About
Buddleja x weyeriana 'Golden Glow' is a deciduous shrub that typically reaches heights of up to 2 meters, displaying an upright to arching growth form. Its leaves are lanceolate, measuring as much as 20 centimeters in length. From summer through autumn, the plant produces loose panicles made up of numerous spherical clusters of yellow-orange blooms, subtly tinted with a pale lilac 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, Clay, 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
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Cottage and informal garden, Gravel garden, Wildlife gardens
- 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