On 28/8/06 23:53, in article , "MadCow"
wrote:

In message , JennyC
writes

But seriously people - I've never EVER had any seedlings from my
buddleias. So 'crotte de taureau' spring to mind ;o)

I hate people who do this, but - me neither !

Buddleias germinate freely on dry stony ground, but when we had a large
garden on heavy clay, they only ever germinated on the patches where
bonfires had been.
Those patches would have extra potash, but they were also dryer because
of the surface clay getting fired to something bricklike.

They do indeed seed very freely on dry, stony places. Ray remembers them
all over bomb sites during the war and its immediate aftermath. Maybe the
'wild' ones seed more freely than the posh ones.
And speaking of Buddleias, may I recommend B. alternifolia to those who
don't know it. It doesn't look at all as we expect Buddleias to look, IMO
and is very graceful, especially when grown over something like a small
shed/pumphouse/fence etc. That shows why it's called the Fountain Buddleia.

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