"sherm" wrote in message
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they bloom best on new vigorous growth. it is recommended to cut it back
every year to encourage new growth.

i have never added any fertilizers to mine and they grow like the weeds
they are.

even in the hardest of winters mine will put out some new leaflets on the
old wood if there are more than two days of above freezing temps. the
leaves actually seem to handle a slight night freeze if the days are
mellow enough that they recover. i have never looked that close at the
winter leaves to see if they are curled but i know it is always sending
out new shoots all winter.

i usually cut mine back in the early spring when they start to show full
life coming on.


I cut mine back to a stump about a foot tall in autumn when it starts
banging against next doors shed as the wind blows. I've never used
fertiliser on it deliberately, but I'm fairly sure the roots have found
their way into the adjacent compost bin. It's a yellow *globosa* type if
that makes a difference.

Globosa, is that the right word? Anyway, the flower clusters are yellow and
round unlike the long type of a normal Buddleia.

Steve