Buddleia Hit By Frost

Hi

I have three lovely healthy Buddleia in my back garden which I adore, which I foolishly deadheaded in the spate of wonderfully warm weather we had a week or so ago..however I noticed a day ago (after a particualrly windy and snowy day) that the green tender tips of the plants have gone all droopy..I thought maybe it was lack of water after the dry spell, so I gave them a good water, but no droopy they remain..I'm now thinking that because I stupidly pruned them a little the frost has got to them..can they be saved or will they die? We are having a garden party in June and I'm desperate for them to look lovely and full of flower and butterflies..they are easy to grow and cheap to replace I know, but I don't want to unless I really have to..all advice greatfully welcomed, thank you! (and please feel free to call me a fool!)

 

I think it will be fine. It is quite common practice to cut them quite severely as early as February.

Buddleja is as tough as old boots. I've seen it get through far worse than a bit of frost. Give it a few weeks, I bet it comes back.

 

Thanks to you both

Just to be clear though I did not cut it back severely (I have done that in the past ) I literally just trimmed the tips to dead head it - it is a full grown large plant..have taken some pictures to show you - and today it looks worse than yesterday, the droppy leaves are going brown - should I trim it back to the woody part then?

 

I've always pruned mine right back to about 18 inches in early spring because it makes for a bushier, healthier plant in my experience

 

Hi Merle

for sure, and I did do that last year, it was just because of the garden party in June, I wanted there to be something of substance there (it's on June 3rd) and I just didn't know if I did do that if it would grow enough before then to make a decent show.

 

It looks as though there is a lot more pruning needed on that specimen Hetty.
Crop back to below the drooping leaves and let it go from there.

 

Thanks GCC, I will do, and hope for the best!