tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post3780337956595849350..comments2024-03-14T01:04:24.687-07:00Comments on Careering Through Nature: My Resurgent BuddleiaSimon Douglas Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16331409652996600049noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-40799819850025533902017-06-26T12:13:23.566-07:002017-06-26T12:13:23.566-07:00It takes a heck of a lot to kill off a Buddleia. I...It takes a heck of a lot to kill off a Buddleia. I regularly hack mine right back and the next year they are blooming as though I had not touched them.Midmarsh Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980417659811194899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-10185484317874280522017-06-25T01:01:01.287-07:002017-06-25T01:01:01.287-07:00Hi Simon , i cut mine back every autumn and it gro...Hi Simon , i cut mine back every autumn and it grows back bigger every year , hope you get lots of butterflies on yours Robs Birdinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146693795613856829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-70360081839784313812017-06-24T10:48:38.993-07:002017-06-24T10:48:38.993-07:00I rather think I told you so last year when you be...I rather think I told you so last year when you bewailed its hacking. Buddleia absolutely thrives on a stringent pruning.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-7441488842966539572017-06-24T04:20:12.084-07:002017-06-24T04:20:12.084-07:00Alan Titchmarsh recommends cutting the stems back ...Alan Titchmarsh recommends cutting the stems back to knee high late Autumn/early Winter and in the Spring down to ankle high!I am always dubious of cutting them back to ankle high though!<br /><br />May your buddleias be brimming with butterflies throughout the summer.:-)Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07363526036551313101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-43946616884773749642017-06-24T04:09:52.006-07:002017-06-24T04:09:52.006-07:00I saw so many WW2 bomb sites with this plant growi...I saw so many WW2 bomb sites with this plant growing on it as a child, that it became established in my mind as a 'bomb site plant' and that may be the authorities had scattered the seeds in order to cover up the ugliness. It took me years rid myself of that childish notion.A Heron's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06563706152609630696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236217526656012168.post-86102516268177041632017-06-24T03:07:56.306-07:002017-06-24T03:07:56.306-07:00Hope you get lots of butterflies visiting it Simon...Hope you get lots of butterflies visiting it Simon. To be honest we cut ours well back late Winter and it rewards with a flurry of fresh growth and many flowers. Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.com