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Butterfly plants

alanmorris400alanmorris400 Posts: 33
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Hello can anyone tell me can you grow butterfly plants in pots thank you

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited September 2021
    Are you thinking of Schizanthus?

    My grandfather grew them in his greenhouse … he called them butterfly flowers. 

    I’ve also heard them called Poor Man’s Orchid. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Which plants in particular Alan,  I have several which the butterflies like. 
    Just thought, do you mean Guara? 
    You can grow anything in pots if you look after them, they need more care than they would in the ground. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Or Buddliea?  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Yes, Buddlea,  I was thinking of perennials ,   I don’t find them very suitable for pots Alan,  they love to grow into huge big plants but you cut them right down in the Spring so they get nice and thick. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    There are some smaller new varieties of buddleia that are suitable for pots. Proven Winners in the US has been breeding a number of them and some of them have made it across the Atlantic. 

    For instance this one: https://www.provenwinners.com/plants/buddleia/lo-behold-pink-micro-chip-butterfly-bush-buddleia-x

    Saw one of their junior varieties at B&Q earlier...
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    There are small buddleias which have been around for a while [I've forgotten the name of them] but I've seen quite a few queries on the forum about them, and they aren't that small after a while. 
    I wonder if the ones you mention will be better @amancalledgeorge.  :)
    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
    I have "Miss Ruby" which is one of the "smaller" ones. It was fine in a large container for a couple of years and but you could see it needed to get its roots down and out in the garden, where it's doing well but not too tall.
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