Re: Butterfly Bush, Buddleia davidii

Wendy, I think I just saw your Locjnich the other day.  A nurery donated it to our MG gardens along with lots of other nice things.
Re > season, I'm going to need to set up a plants-for-sale stand in my front yard 
> to handle the increase! 
That's why I started my sale. I didn't know enough people to take the
overflow and I really hate to dump perfectly good plants in the compost
bin. I'm potting up things to over winter for next year's sale now.

Kitty

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> Hi, Zem, 
> 
> The Buddleias I have (mostly B. davidii) do eventually produce babies, one 
> here and two there. They are easy to pull when small. How I ended up with 
> a surfeit (well, I don't know, if you can share them, can you ever have too 
> many?) is by moving some of the seedlings to a raised bed of 
> compost-enriches garden soil where I usually grow veggies. That was a 
> mistake. I started out with three and ended up with a dozen the next year. 
> 
> I hate to do it, but I think I'm going to have to pull the remaining 
> Buddleias out this fall. I want my veg and herb bed back! I've been giving 
> the Buddleias away all summer and I still have about five left. They won't 
> transplant in this weather, and if I leave them where they are for another 
> season, I'm going to need to set up a plants-for-sale stand in my front yard 
> to handle the increase! 
> 
> I also have B. "Lochinch", which is smaller, has delicate foliage, a neater 
> growth habit, and lovely violet-blue flowers with a yellow-orange center. 
> I'm particularly fond of this one, and would like to propagate a couple 
> more, but I've never known it to have offspring. Wouldn't you know? 
> 
> Wendy in SW OH 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: 
> To: 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 9:41 PM 
> Subject: [CHAT] Butterfly Bush, Buddleia davidii 
> 
> 
> > In a message dated 9/7/2004 8:35:47 PM Central Standard Time, 
> > justme@prairieinet.net writes: 
> > 
> > Well here in zone 5, I have one that does great.... but no babies that I 
> > ever found in the 5 years.... 
> > 
> > 
> > That's about how long I've had mine. This was the first year I found 
> > babies, three nice ones. I gave one away, and will probably give another 
> > one away 
> > next spring. A friend from the UK said they are considered invasive 
> > weeds 
> > there. I like them because, so far, Bambi doesn't. 
> > 
> > zem 
> > zone 7 
> > West TN 
> > 
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