Buddleia Davina is a deciduous shrub native to three continents (Africa, South America and Asia), which blooms 45 days a year and amazes with the variety of shades of its flowers. In this material you will learn what types and varieties of buddles exist, what are the features of planting these flowers in open ground and subsequent care for them. Also in the photo you will see with your own eyes what David’s buddleia looks like.

Key characteristics of Boodles

Buddleia Davida is best planted on sunny side plot, so it will grow faster. And this flower is not afraid of even 20-degree frosts, provided they are securely covered. Buddleia is a shrub with a large number of inflorescences, which smell very pleasant, emitting a honey aroma. This flower has many other names, for example:

• autumn lilac;
• honey bush;
• magnet for butterflies.

IN wildlife Buddleias grow in many regions of the world:

• in the Caucasus;
• V South Africa;
• China, etc.

However, now this flower has already been actively developed by gardeners, were carried out selection work, new varieties and species have appeared, flowering times have become longer. In total, over the past 100 years, 150 species of buddleia have been bred, including cultivated and hybrid varieties.

Decorative features of buddleia

Buddleia bushes are very common in gardens; they perfectly complement landscape corners and look great in groups against lawns and mixed borders. Also, these flowers are sometimes used to camouflage outbuildings or pipes, and they are also used to create a hedge.

Key advantages of budley ornamental plant- This:

• variety of shades;
• different shapes;
• harmonious combination with other bush plants, as well as roses and other flowers.

Often designers create compositions based on the transition of tones. And after trimming the lower branches of the bushes, they are great for planting in flowerpots to decorate stairs and terraces.

Flowering time

The flowering period of buddleia lasts from July to September, sometimes until October. In total, buddleia can bloom for about 10 years, and if grown from cuttings, flowering can begin already in the first year of its life. Spectacular flowering and a unique smell - all this makes Buddleia David an indispensable component of any garden.

Types and varieties of flowers

As already mentioned, there are more than a hundred different varieties and species of this plant. But below we will talk about the most common ones in Russia.

Buddleya David

The classic plant variety is a voluminous bush up to 3 meters high. The ends of the branches have a drooping arrangement. The root system is superficial. In order for flowering to be continuous, it is necessary to remove faded panicles.. This species blooms from the age of three; the flower is capable of growing 2 meters during the season. In autumn it produces small seeds and reproduces by cuttings. For successful growth the following conditions must be met:

• landing on the sunny side;
• calcareous soil;
• timely watering and irrigation;
• regular fertilization;
• insulation for the winter.

Black Knight and Nano Blue

This shrub grows a maximum of 2 meters in height and has purple inflorescences. Can be planted in partial shade but requires regular watering. winter care possible without shelter. Well suited for group plantings.

A species such as Nano Blue has a funnel-shaped crown and will grow 1.5 meters in height and width. The leaves are elongated, their reverse side is gray and velvety, the inflorescences have a violet-blue tint, the branches bend down under their weight. Needs sun and fertile soil.

Pink Delight

This shrub is very tall, the inflorescences are erect and spike-shaped, and have a pink tint. The aroma is honey and thick. After winter, the crown is replaced by new shoots and grows by three meters per season. Loves light and well-drained calcareous soils. Can be grown together with low shrubs and herbaceous perennials.

Royal Red and Flower Power (bi color)

This flower is distinguished by its red-violet inflorescences, which have a drooping arrangement. His the height is 3 meters, the plant also has a wide crown. It grows quickly and recovers well after winter. Optimal soil– calcareous and neutral, sufficiently drained. Buddleia of this variety also loves water and light.

There is a variety called Flower Power. There are also tri color flower varieties depending on the number of shades. In this case there are two of them:

• violet;
• orange.

This shrub is tall and spreading, and is thermophilic. Its inflorescences are fluffy and fragrant and can grow up to 40 cm in length. A With reverse side leaves drooping, yellow or white. Flowering begins in the second year of life. During the growing season, new shoots up to 2 meters long grow in place of frozen crowns. Buddleia of this species tolerates winter well.

Different varieties of Budley: photos of flowers

Buddleya Davida: planting and care

Photos of the listed and other varieties of flowers can be found on the Internet without any problems. Features of planting and care depend, among other things, on the growing region. So, in South Africa, the bush takes over the entire surrounding area. But in Russia it often happens that buddleia, which loves sunny color, cannot always produce ripened seeds on time. Therefore, cuttings of this plant are often practiced in gardening.

Transplantation into the ground

When the flower grows well, it is picked and transplanted either into separate containers or into open ground. It all depends on what climatic conditions and what condition the seedlings are in. Planting in the ground is good when the ground warms up enough after frost, and this is April or even May. After planting, the area should be mulched using straw or peat.

