About
Buddleja x weyeriana is a deciduous shrub that can reach heights of up to 4 meters. It features long, arching stems adorned with lance-shaped leaves that can grow up to 20 centimeters in length, appearing gray-green when they first emerge. This plant produces rounded clusters of fragrant flowers that are pale orange with hints of light purple and an orange center. The blooms are arranged in open terminal panicles and typically appear during the summer and autumn months.
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, East-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, 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
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Wildlife gardens, Coastal, Cottage and informal garden, Gravel garden
- Fragrance
- Flower
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in any well-drained soil in full sun. See buddleja cultivation for more detailed advice
- Pruning
- Pruning group 6 in spring
- Propagation
- Take softwood cuttings in spring and summer, semi-ripe cuttings from midsummer or root hardwood cuttings from autumn to midwinter and keep frost free
- 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