About
Buddleja davidii Lila Sweetheart ('Botex 002' PBR), part of the Butterfly Candy Series, is a bushy deciduous shrub that typically reaches a height of approximately 1 meter. It features arching branches and slender, grey-green foliage. From midsummer, it produces cone-shaped clusters of pale purple flowers, each adorned with distinctive yellow centers, which emit a subtle fragrance.
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
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 0.5-1 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Patio and container plants, Wildlife gardens
- Fragrance
- Flower
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in fertile, well-drained soil in full sun. See buddleja cultivation for more detailed advice
- Pruning
- Prune annually in early spring back to a low framework, pruning group 6
- Propagation
- Propagate from softwood cuttings in summer and hardwood cuttings in autumn
- 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