There is no need to water the buddleia too often; periodic rainfall will be enough for it. But dry soil is also not favorable for it, so this aspect of care must be kept under control. To transplant an adult bush, you do not need to do anything in advance; it is enough to know its characteristics and requirements for care conditions.

Sowing seeds and cuttings

Before planting, sprouts are prepared in advance:

• at the beginning of February, the seeds are planted in pots and allowed to germinate;
• the container is filled with plenty of earth, keeping a distance of about 3 cm from the edge, then watered;
• seeds should be planted in moist soil;
• do not sprinkle the seeds, it is better to cover with film;
• the room should be well ventilated and have sufficient lighting;
• After planting, the plant germinates within 4 weeks.

The temperature for germinating seeds at home should be about 25 degrees. Protective film need to be removed only after the first leaves appear. When three leaves appear, the seedlings need to be planted in peat containers. Flowering occurs after transplantation in the second year of the plant's life.

And if we talk about cuttings, then the cuttings need to be prepared immediately after the plant blooms at the end of September. They must be 20 cm high and have at least 3 buds. At the bottom, the cutting, along with two buds, is buried in the loosened soil. For the winter, it is covered with film and sprinkled, leaving a small air gap. The cuttings will begin to grow in the spring after the soil warms up. On average, they grow up to 60 cm per season, sometimes flowering even before the cold weather.

What does a flower need to grow?

Buddleia Davida will grow better if you follow these recommendations for its care:

• the plant should be well lit by the sun. When the garden grows, the source of shadow must be removed and the plant transplanted into the sun. Please note that adult buddleia does not really like transplanting. Also avoid wind and drafts;
• the soil must be properly selected and pre-treated. It is best if it is calcareous and well drained. It needs to be fed with the onset of spring and in mid-summer with nitrogenous fertilizers. Flowering and growth will be better if you use organic fertilizers, as well as fertilizers based on phosphorus and potassium;
• You need to water the plant so that the soil is always moist, but not flooded. In summer, the crowns of the bushes need to be sprayed with water;
• prune the plant regularly. It stimulates good flowering and plant rejuvenation. In the first year, this should be done in March; the buddleia is cut to half, cutting off weak shoots. In the second year, you need to cut off new growths to two buds, as well as all old branches by a third. In subsequent years, pruning is needed to remove young growth and form the crown.

How to prepare a plant for winter?

Despite the fact that buddleia is a frost-resistant plant, it still needs to be prepared for the cold period, especially in the first year after planting in open ground.

Cuttings, for example, can withstand maximum frosts of 10 degrees, therefore at colder temperatures, the bushes need to be wrapped and the edges trimmed to 15-20 centimeters. Then the bush is covered with a box covered with polyethylene. It is placed on a brick platform, and the bottom is sprinkled with leaves.

The box will not be needed if the pruned bush is generously sprinkled with straw and manure, and covered at the top with spruce branches. If you prepare buddleia for the winter correctly, then after a while you will enjoy the incredible flowering of a healthy bush until the fall.

The rules for planting and caring for buddleia are not that complicated. If you do everything correctly and are not lazy in caring for the plant, you will be very satisfied.

Buddleia - "butterfly bush"

Buddleia has won the love of gardeners thanks to its decorative crown, abundant and long-lasting flowering, and the wonderful honey aroma of its numerous flowers.

When buddleia blooms, many different pollinating insects flock to its fragrant bush, including a huge number of elegant butterflies. Therefore, buddleia is often called “a paradise for butterflies”, “butterfly bush”, “bush-magnet for butterflies”. And since peduncles of buddleia with numerous small flowers appear on the plant in the fall and resemble lilac panicles in their structure, buddleia is also called “autumn lilac.”

Types, garden forms and buddleia varieties

Genus Buddleya(Buddleja) belongs to the Buddlejaceae family and has about a hundred species. More often these are beautiful flowering shrubs, less often - herbs.
Buddleias mainly grow in the tropics and subtropics, partly in the temperate latitudes of America, Asia and South Africa. Due to their heat-loving nature, many types of buddleia are not frost-resistant.
Relatively winter-hardy and the most spectacular species of buddleia have been introduced into cultivation; they are grown with pleasure in gardens.

Russian gardeners in middle lane successfully cultivate hardy buddleia species that can withstand cold winters. In the south, the choice of species of these attractive plants is wider.

Buddleia white-flowered(B. albiflora) is a deciduous shrub with white or pale lilac flowers. Small flowers are collected in large, wide-cone-shaped, erect inflorescences.

