I bought it from Jurassic Plants online, looking back at my order it cost £7.80 plus about £5 postage. It was a hard to find plant, can’t recall it’s pot size but it was a decent enough size. I only got it last September so this will be its first full year with me.
Here’s a link to it, though it’s a bit dearer now. It says it’s in an 8cm pot but that can’t be right, mine was much bigger
I bought it from Jurassic Plants online, cost something like £7.80 plus about £5 postage. It was a hard to find time plant, can’t recall it’s pot size but it was a decent enough size. I only got it last September so this will be its first full year with me.
Thank you, that is good to know. I know they are fast-growers, so I could look at smaller sizes. That sounds like a fair price. I hope yours flowers well this first year for you.
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Thank you, still a fair price for what seems a decent size. The ones I saw were mainly 2 litres . It is a shame the globosa is not more widely available. Reliable suppliers are the only sort I will buy from now.
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That is good to know about Burncoose, I have looked for various plants and Burncoose does appear in search results sometimes but I have never tried them yet. I am trying to get more exercise but a hike to Scotland is probably a bit ambitious! I have bought good sturdy planters from Scotsplants but not tried any plants yet. Thank you!
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If you have a good local nursery then I'm sure they will be able to get one for you. It was rare a few years ago but it far more common now. The small nursery down the road has it in stock most of the time and it's about £10 for a 3 litre pot. I have had mine for about 5-6 years and it's like every other buddleia, a doddle, from cuttings. I must have grown and gave away 50 or so plants but didn't do any the last year or I'd have offered you one. The plus from getting a slightly bigger plant is that from 1-2 year cuttings they don't have a great growth spurt but they do really get going in the 3rd year and then grow massively after that.
It is by far the most adored plant I have ever grown for bees. On a warm sunny day each flower can be covered in multiple bees and considering it can have hundreds of flowers, that's quite a sight.
I had not thought of contacting a local nursery, as I do my shopping online now but that is good to hear. 3 litres is more the size I am hoping for and £10 is a really good price. The reason I want the early-flowering globosa is for the bees and colour. It will add zing to my blue ceanothus and the globosa flowers will mirror my fatsia japonica seed pods/flowers. It is good to hear you have had excellent growth from yours and that the bees love it so much. That would be ideal for me too as sometimes my ceanothus gets denuded of blossom to fast due to rough weather and the hordes of bees disappear. I would probably keep the canopy of the globosa lower than my existing (first floor height) ceanothus. By the way, how would you describe the scent of the globosa? Is it quite mild?
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I have one in my garden which looks in about the same condition as yours - I'm glad to see that yours is also looking a bit (I hope you don't mind me saying) tatty as I was starting to worry about mine! I'd be tempted to leave pruning until it gets to a good size and let it flower even though it is a funny shape - once it is a bit bigger and you have more to work with, you can cut it more to shape.
I grew mine as a cutting as there was an absolutely ginormous one on some spare land near my house - it was swimming with bees and I couldn't resist taking a small cutting around 2 years ago. The following year it was hacked back to within an inch of its life by the council who pruned it at the wrong time and it hasn't flowered since I have, however, noticed plenty of new growth on it following the bad prune and I hope it will flower again this year.
I live near RHS Bridgewater and they have quite a few of them there - I am wondering if they might start selling them there soon as I bet they get a lot of interest
By the way, how would you describe the scent of the globosa? Is it quite mild?
Just like if you want directions, I'm probably one of the worst people to ask that question to. I don't know why as I don't think there is anything wrong with my sense of smell but I just never notice the fragrance of most plants. Really whiffy stuff like hyacinths and brugmansia make it through but I tried smelling our large sarcoccoca the other day (full of flowers and bees) and couldn't smell anything even though they are famous for their fragrance. I didn't know buddleia had a fragrance until I curiously looked it up a minute ago and apparently globosa has a mixture of dandelion flowers and honey, which sounds quite nice.
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https://jurassicplants.co.uk/products/buddleja-globosa-orange-ball-tree?_pos=1&_sid=338e2fa67&_ss=r
https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/plants.cfm?pl_id=610
A shrub in a 2 or 3 litre pots is a fairly well established one. My local nursery usually has it but I think that might be a bit far for you to collect
Scotplants stock small specimens too, and do mail order.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I am trying to get more exercise but a hike to Scotland is probably a bit ambitious!
I have bought good sturdy planters from Scotsplants but not tried any plants yet. Thank you!
I have had mine for about 5-6 years and it's like every other buddleia, a doddle, from cuttings. I must have grown and gave away 50 or so plants but didn't do any the last year or I'd have offered you one. The plus from getting a slightly bigger plant is that from 1-2 year cuttings they don't have a great growth spurt but they do really get going in the 3rd year and then grow massively after that.
It is by far the most adored plant I have ever grown for bees. On a warm sunny day each flower can be covered in multiple bees and considering it can have hundreds of flowers, that's quite a sight.
It is good to hear you have had excellent growth from yours and that the bees love it so much. That would be ideal for me too as sometimes my ceanothus gets denuded of blossom to fast due to rough weather and the hordes of bees disappear. I would probably keep the canopy of the globosa lower than my existing (first floor height) ceanothus. By the way, how would you describe the scent of the globosa? Is it quite mild?
I grew mine as a cutting as there was an absolutely ginormous one on some spare land near my house - it was swimming with bees and I couldn't resist taking a small cutting around 2 years ago. The following year it was hacked back to within an inch of its life by the council who pruned it at the wrong time and it hasn't flowered since
I live near RHS Bridgewater and they have quite a few of them there - I am wondering if they might start selling them there soon as I bet they get a lot of interest
Just like if you want directions, I'm probably one of the worst people to ask that question to. I don't know why as I don't think there is anything wrong with my sense of smell but I just never notice the fragrance of most plants. Really whiffy stuff like hyacinths and brugmansia make it through but I tried smelling our large sarcoccoca the other day (full of flowers and bees) and couldn't smell anything even though they are famous for their fragrance. I didn't know buddleia had a fragrance until I curiously looked it up a minute ago and apparently globosa has a mixture of dandelion flowers and honey, which sounds quite nice.