RE: buddleia question (for upper midwest gardeners)

I have grown this buddlea in my Oregon garden for about 8 years and have
lost one in a severe winter here (about 0 degrees) -- but here it could be
wet was the problem as much as anything else.

Mine gets tree size 12-15 feet indeed and branches at the base as large as
2-3".  I cut the plant down to about 2 feet, as best I can, with a saw in
early spring here.  It is now about 6' at this point in June and won't
flower until July probably.

They really are pretty and the bees adore them.  The flower type is
different than the typical buddlea: the flowers are gradations of globes
(the largest at the bottom of the flower and they get smaller as they move
up the flower panicle) -- kinda poodlesque!

Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is a little old fashioned garden where the flowers come
together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
likewise.
Celia Thaxter

I AM in shape.  ROUND is a shape!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat [p*@execpc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 2:17 PM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: buddleia question (for upper midwest gardeners)
> 
> 
> I just got a buddleia weyeriana *Sungold* and was so excited 
> . . until I
> REREAD the SIZE portion of the label . . . .12 - 15 FEET????  
> I thought
> it said inches . . . .okay, well, I can get over that - I'll just have
> to dig out a bigger corner of it's destination bed  and give it a tad
> more room to grow.
> 
> However . . . .We have pretty severe winters here (most years - not
> lately) and a short growing season . . . . .Will it really get this
> big?  What has been your experience with this cultivar in this area of
> the country (SE Wisconsin - zone 5).
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Pat Mitchell
> pattm@execpc.com
> zone 5 SE Wisconsin
> 
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