Buddleia snowy(B. nivea) is a deciduous shrub with strong tomentose pubescence on shoots, leaves and inflorescences. Lilac flowers are collected in small panicles, which develop several at the ends of the shoots.

Buddleia japonica(B. japonica) comes from Japan, 2-3 m high. It is a deciduous, fast-growing shrub with spreading tetrahedral shoots. Pale lilac flowers are collected at the ends of the shoots in dense drooping panicles up to 20 cm long.

Buddleia alternate-leaved(B. alternifolia) comes from the northwestern regions of China, where it grows in dry, open places. This species develops especially well on chalk soils; is resistant to drought.
This deciduous, dome-shaped shrub has spreading, drooping shoots, reaches a height of about 3 m and the same width. With appropriate pruning, you can grow buddleia alternate-leaved in the form of a tree with a decorative “weeping” crown shape.
When it blooms in early summer, the plant's long, slender shoots are covered in garlands of small inflorescences consisting of tiny almond-scented mauve or lilac flowers.
Unlike other species, Buddleia alternate-leaf has a superficial root system, and flower buds are formed on the shoots of previous years. Therefore, when the bush freezes or when grown in a windy place, the flowering of this vulnerable plant is poor or absent altogether.

Buddleia globulus(B. globosa) is a semi-evergreen shrub that blooms in May with round orange-yellow heads of inflorescences. Due to the heat-loving nature of this species, its cultivation is recommended for the south of Russia and regions with warm winters.

As a rule, in our area, buddleias with spike-shaped inflorescences are bred, which are more hardy than alternate-leaved, spherical and other buddleias.
In the Moscow region, I only grow David's buddleia, which is more unpretentious than other species and is very popular among gardeners.

Buddleya David, or buddleia variablea(B. davidii Franch.) comes from China, where it grows along the banks of streams, among bushes, and in low mountains. This species develops and blooms better on calcareous soil.
Buddleia Davida is a deciduous shrub up to 3 m tall or a small tree (up to 5 m) with wide-spreading branches. The narrow leaves are pubescent underneath. Numerous flowers (up to 1.5 cm in diameter) are collected in dense inflorescences (up to 50 cm long), erect or slightly drooping.
Due to the high growth rate, the abundance of large foliage and heavy inflorescences at the ends of the shoots, the rather thin branches of Buddleia David spread to the sides and droop.

Buddleia Davida is simply irresistible during the flowering period!

In favorable growing conditions, this species blooms from July to September and even more.
Numerous small seeds of Buddleia Davida ripen in the fall. In conditions of lack of sun and cold weather, it is problematic to obtain full-fledged seeds.

Breeders have developed garden forms and many varieties of this elegant shrub. Buddleia Davida has a wide range of colors and shades of long cone-shaped inflorescences. Its flowers are white, lilac, pink, red-raspberry, burgundy, and purple.

Popular garden forms of Buddleia David:
- Wilson form(f. Wilsonii) - tall late-flowering shrub with arched branches, pink-purple inflorescences;
- Vicha form(f. Veitchiana) - a tall, early-flowering shrub (blooms in early August) with large, bright inflorescences;
- perfect shape(f. magnifica) blooms from mid-August with large, dense pink-purple inflorescences.

Popular varieties David's buddles:
- varieties “Alba”, “White Profusion”, “White Cloud” - with white flowers;
- variety “Fascinating” - c pink flowers;
- variety “Orchid Beauty” - with lilac-lilac flowers;
- variety “Royal Red” - with red-violet flowers;
- variety “Empire Blue” - with blue-violet flowers;
- variety “Black Knight” - with dark purple flowers;
- “Harlequin” variety - with purple flowers and variegated leaves (young leaves have an uneven creamy-yellow border and spots of the same shade; over time, the yellowish pattern on the leaves turns white).

Growing Buddleia Davida

The undoubted advantages of David's buddleia are:
- comparative resistance to harsh growing conditions ( cold winter, polluted air);
- rapid growth and the beginning of flowering at a very young age;
- abundant and long flowering adult bushes.

This beautiful heat-loving plant has quite successfully adapted to our winters. But in cold climates, David's buddleia, of course, is not as tall as in its homeland, and has its own growing characteristics.
Marvelous beautiful bush in our conditions, it grows about two meters high in one season. Spike-shaped clusters of bright inflorescences with small flowers appear in the upper part of the bush in summer. The delicate sweet aroma of David's buddleia inflorescences spreads far around, attracting clouds of insects pollinating its flowers to the garden - bees and hard-working bumblebees, and a wide variety of butterflies.

