GR wrote in message ...
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?

Mine gets pruned hard back every year and still reaches over 6', I
haven't done it yet this year, but it is usually a job for the end of
Feb for me. When I have finished it will be about 8 or 9" tall.

Mike
www.british-naturism.org.uk