Buddleja davidii - Butterfly Bush Seeds
Buddleja davidii - Butterfly Bush Seeds
Buddleja davidii
Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac
Butterflies cannot feed on this tree and its ability to spread is very high: The flowers are too small and too deep for any metropolitan butterfly to have a sufficient proboscis to draw its nectar. They fly around and exhaust themselves in vain, it's a disaster. A butterfly is mostly associated with a plant, I don't know if the buddleia has its own butterflies, but they have remained in China. Please do not buy this tree.
Typo, 20/07/2020
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Description
The Buddleia davidii Seeds from this mix allow for several horticultural varieties of the same bush, each with differently coloured flowers.
The Butterfly Tree is a bush with flowers originating from China. There are many names for this bush. In fact, the name Buddleia is often written Buddleya, Buddleja or Buddléia, and the most common synonyms are David's Buddleia or Summer Lilac.
It's a large bush with deciduous leaves that are very hardy, requiring poor and rocky soils to grow. It seeds spontaneously very easily and quickly becomes invasive if not monitored. It prefers an open and sunny location.
The large arched woody branches carry lanceolate grey leaves 15 to 25 cm (5.9 to 9.8 in) long. The whole plant reaches 3 metres (9 feet 10 inches) in height and up to 5 metres (16 feet 5 inches) in diameter. Annual pruning after the leaves fall will limit growth and stimulate flowering.
Its branches carry large panicles (30 to 40 cm (11.8 to 15.7 in) long) of highly fragrant flowers from summer to autumn. Different colours are present in this mix: white, blue, purple, violet, and pink.
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Botanical data
Buddleja
davidii
Scrofulariaceae
Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
To sow buddleia davidii seeds, mix them with damp compost and put them in a plastic bag. Then, place the bag in the fridge for four weeks. From February to March, sow the Butterfly Tree in a seed tray. Use high-quality compost and sieve it on the surface to correctly bind the seed to the soil. Before sowing, compress the compost slightly with a small board. Scatter the seeds, cover them with compost or vermiculite, compress them again, and water them generously with a fine mist. Place the seed tray in the light, without direct sun, at a temperature of 21°C to 24°C. To promote germination, lower the temperature to 18°C at night.
The seedlings will emerge in 20 to 30 days. When the young plants have grown, transplant them into 12cm (4.7 in) pots. Keep the compost damp but not excessive during growth. Gradually acclimate the plants to a temperature of 15°C, starting 15 days before planting them in their final place.
By the end of May or early June, the temperature will be warm enough to plant your young plants in an open, sunny location. Add a scoop of compost to each planting hole and space the plants 2m (6 ft 7 in) apart.
From July to September, regularly remove faded flowers to prevent spontaneous sowing, maintain the beauty of the flowering, and promote further flowering. After the leaves fall (November to March), prune the branches to half their length, remove the bare stems and keep only 5 or 6 branches per plant.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.
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