Buddleia in the middle zone requires the attention and care of gardeners.
In the middle zone, the buddleia bush freezes slightly, but from the living roots and the lower part of the bush preserved after overwintering, young shoots appear and quickly develop.
As a result, the buddleia bush quickly recovers and blooms in the same year.
This ability of buddleia is explained by the high growth rate of root shoots and the appearance of flower buds in the leaf axils of annual shoots. Two new ones appear to replace the fading peduncle, so the flowering of buddleia continues to grow.
With favorable growth factors and regular pruning of fading panicles, the buddleia bush blooms very luxuriantly.

It is recommended to plant David's buddleia in a sunny place, protected from cold winds. Buddleia bushes should be positioned freely so that they do not block each other from the sun. Then each buddleia bush will not grow flat and one-sided, but will be very decorative.

Buddleias love well-drained, fertile soil with moderate moisture. When there is no rain for a long time, I water the bushes with buddleia.
A humus-rich, fairly moist substrate and warm weather contribute to the active growth of shoots and the formation of a large number of large buddleia inflorescences with intensely colored flowers.

Pruning plays an important role in the decorative appearance of buddleia. Due to insufficient pruning, and if faded flower stalks are not cut off, the buddleia bush does not fully display its charm - it stretches out and exposes the branches, becomes ugly, and blooms little.

Buddleia does not like replanting: the transplanted bush experiences severe stress and droops for several days.
Therefore, if there is still a need to transplant buddleia, then follow a few important conditions, which will help the transplanted plant to take root faster in a new place.
Transplant buddleia better in spring(when young shoots just begin to grow), in cool weather, preferably in the evening. Try to dig up and carefully move the plant with a large lump of earth (so that as few roots as possible are damaged). Water the transplanted buddleia generously, do not allow the soil to dry out.

Wintering of buddleia

The mistake most gardeners make is not properly preparing their buddleia bushes for the cold winter.
Before wintering, I always cut the buddleia quite short (leaving shoots no more than 10 cm long), and do not spud or wrap it with anything.
Buddleya does not like wrapping, because during periods of winter thaws and early spring a sheltered bush can protect against cold dampness. Because of this, the plant’s dormant buds will die and the bush will rot.

This is how I organize the wintering of buddleia.
After pruning the buddleia bush (at the end of September-beginning of November), I install arches above the cut bush above the pruned shoots of the plant (at a height of approximately 20-25 cm). I cover the arcs with a double layer of polyethylene and securely fasten the film along the edges of the constructed air-dry shelter.
The air gap formed between the film and the ground helps create a good microclimate inside the shelter. This protects the plant from rotting - the wintering buddleia bush is aerated with dry frosty air.
Later I sprinkle this shelter with dry leaves or hay when stable frosts set in (-7...-9 degrees).
This ensures excellent wintering for buddleia, even in the cold winters of the Moscow region. In regions where winters are very harsh, the air-dry shelter for buddleia can be made more voluminous, and then this shelter can be well covered on top with insulating natural materials.

Buddleia propagation by seeds and cuttings

Buddleia reproduces by seeds or vegetatively - usually by annual green and woody plants cuttings

Sowing buddleia seeds for seedlings is carried out in winter or early spring; Seed stratification is not required.
Since the seeds of buddleia are very small, they are sown in a moist substrate without deep planting, lightly sprinkled with humus or turf soil. Buddleia crops are covered with glass.
Buddleia seeds germinate in warm soil in about three weeks.
For normal development, buddleia seedlings need light and warmth.
The glass is removed when the buddleia seedlings grow and become stronger.
Acclimatized plants are planted in individual pots and planted in the garden at the beginning of summer.
Typically, buddleia seedlings bloom in the second year of life, but with very early sowing and good care young plants can bloom in the first year.

For vegetative propagation, I cut buddleia shoots into cuttings immediately after flowering. Buddleia cuttings take about two months to root. Buddleia cuttings cut in autumn can be stored in a cold, frost-free place.

I start cutting shoots of Buddleia David from the second half of September and finish cutting the bush a little earlier than I cover the plant for the winter (at the beginning of November).

I cut buddleia shoots into cuttings about 20 cm long. The cut cuttings should have at least three buds. I bury the lower part of the cuttings with two buds into loose garden soil.

Buddleia cuttings planted in the fall overwinter under the same insulated shelter with an air gap as adult bushes.

In spring, buddleia cuttings do not grow for a long time. When the earth warms up well,
roots form in the buried part of the cutting - then young plant begins to grow rapidly.
Young shoots of Buddleia Davida are resistant to returning spring frosts, enduring prolonged significant cold spells in the spring.

Buddleia cuttings planted in the garden in the fall grow to a height of 60-70 cm over the season and manage to bloom before the cold weather. Stronger young plants bloom for a whole month.

