About
This cultivar is part of a compact series, achieving a height of up to 1.5 meters. From midsummer, it produces sizable flower clusters in a purplish-red hue.
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
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1-1.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Coastal, Patio and container plants, City and courtyard gardens, Wildlife gardens
- Fragrance
- Flower
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in fertile well-drained soil in full sun. Deadhead spent flowers to prolong the season. See buddleja cultivation for more detailed advice
- Pruning
- Prune hard annually in early spring back to a low framework, pruning group 6
- 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