Re: Buddleia ( was Russian sage - invasive?)

Interesting, Barb. No idea, then, what it could be. They are used in many situations here--sun, partial shade, with other plants, by themselves, under irrigation, in xeriscape plantings. The only common threads through those site--that I can see--are sandy soil and temperature range, unless I'm missing something. By sandy soil, I mean excellent drainage; not sure desert sandy soil meets that description, so if they thrive at Boyce Thompson, drainage may not be a factor.

On Jun 1, 2005, at 7:05 PM, Barbara Tandy wrote:

Not so sure! There is a huge Buddleia at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum near
Superior AZ outside Phoenix --
--Barb, Grass Valley CA
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Buddleia do well here. So it must be dry heat rather than humid heat
that they don't like.

On Jun 1, 2005, at 6:39 PM, Johnson Cyndi D Civ AFFTC/ITSR wrote:


I have a couple buddleia but they don't seem to like me that much. I
always
figured it was too hot and dry in the summer. They grow, and bloom,
but you
would not call them lush. The blooms are maybe half as big as I've
seen in
northern California where the summers aren't so hot.

Cyndi


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I don't think so Kitty. I have a friend that grew one, of course I
can't
recall the cultivar now. It was a silvery/lavender color. She grew it
against the hottest, driest part of the house, never watered it, and
it was
probably 8 feet tall when she moved. Bloomed constantly. She's trying
some
at her new place which has the same type of dry sandy soil as her old
place
so we'll see how it goes.
A

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC



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Date: 6/1/2005 10:32:59 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Russian sage - invasive?

Andrea, I wonder if your Buddleia problems have to do with heat zones?

Kitty

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I gave up on it. My soil is too wet I guess. Mine never did much of
anything and then pooped out a couple of years ago. Didn't feel like
messing with it again. Same with Buddleia. I don't know HOW people
get those things to do well. Not one single plant that I've ever
gotten, and there have been quite a few, have made it through an
entire season. I've tried them in different types of soils, no
water, lots of water, some water, no luck. And at different houses,
so I know it's not just this
yard.


Andrea H
Beaufort, SC
[Original Message]
From: Theresa <tchessie@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Date: 5/31/2005 9:03:39 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Russian sage - invasive?

I've had one since last summer, but it has grown poorly (why I
have no
idea) and so no suckers or seedlings here. I will keep an eye on it
though, given your experience.

Theresa

Johnson Cyndi D Civ AFFTC/ITSR wrote:

Anyone growing Russian sage (perovskia atriplicifolia)?  I
planted

some

last

year in my dry garden and it did really well. I noticed this year

that

there

are suckers around the base of all 3 I planted, and small
seedlings

about 3

to 4 feet away from one of them. It's supposed to spread to about
3'

wide,

but they are almost that big already and I didn't see anything
that indicates it is a pest. Now I'm wondering what I've gotten
into. Has

anyone

else had experience with it?

Cyndi

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