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Buddleia

keithcorsbykeithcorsby Posts: 21
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Any ideas why my Buddleia's leaves are curling? I've watered it well as it's growing and I can't see any sign of caterpillars, etc.  Do I need to feed it? Many thanks!
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It doesn't look like a buddleia to me. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Any chance of a photo of the whole shrub please @keithcorsby ?
    What colour flowers does it have ?
  • keithcorsbykeithcorsby Posts: 21
    Oh! It's another shrub that I cut back from my inherited overgrown garden!
    I thought it was a Buddleia from the flowers from last summer. I will try to identify from Plant Net! Many thanks
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Shows us a picture of the whole plant and describe the flowers … we’re usually more accurate from the ID Apps. 😉 

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





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Yes - a photo of the whole plant will help. Those apps get it wrong so often it's quite worrying!
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    The leaves look a bit lilac-ish, and the flowers might look vaguely similar to buddleia (the panicles are shorter and wider/more cone shaped). The perfume of lilac flowers is unmistakeable though, and they're earlier than buddleia (here, anyway).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • keithcorsbykeithcorsby Posts: 21
    Shots of the whole plant! Yes the flowers were a light shade of purple but smaller than the usual Buddleia.. They were on shoots that were about 2.5 metres before I cut them down!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited May 2022
    Syringa aka lilac. 

    😊 

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





  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Lilacs flower on old wood so you'll probably have to wait a year or two for it to flower again (unlike buddleia which you can cut back as hard as you like and get flowers the same year on the new growth).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • keithcorsbykeithcorsby Posts: 21
    Thank you all for your help in correcting me!! I just  googled the leaf curl on my Lilac bush and there are suggestions to use a fungicide because it looks like powdery mildew. Any thoughts and suggestions?
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