About
Buddleja saligna is a tender evergreen shrub that can grow as tall as 2.5 meters. It features elongated, olive green leaves and produces clusters of small, creamy flowers with a honey-like fragrance from late summer through autumn, although this occurs primarily in milder climates. Winter protection is necessary for optimal growth.
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
- Sand, Chalk, Loam
- Soil pH
- Neutral, Alkaline, Acid
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Spreading branched
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Mediterranean climate plants, Sub-tropical
- Native to
- S Africa
- 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
- Propagation
- Propagate by semi-ripe cuttings in summer, or by 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