Buddleia is used in single and group plantings. The buddleia bush looks good in the garden together with other low-growing ornamental shrubs or herbaceous perennials that go well with buddleia.

Proper care and taking care of buddleia will ensure your plant health, reliable wintering, decorativeness, and elegant flowering. This is the key to admiring one of the most beautifully flowering garden shrubs.
I sincerely wish all flower growers success in breeding and growing fragrant buddleas with different colored inflorescences in their garden!

Pyotr Samsonovich Kiselev (Istra, Moscow region)

Buddleia or buddleya (from Latin Buddleja) is a beautifully flowering deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub (there are also herbaceous plants) from the Norichnikov family.

Did you know? Budleya is named after the English botanist A. Buddle. It is also called autumn lilac (buddleia flowers resemble clusters of lilacs), butterfly magnet and moth tree (pollinated by butterflies attracted to the scent of its flowers).

IN natural conditions grows in warm and temperate zones of America, Asia, South Africa. Budleya has about 100 species. Next, we will consider those that are most often found in decorative plantings.

The most popular among gardeners is the type of David's buddleia, also called changeable. Originates from central and western China. This species is well adapted to our climate. Like a shrub, it grows up to 2-3 meters; like a tree with drooping ends of spreading branches, it grows up to 5 m. The shoots are flexible and long. The leaves are large (up to 25 cm long), dark green with outside and light yellow, pubescent - on the inside. They are lanceolate or oval-lanceolate in shape with a pointed tip.

Small purple, sometimes pink, white, red flowers (1.5 cm in diameter), usually with an orange core, collected in elongated (up to 40 cm) spike-shaped dense inflorescences. Buddleia Davida blooms for 1.5 months from mid-summer until October. Varieties of the species can be divided into 3 groups:

• Having white flowers (White Cloud, White Profison, Alba).
• WITH purple flowers, including all possible shades of color (Black Knight, Empire Blue).
• Having flowers of red shades (Harlequin, Royal Red).

Important! To grow longer, you need a sufficient amount of light, regular watering and irrigation, calcareous soil, periodic fertilizing, and insulation in winter.

Budleya Vicha

Budleya Vicha is a derivative of Budleya David and has similar characteristics. But this form is larger, it is famous for its dimensions. It's voluminous and tall plant blooms from early August. The inflorescences are large, cone-shaped, of bright, rich color.

Also a derivative of the Budley of David. It is a tall bush with a special structure of arched branches. The inflorescences reach 75 cm in length and have a bright pink-purple color. Characterized by late flowering.

Budleya the Beautiful

Budleya the Beautiful is another form of David's Budleya. It blooms with large, thick, dense, airy inflorescences in mid-August. The flowers are deep pink-purple.

Important!Budleya is a frost-resistant plant, some varieties of which can withstand temperatures down to -20 °C. The above-ground part will freeze, but in the spring new shoots will grow from the roots, and the bush will bloom the same year.

This beautiful bush with small purple, light lilac or white flowers, collected in narrow cylindrical or cone-shaped inflorescences up to 45 cm in length. Abundant and long flowering occurs in June. Perfect for ornamental gardening, but extremely rare. Budleya white-flowered grows up to 6 m in height. It has an erect, dense crown.

Young shoots are pubescent along their entire length and become smooth over time. The leaves are opposite, lanceolate, wide, with sharp ends and serrated edges. Length up to 30 cm. They are dark green and smooth on the outside and silvery with pubescence on the inside. The plant is characterized by average frost resistance and ease of care.

Did you know?Today, buddleia extract is used in medicine as a natural analgesic and antipyretic. It also has SPF properties and is therefore used to combat skin aging. And the leaves and flowers contain saponin (a cleansing agent) and can be used as a soap substitute.

Alternate leaf budlea is an almost primordial variety of budlea, native to the northern and western regions of China. It is a deciduous shrub reaching 4 m in height. Very resistant to heat and drought. The shoots are graceful, long, thin, arched. Old branches gray with peeling bark, young ones – brown, with smooth surface. The leaves are wide or narrow, lanceolate, up to 6 cm long with a sharp end. They taper towards the base. The upper side is dull, dark green, the lower side is gray (due to star pubescence).

Small flowers with an almond aroma are collected in hanging small inflorescences of pinkish-lilac or purple color. The flowering period lasts 20-25 days. The plant grows quickly, is unpretentious to the soil, but very light-loving. A specific feature of Buddleia alternate-leaved is that generative buds are not formed on young shoots, unlike other species of the genus.

