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Buddleia alternifolia
Can anyone offer any advice on 'developing' (ir pruning/shaping) a
Buddleia alternifolia plant? We have a small one planted a year or two back and in some senses it's just a mess - perhaps I should say a wide mound - of innumerable thin arching woody stems from ground level up to its maximum height of 2-3 feet. While there's obviously some variation in stem thinckness,there doesn't seem to be one leader or even say 6-12 thick stems that I was perhaps naively expecting and around which one might train and shape the plant. It does seem to be quite a pleasing plant in terms of flower display and one that we'd like to keep despite its present lack of shape or form. But is there something more that we could/should be doing to help create a healthy and pleasing specimen? ( I should say that I'm not bothered about pruning or shaping just for the sake of it. If the plant is happy and will continue to flower abundantly without attention then I'm happy to leave it well alone - maybe it just needs a few more years to develop its own shape. But at the same time I can;t help wondering if there's something more that should be done to encourage one or more definite leaders to help gain some height.) John Dann John Dann www.weatherstations.co.uk (major update now online) NB Reply address needs an obvious edit |
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