RE: Buddleia

You might be onto something, Theresa.  The ones that perform best in my
yard are outside of prepared beds and are fairly neglected when it comes
to fertilizer and lots of TLC.  I just consider them 'leave alone'
plants.   I've also noticed they don't seem to mind being moved - a
couple of mine have been marched all around the yard as we've made new
beds and added paths and walkways.  Around this area, they're really
'user friendly'.

Lynda
Zone 7 - West TN

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Subject: RE: [CHAT] Buddleia 


Seedlings?  This surprised me- I've never seen seeds- I routinely prune
back
old blooms to they rebloom again all summer so I guess that is why.
Also,
the buddleia at my mom's house, I planted 12 years ago (zone 6) and it
is still growing strong and blooming.  The one at my old house here in
CA is 5 years old and also no problems.  Could these plants be like
nastursiums and resent fertilizer??

Theresa

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Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 8:33 AM
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Subject: Re:[CHAT] Buddleia


In a message dated 6/19/03 11:02:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Kitty <
kmrsy@earthlink.net> writes:

> . . . My first one that limped along and died in its 4th yr - well, I 
> called the supplier, Bluestone, to ask what I might have been doing 
> wrong, and they actually replaced it. I told him no, it wasn't the 
> fault of their product, that I just wanted info, but he insisted. The 
> replacement didn't do well either.
>
>
> There are enough things that do quite well that also attract 
> butterflies that I don't need to stew over these.
>
> Kitty
>
> I've been meaning to write to the list about Buddleias also. I have 
> about
half a dozen named varieties, including Black Knight, Royal Red,
Harlequin, Nanho Blue, and a yellow whose name escapes me. They have all
been growing for about 3 or 4 years. They were doing fabulously well,
some growing up to 8 feet tall, until this year, which I attributed to
the bitter winter we had. But I'm beginning wonder now, since I've heard
from some other friends that many of them are just not long-lived. I cut
them back in early Spring, and many of them now have arm sized root
stocks. But, this year, all of them have only the tiniest bits of growth
on them to indicate that they are even still alive at all. And the funny
thing is, the volunteers which sprout up all over the garden are doing
much better than their parents, with bushy growth already 2 to 3 feet
high. I'm guessing that these seedlings will not be the fancy varieties,
so the question is, are the seedlings doing so much better because they
are new plants, or because they are the sturdy, tough original variety
rather than the fancy hybrids? I'm thinking of just digging up the old
ones and replacing them. I suppose it's not so terrible to get 3 or 4
good years from a butterfly bush and then have to replace it, although
it would be nice if I never had to!

Maddy Mason
Hudson Valley  zone 5/6

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