Buddleia In A Pot

Its flowers come in many colors though butterflies seem to prefer the lavender pink mauve of the species to the white and dark purple cultivars.

Buddleia in a pot. It has long fragrant lilac flowers. I bought it form poundland and the packaging shows it grows to 2 metres. Growing a butterfly bush in a pot is very possible if you can provide this vigorous shrub with a very large pot. Make sure the pot has a good amount of drainage holes to allow the roots to breathe. Pruning generally not needed but may be trimmed in spring. Use a pot deep enough to contain the roots and heavy enough to weigh the plant down. Cut the plant back around 10 12 inches in late winter or early spring.

Place the pot in full sunlight and water regularly. Buddleia buzz is a dwarf variety that has been cultivated specifically for growing in pots and containers. Expect to transplant the shrub into the ground in the second year for it to continue to thrive. The solution is to grow a new one from cuttings about every third year. For example a butterfly bush that is purchased in a 10 inch diameter container also referred to as a 3 gallon pot will prosper if transplanted into a larger container that s at least 24 inches in diameter and hold at least 10 gallons of soil. I have found a spot with full sun out the front near my new trough one of my blogs. Larger buddleja cultivars will only last a few years in a pot even a large one.

The flowers are sterile so this plant will not self seed around the garden or neighbourhood. 2 gallon in pot blue chip buddleia dianthus has it all an easy care nature attractive blooms and sweetly fragrant flowers grow dianthus in full sun and well drained soil flowers from mid summer to frost. Buddleia x alternifolia unique is a compact shrub that flowers from july through to october. Can a buddleia butterfly bush be planted in a large pot.