Grajean, do you cut it back very hard, I am cutting mine down now but will probably take the new growth off again in April, it will them flower later, which is when I need mine to flower.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Oooh, I used to have horses ... what sort do you have? My last was a ride and drive Exmoor but I think my favourite ride was a friend's Haflinger mare - she was an absolute sweetie with such a comfortable canter.
Compost will be good, but in the flowering season give it a dose of Tomato feed once every couple of weeks - it'll just give it a nudge to make flowers rather than concentrate too much growth.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I heartily agree Verdun - a few minutes deadheading buddleia once a week kept mine flowering into November last year
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes, I keep dead heading but the flowers get smaller and eventually stop. My butterflies not impressed!
Yes - even here where our season starts later, the buddleias flower well into autumn if deadheaded.
The flowers do get smaller as time goes on Grajean, but the shrub won't flower indefinitely
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Grajean, do you cut it back very hard, I am cutting mine down now but will probably take the new growth off again in April, it will them flower later, which is when I need mine to flower.
Thanks Lyn, may try your method.
And don't forget to feed it - you can't expect it to flower all summer and autumn without being fed.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks, Dove will feed it, never did that last year. Lots of well rotted compost here (we have horses).
Oooh, I used to have horses ... what sort do you have? My last was a ride and drive Exmoor but I think my favourite ride was a friend's Haflinger mare - she was an absolute sweetie with such a comfortable canter.
Compost will be good, but in the flowering season give it a dose of Tomato feed once every couple of weeks - it'll just give it a nudge to make flowers rather than concentrate too much growth.
Last edited: 03 March 2017 09:51:28
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.