About
Buddleja davidii 'Autumn Beauty' is a compact deciduous shrub that reaches heights of up to 1.5 meters. It features slender, lance-shaped leaves with a grey-green hue. From summer through autumn, this plant produces fragrant, lilac flowers that hang in clusters, each accented by an orange center, on gracefully arching stems.
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
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Cottage and informal garden, Wildlife gardens
- Fragrance
- Flower
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Performs best when grown in well-drained soil in full sun. See buddleja cultivation for more detailed advice
- Pruning
- Pruning group 6
- Propagation
- Propagate from 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