This beautiful deciduous shrub is not very common in our latitudes. Reaches 3 meters in height. The shoots are heavily pubescent and cascading. The foliage and flowers also have abundant pubescence, similar to felt. The plant seems to be covered with snow. Small fragrant flowers form small (10-15 cm) panicle inflorescences of various lilac shades. Inflorescences are located at the ends of the shoots in several pieces. This species is not frost-resistant, it is heat-loving, but it is not difficult to care for and is resistant to diseases.

Budleya japonica has been cultivated in Europe since 1866. The plant is a fast-growing deciduous shrub 2-3 m high. The tetrahedral shoots form a spreading crown.

The leaves are arranged oppositely. They are wide, lanceolate, pointed, 10-12 cm in length. There are fine-toothed and coarse-toothed. They are bare on top, and at first felt-like below, and then also bare. At the end of the shoots there are drooping, 20-centimeter panicle inflorescences consisting of pale lilac flowers with a fragrant aroma. It surpasses other species in growth rates, but is less decorative.

Buddleya (lat. Buddléja) is a genus of flowering plants, previously belonging to the Buddlejaceae family (lat. Buddlejaceae), and after a revision of the classification included in the family Scrophulariaceae.

Buddleia, or "butterfly bush" as the plant is affectionately known in England, has a long history of cultivation. People often call it orange-eyed. Interesting inflorescences during the flowering period are harmoniously complemented by an intoxicating aroma that resembles the smell of hyacinths with a honey flavor. The plant is pollinated by large butterflies, which is why it has received the nickname “butterfly magnet.” Outwardly it resembles a lilac, which was the reason for another popular name “autumn lilac”. The plant received the Latin name Buddleia in memory of the English botanist Adam Buddle.

Description

Buddleia is a deciduous or semi-evergreen beautifully flowering shrub, 2-5 m high. Some species are classified as trees, sometimes reaching 30 m. In the wild, they are endemic to the tropical, subtropical, and partially temperate zones of Asia, South Africa, and America.

Has gained popularity among gardeners due to its abundant, late, long flowering, lasting from July to October. Plant species are poorly resistant to frost. When above-ground shoots freeze, the newly emerged spring shoots begin to bloom in the same season. The most frost-resistant varieties tolerate temperatures of -20°C. Fast growth bushes provokes periodic formation flower shoots in the axils of the leaves, due to which, instead of each faded panicle, two new ones are formed. So on each branch you can see buds, flowers, and fruits at the same time.

The leaves are lanceolate-oval, pointed at the ends, about 25 cm long. The flowers are small, in Asian species they are in terminal panicles 10-50 cm long, American species often form small spherical heads. The colors of flowers vary: in Asia in pastel (pink, white and blues) colors, and in the New World in bright colors (yellow, orange, purple). Some South American species have evolved long red flowers to attract hummingbirds.

The fruit is a small capsule 1 cm long and 1-2 mm in diameter, containing numerous small seeds. In a few species (previously classified in the separate genus Nicodemia), the capsules are soft and fleshy, shaped like a berry. Russian gardeners successfully cultivate buddleia species in the middle zone that can withstand cold winters. The south of the country is more attractive for these heat-loving plants.

Beautiful Buddleia South American

Popular types

The genus contains about 100 species. More than 60 of them grow naturally on the two American continents, while other species are found in Africa and Asia. Species are divided into three groups depending on the type of inflorescence.

B. narrow-spiked(lat. B. stenostachya). Grows in the mountains of China. By the age of four, it is 1.8 m in height, and in general reaches 3 m, the crown with a diameter of 1.35 m. The growing season is from May to October. Fast growing species. It blooms from the age of three, from August to September, for 30 days. Winter hardiness is minimal; the above-ground part can be restored annually to its previous size. Seed viability is low.

B. snowy(lat. B. nivea). A shrub with excessive tomentose pubescence of leaves, inflorescences, and shoots. The color of the flowers is lilac, the panicles are 11-18 cm long, located in several pieces at the ends of the shoots. Winter hardiness is good.

B. globular(lat. B. globosa). The plant is a semi-evergreen shrub that blooms in May with rounded heads of yellow-orange inflorescences. The excessive heat-loving nature of the species does not allow it to be grown in Russia, with the exception of the Crimea and the Caucasus.

Attractive inflorescences of Buddleia globulus

B. japonica(lat. B. japonica). Distribution area: Japanese Islands. It is a deciduous bush 2-3 m in height, with spreading, slightly winged shoots. Broadly lanceolate leaves are arranged oppositely, pointed, the lower part is grayish-tomentose at the beginning of development, later becomes bare, 9-13 cm long. Delicate lilac fragrant flowers create thick, drooping panicles, about 22 cm long. The fruit is an ovoid capsule. Inferior to other species in decorativeness, but superior in speed of growth. Used in group and single plantings.

B. alternate-leaved(lat. B. alternifolia). Native to northwest China. Prefers dry ones open spaces. The species grows well on soils with a predominance of chalk. Drought resistant. Dome-shaped, deciduous bushes with drooping, spreading shoots, often exceeding 2 m in height.

Using certain methods of pruning, buddleia alternate-leaved is grown into a tree with a “weeping” decorative form crowns During the flowering period, for 20-25 days, long, sophisticated shoots are covered with garlands of neat inflorescences, consisting of miniature lilac-pink or lilac flowers.

It develops quickly, tolerates drought well, and is light-loving. Unpretentiousness in cultivation, high decorative value, relative frost resistance (withstands temperatures of -25°C) allows it to be used for landscaping in the southern regions of Russia.

Remember! Unlike other species of the genus, the generative buds of Buddleia alternate-leaved are formed on last year's shoots; damage to them will lead to a significant weakening of flowering.

Buddleia alternate-leaved in the garden

B. white-flowered(lat. B. albiflora). Deciduous shrub with pale lilac or white small flowers, united in voluminous, cone-shaped, erect inflorescences that do not droop like other species.

B. David or variable (lat. B. davidii). Grows in China. A bush 2-3 m tall sometimes reaches the size of a small tree of five meters, with spreading, drooping branches. The plant is relatively thermophilic; the species is adapted for growing in Russian conditions as a subshrub.

In winter, above-ground shoots practically freeze over. In the new season, new shoots 1.4-1.7 m high grow, at the ends of which inflorescences will appear in early autumn. Young shoots are dirty green, slightly ribbed, and can withstand frosts down to -8°. The bark of old branches is dark or light gray, with small cracks. The leaves are lanceolate, pointed, rich green above, light tomentose below. The flowers are lilac, in dense drooping spike-shaped inflorescences. It blooms profusely every year at the end of summer and early autumn for 30-45 days.

Photo gallery of species

Growing and care

Let's talk about planting buddleia and caring for it.

Location. Photophilous. To improve growth and flowering, choose sunny places, protected from drafts and cold winds.

Soil. Buddleia is very picky about soil. The substrate must be moist and nutritious.

Landing. The bushes are growing quickly. In dense plantings, the lower inflorescences of buddleia begin to die off, so the plant needs enough space to develop. They are planted at a distance of 1-1.4 m in holes 40x40, deep taking into account the root system + 20 cm for fertilizers and drainage. Drainage layer - about 13 cm, poured on top garden soil with compost and mineral fertilizers. A seedling is placed on the resulting mound, filled, compacted, watered, and mulched. The root collar should remain at soil level.

Feeding. Spring consists of adding nitrogen and complex mineral fertilizers containing phosphorus and potassium. Sprinkle the soil near the bush periodically during the season. organic fertilizers(humus, wood ash). Water from above and then loosen to remove weeds.

Bright colors of buddleia

Trimming. In the first year of development, the stems of the plant are cut to half their height, this promotes the formation of young shoots and voluminous branching. The next year, new shoots are pruned, leaving 2 buds; at the same time, the stems of last year are pruned, forming lush bush.

Watering. Buddleya not only needs watering in dry weather, but also spraying the foliage and stems.

Remember! The age of buddleia is short, about 10 years, but the plant cultivated from cuttings blooms in the first year, with lush inflorescences. This spectacular fragrant bush is a vibrant component of a flowering garden.

Popular David's Buddleia

Wintering

Collateral successful wintering in the middle zone is proper preparation buddleia bush for cold weather. In the fall, when the leaves turn black, the shoots should be cut almost to the ground, leaving about 10 cm. The soil above the roots should be insulated with peat, with leaf litter from healthy trees sprinkled on top. You can simply cover it with dry peat or wrap it in polyethylene, and cover it with leaves on top. In this way, dormant buds at the base of the shoots are preserved.

Specimens that are not covered for the winter freeze to the root collar, which inhibits the development and flowering of the bush for 15-20 days. In regions with harsh winters, the shelter is made more voluminous. In the southern regions, you can take a risk and not cut the stems of the plant. But be sure to insulate the shoots at the base.

Such different buddles

Reproduction

Buddleia reproduces by seeds, but in Russia it is not always possible to obtain ripe seeds, so cuttings are developed.

Seeds. The best time to grow buddleia from seeds is the end of winter or the first ten days of spring. Seeds are poured into a drained, moistened substrate, sprinkled with a thin layer of soil. When germinating seeds, special greenhouse conditions are created, and seedlings appear in the third week. The protection is removed after the leaves appear. After the third leaf appears, the seedlings are planted in peat cups. Planted in the ground in July.

