South-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Spreading branched
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- 2.5-4 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Mediterranean climate plants, Coastal, Cottage and informal garden
- Native to
- Himalaya
- Fragrance
- Flower, Foliage
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Needs a sunny, sheltered spot with excellent drainage; in areas prone to winter wet, it may be best grown in containers and overwintered in a cool greenhouse. See buddleja cultivation for more detailed advice
- Pruning
- Pruning group 6. May be pruned hard back in spring as flowers on current season's growth
- Propagation
- Propagate by 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