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Sacha[_3_] · 04-09-2008, 01:28 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 4/9/08 12:09, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote:

In article
,
Judith in France writes

Lovely, I would never have recognised it as a Buddleia.

Judith

'Ere I said all this last year. They are wonderful grown as small trees,
not so dense that you can't see through them, not so light and air they
don't make a statement.
They have the most brilliant scent of honey when in flower and all you
do is cut off the flowering spikes once the flowers have gone brown.
They take very very easily from cuttings and i wish more people would
grow it. Much better than some of the others.

Janet

Sorry, Janet, I must have forgotten you'd recommended that. I like the idea
of growing it as a standard and we'll give that a go with one of ours, I
think. It is growing in my son's garden and Ray took some cuttings quite a
few months ago so I must find out where he's hidden them! There, it's
growing over a pump house, so you get the full weeping effect. That one is
pretty mature so it looks a really gorgeous sight when it's blooming.

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon