About
'Pink Pagoda' is a deciduous shrub that forms a broad, spreading shape with elongated, arching branches. Its young stems and foliage are coated in a silvery-grey fuzz, which persists on the undersides of older leaves. From midsummer to early autumn, this plant produces clusters of small, fragrant pink flowers arranged in elongated, narrow spikes.
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, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, East-facing, South-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- 2.5-4 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden, City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Gravel garden, Wildlife gardens
- Fragrance
- Flower
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Performs best when grown in a sunny, well-drained situation. See buddleja cultivation for more detailed advice
- Pruning
- Pruning group 6
- Propagation
- Propagate from semi-hardwood cuttings
- 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