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Old 17-08-2006, 07:14 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Help with plant/tree identification

roonster wrote:

It has flowers in jun/jul - well i wouldnt call them flowers, they are
more like orange balls. Lots of them as well. And they attracy hundreds
of bees to them when in full bloom.
THe leaves are oval kind of shape and a bit furry. The tree is about 2
meters tall and about 3 wide.


It would be Buddleia globosa. A very large shrub to well over 3m. high
and 4m. across eventually, it puts on a good display in mid-summer, but
can look a bit drab afterwards. The 'balls' are flowerheads
comprising of tightly packed, small, tubular orange flowers. If it is
to be cut back, pruning must be carried out immediately the flowers
start to fade since they are carried on the previous year's wood and a
spring pruning can reduce or prevent flowering for that year. The more
common Buddleias flower on current season's growth so they can be
severely cut back in spring without risk of losing and flowers.