Buddleia

@wiseowl Is this the thread you were looking for? http://gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/buddleia-pruning.46470/

 

Sorry, woo, no explanation from me, but a suggestion ... go grab a cutting from the one in the field when you are out on a night flight!

 

Hi Woo,I found that when we neglected the buddleja's on our lottie plots they grew huge and were full of blooms and butterfly/bees on the top.Mr Kandy cut back the ones at home to a better size and now don't get a lot of blooms or wildlife.The ones round the village that have been neglected by non gardening house owners are full of both flowers and wild lifeTwo of the lottie ones he chopped back last Autumn havn't done much good as a lot of the new growth got killed off when we had that snow/ice earlier in the year.

 

You do make I larf Woo,

Jenny

 

Moi? Absolutely *not*

I'm merely going by what my dear old mother taught me was a "cutting" when I was a wee whippersnapper.

We would be walking along, casually, like you do: she would stop and state, "Oooh, that's lovely. Wonder what it smells like?"
She would gracefully bend to sniff, take a long inhale ... then walk on.
Later in the day, a jam jar would appear on the kitchen windowsill, containing some water and a "cutting", which she claimed must have broken off and fallen into her pocket as we passed by

I knew my mother wouldn't lie, otherwise she would have had to wash her own mouth out in soapy water!

Disclaimer: No plants were permanently injured, dug up, or killed during our walks

 

Precisely, woo! And that would make you a good neighbour, conscientious citizen, and a wise old owl indeed