Buy Rare Variegated Buddleja davidii - Enhance Your Garden with Stunning Foliage Color
- Common name:
- Variegated Buddleja
- Category:
- Shrubs
- Family:
- Loganiaceae
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade, Shade growing
- Water:
- Normal
- Primarily grown for:
- Flowers
- Flowering season:
- March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Purple
- Foliage color:
- Variegated, Green, White
- Plant Height or length:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 50 cms to 100 cms
- Plant Form:
- Irregular, Spreading
- Special Character:
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- Fragrant flowers or leaves
- Good for Cut flowers
- Good for screening
- Good for Hedges and Borders
- Attracts birds
- Attracts butterflies
- Attracts bees
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
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Plant Description:
- - Native of China.
- Tall deciduos shrub. This one a variegated form of the regular shrub.
- Grows up to 2-3 m height.
- Strong but sweet fragrance.
- The breese will spread sweet scent over long distance.
- Leaves are floppy and 10-18 cm long.
- Flowers on a slender spike about 20 cm long.
- Small tree 4-4.5 cm tall.
- Flower colour lilac, violet or purple with orange in the centre.
- In shillong they were still very beautiful at diwali time.
- Make excellent cut flowers. Long lasting and fragrant.
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Growing tips:
- - Plants are very fast growing.
- Well drained and soil rich in humus is required.
- Mainly suited to cooler hills.
- Requires regular attention.
- Plants easily over growth and needs hard pruning.
- Should be pruned hard in spring taking out all old wood that has flowered.