"John Dann" wrote in message
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Can anyone offer any advice on 'developing' (ir pruning/shaping) a
Buddleia alternifolia plant?

We have a small one planted a year or two back and in some senses
it's
just a mess - perhaps I should say a wide mound - of innumerable
thin
arching woody stems from ground level up to its maximum height of
2-3
feet. While there's obviously some variation in stem
thinckness,there
doesn't seem to be one leader or even say 6-12 thick stems that I
was
perhaps naively expecting and around which one might train and shape
the plant.

It sounds as if you have a rather nice young specimen of B.
alternifolia.
Why do you want to spoil its habit?
Cherish it. It will reward you with plenty of flowers.

[snip]

Franz