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Old 13-02-2003, 10:31 PM
Annabel
 
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Default Need advice on pruning a buddleia

"GR" wrote in message
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I'm new to this gardening game, so please be gentle! =;-)

We have a buddleia in our back garden that's reached about 10 feet
tall, but has never been as thickly bushy or produced as many flowers
as we'd like. We want it to be thickly bushy to act as a screening
plant, but we want lots of flowers to attract butterflies (and to look
pretty, I guess!)

From what I've read, buddleias appreciate being cut back severely in
spring, but my questions are...

If I cut it back to the height suggested - it looks like about a foot
off the soil surface in the photos - how long will we have to wait
before it gets back up to a decent screening height of about 6 or 7
feet?

And during the flowering season, what should I do with the dead
flowerheads - should they be cut off as soon as they die, or should
they be left to their own devices?

All advice gratefully received!


The above are good replies, but they assume b davidii, if its
alternifolia or globosa then the pruning is different as they flower on
the previous years growth.

Bell