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To plant now or not to plant now, that is my question

anonnymouse15anonnymouse15 Posts: 18
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Morning all

i have just had 5 buddleia come as a birthday pressent  https://www.jparkers.co.uk/5-buddleia-collection-1005209c

my question is would you plant them out now or pot them on and plant in spring? 

im concerned that if i plant them now, when the cold weather comes, they wont have had the warmth to get established. 

I live in the midlands uk, there isnt any frost predicted for the next few weeks but its not going to be very warm.

I am wondering whether to pot them on and wrap in fleece over winter.

what would you do?

thanks

mark
 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited October 2021
    I hope you have room for five! Or are they those supposedly  'patio' ones?
    Edit - I've just looked and they aren't. They get very large.
    Buddleias are totally hardy everywhere, so there's no need to protect unless they're just cuttings sizes. Even then, just pot them up and stick them against a wall somewhere. 

    If they're in 6 inch pots or thereabouts, they can be planted  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • anonnymouse15anonnymouse15 Posts: 18
    @Fairygirl i know what you mean about the space, i was expecting 1 or 2  :D on the plus side with 5 i might get a load of butterflies.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I have to hack B. Knight back very hard every year.  ;)

    It's a very good colour though - I don't fancy that pink one at all  :D

    I've just seen they're only in 9cm pots. Basically cuttings. They'll grow on well next year and you should be able to plant them out sometime in summer or thereabouts.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    If they are those tiny plants, in 9cm pots, they will need growing on, just to protect them from the rough and tumble of garden life. This would be true whatever the season. As @Fairygirl says, if they are filling 6 inch pots, they should be fine.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    I agree, if they're in pots that size l would plant in the Spring. Just keep them somewhere sheltered (such as by the house wall) for now. Just make sure they don't dry out.
    If you have roots bursting through the bottom of the pots, l might be tempted to pot them on, but only to a pot one size bigger. 
    I note the description says "vigorous" when describing them, so be warned  :)
  • anonnymouse15anonnymouse15 Posts: 18
    thank you all for your advice, im hoping the royal red will look good next to my ceanothus, not sure where im going to put the rest yet

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    They're fairly accommodating, even if the info always says a sunny site.  :)
    The main drawback of the white ones is that the spent flowers always look mankier - it shows up more on them, so you might want to consider a site that you either don't see all the time [ ;)] or one where you can easily dead head. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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