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How much should you be watering a butterfly bush

LeeendeanLeeendean Posts: 122
in Problem solving
Hi there just brought a new butterfly bush in a 3litre pot. Planted in clay soil, just wanted to no how much I should be watering the bush is it like anyother shrub where is needs say a watering can full every couple of days now as were in summer or do they need less as I been reading they. Suffer from crown rot 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Do you mean a buddleia?
    I've never watered any of mine. Once they're planted, watered in and established, which doesn't take long, they need no attention other than pruning. You would simply water until established.

    Or do you mean something else? 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LeeendeanLeeendean Posts: 122
    Hi fairy girl yea that’s what I ment sorry my bad. And yea I just planted it yesterday once planted gave it a full can of water. I was just asking like the advice you gave me with hydrangea do they lots of water until established or just once a week or every couple of days 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They just need watered every few days until showing signs of growth. Doesn't take long with them. If the soil's damp, they don't need any. You have to just go by your conditions and climate. If it rains every day, for a reasonable amount of time, you won't need to water. If it doesn't, the watering is down to you. The amount depends on your soil, and the type and size of plant. 
    They're pretty adaptable though.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    How bad is your clay soil? does it get waterlogged in the winter? It will not like having its roots too wet for long periods of time, so try to improve your soil to help with drainage.
  • LeeendeanLeeendean Posts: 122
    Ok thanks fairy girl I’ll keep an eye on them my soil has been improved I mixed in compost for a about a month before I brought any plants the area I plant them in does stay Pretty damp it gets full sun so does dry on top only by about a inch or so 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The wet soil doesn't bother mine. A mature specimen will cope no problem. Where mine are planted, the soil never really dries out at all. The 'trunks' become huge. 
    However, if you have a lot of wet weather, as we do here, other planting around it helps too.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    That's interesting @Fairygirl as I have lost two in the winter wet, one had very little else planted round it, the other had more.
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Once established they don't really need watering. Seen them growing in cracks of walls. 
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