Re: mild winter

Bill and all, I strongly recommend pruning your buddleias even 
if they never did get fully dormant, and you should do it soon.  
I'm in 6a-ish too, Bill.  The problem is if you don't, they 
won't be nearly as productive and will look pretty ratty by the 
time they should be looking lovely.  While they will leaf out 
and even bloom some, most prolific blooming will be on the 
branches coming from the pruned branches.  If you are 
uncomfortable pruning much, just take them down by about 1/3 
rather than the usual 2/3. 

> Steve, I saw my first mosquito Sunday and he/she was hungry.  Also the moles
> have been extremely active the last couple weeks.  So I think we'll definitely
> have a pest problem due to the mild winter, but the plants may also be very
> strong and able to withstand the attacks.  My buddleias never stopped growing,
> when usually I lose a couple to winter temperatures here in our Zone 6a (by
> the map anyway).  they could use pruning to shape them, but I hate to cut off
> active growth.
> 
> Bill Lee
jknoble@warwick.net
NW NJ, zone 6/5
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