I do usually fleece them, but this year some of the buds have completely opened, so have very tender new growth. I found out a few winters ago that even with a good layer of fleece open buds are still very vulnerable. Also have to say too much fleece can be a bad thing as it made the stems very soft so in spring even the smallest developing heads drooped. No win sometimes!
Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
Yes - difficult to know what the best solution is @Jacquimcmahon. I don't fleece anything - I can't be doing with plants that can't cope with my conditions, so this is a bit of a pain. First world problems eh?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My buddleia suddenly started blooming a few days ago. It was new this year so I'm not sure if that's unusual. I'm not the only one who noticed it flowering.
I would never have guessed this was the same butterfly!
That's beautiful @SYinUSA. Do you know what species it is? Sometimes buddleias do produce some little 'half' flowers like that, especially later in the season. The butterfly obviously didn't mind what it was like
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Fairygirl I think it's either an urbanus proteus or an urbanus evona. It looks more like evona to me, but it would be pretty far out of its range here, whereas proteus is common.
Daphne tangutica and one of the Buddleia x weyeriana cultivars for a late Bumblebee.
also lots of Salvias, descendants of 'Red Bumble'. some Geraniums Rosanne or Roxanne or something like that, Choisya and my Mahonias have started extra early
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I don't fleece anything - I can't be doing with plants that can't cope with my conditions, so this is a bit of a pain.
First world problems eh?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
You can have them for Christmas dinner instead of plum pudding
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I would never have guessed this was the same butterfly!
Sometimes buddleias do produce some little 'half' flowers like that, especially later in the season.
The butterfly obviously didn't mind what it was like
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
also lots of Salvias, descendants of 'Red Bumble'. some Geraniums Rosanne or Roxanne or something like that, Choisya and my Mahonias have started extra early
In the sticks near Peterborough