Re: Buddeia bush
- To: perennials@mallorn.com, W*@aol.com
- Subject: Re: Buddeia bush
- From: "* D* <d*@kilstock.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 10:42:00 -0400
I don't know about dividing, but when I cut by buddelia back this spring
(a different cultivar than black knight), I stuck some cuttings in some
dirt outside for a lark and they all rooted and are now flowering. I
gave them exactly zero care.
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From: Wanda09548@aol.com
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: Buddeia bush
Date: Friday, July 31, 1998 8:26AM
Short question, I planted two buddelia's two years ago, and they are
magnificent, but are now to large for the bed they are planted in.
Black
Knight, and I forget the name of the lavender one. Can I divide them?
Will
they crump if I do? I do cut them back in early spring, resulting in
more
branches and lots more buds and flowers.
Would spring be the best time, or can I dig up, divide with the root
ball, in
fall, to let them settle in before spring?
Any suggestions would be welcome! I'd hate to kill them because I
didn't know
the right way! The divisions would be moved to a new bed now being
prepared,
on the same side of the house where they are living now, the heavy clay
soil
is being prepped the same way with lots of compost mixed in with some
gypsum
to facilitate drainage.
I have not fertilized in any way for two years, but I do use Osmocote
on the
nearby bulbs, just sort of work in all around. I'm sure the buddelia's
got
some of the Osmocote from the nearby soil.
I live in St Louis, Zone 5-6
Thanks!
Wanda
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