Cuttings. In the case of propagation of buddleia by cuttings, they are prepared after flowering, 20 cm long with three buds. Bottom part, deepen into loosened soil. In winter, cover with film and sprinkle with earth, creating an air gap. The cuttings will begin to grow in the spring.

Please note! Reproduction by seeds may lead to a change in the varietal properties of the bush, which is not observed when propagated by cuttings.

Buddleia seedlings

Diseases and pests

Affected spider mite, whitefly, in drought. If it is not possible to create the required level of humidity for the plant, you will have to remove the infected shoots and treat them with insecticides.

Use in landscape design

Buddleia is self-sufficient, good both in single and group plantings. It can harmonize with low shrubs: jasmine, St. John's wort, panicle, etc. Looks good when decorating buildings.

Buddleia at the entrance to the house

This is a favorite shrub of gardeners in our country. Compositions with it are advantageous in any corner of the garden. Buddleia is interesting in mixborders, against the backdrop of a lawn, and in a hedge.

Buddleia culture in England has a very long history. It is named after Adam Boodle - an English botanist who lived at the end of the 17th century. early XVIII centuries. The British nicknamed it orange-eyed for its visual appeal during the flowering period, harmoniously complemented by the honey aroma of the flower with notes of hyacinth. As in natural conditions, in our country it is pollinated by large butterflies, for which it received the nickname: “magnet for butterflies.”
There are about 100 species of buddleia in nature. It grows wild from the tropics to temperate latitudes and is found in South Africa, Asia, and America.

Buddleya lasts for a long time almost until autumn

I remember this wonderful plant from childhood, it grew in the garden of my grandmother and neighbors, I remembered it for the rest of my life. At that time I didn’t even know what it was called. Quite by accident, in one of the stores, I came across a familiar photograph on a package of seeds and was surprised to learn that the old friend was called Buddleia.
The varieties of this are wonderful flowering bush a lot, the flowers have a sweetish smell and are filled with sweet nectar that attracts insects. Externally, buddleia inflorescences resemble lilacs, but the flowers are larger and the aroma is very different. Buddleia blooms for a very long time, almost until autumn.

Landing

Buddleia prefers sunny places, where it is recommended to plant it. The place should be sheltered from the wind and located away from other bushes. Moist soil and good drainage are all the buddleya needs to thrive.

Buddleia prefers sunny places

The process of growing buddleia begins in February; we plant seeds or cuttings in the room as seedlings. Everything that has sprouted is put into separate containers. It's up to you to decide whether these will be disposable cups or cut-off plastic bottles.
In the spring, when the soil has warmed up well, and this is May, sometimes June, we plant our plants in specially prepared soil. Mulch the soil around with straw or peat.

Care

Trimming

Butterflies just love buddleia flowers.

To achieve the greatest number of flowers and splendor of the buddleia bush itself, pruning, which is carried out in March, is extremely important.
In the first year of development of the bush, the branches are cut to almost half. This promotes the development of young shoots. At the same time, we remove inactive growths.
In the second year, pruning is also done in March, but is allowed in April. In this case, we will cut off last year’s young shoots. They are usually pruned into two buds. If the plant is located in a fairly windy place, then it is better to shorten the main branches by a third, otherwise they may break.
In the third season, pruning is done in the same way as the second. Young growth at the bottom of the bush can be removed completely, or left to give the bush the desired shape.

Watering

Like any other tropical plant, buddleia requires watering when dry and hot weather. But at the same time it does not like waterlogging of the soil, its waterlogging. She takes well to spraying, with it she feels right at home - in the tropics.

Wintering

Buddleia is not well suited to cold. But a properly organized winter shelter helps it survive the winter without significant losses.
First, we trim our bush short. The next stage is creating the frame. Don’t be alarmed, they can serve as an ordinary inverted box, covered with film and mounted on bricks. Dry leaves should be poured into the middle; in severe frosts, an additional bundle of straw or hay on top of the frame will be a salvation.

Top dressing

You can start feeding buddleia when buds appear after wintering. Nitrogen fertilizers in this case are the most suitable option, they perfectly restore the plant after winter. The next feeding can be done with a phosphorus-potassium mixture in mid-summer. This will cause active growth and lush flowering of your bush.
Like most plants, badleya responds well to organic matter: compost slurry, humus, ash - it all likes it.

Reproduction

Badleya can be propagated by cuttings and seeds.
We cut the cuttings after the end of the flowering period, we try to have 3-4 buds on the cuttings. We select a place in the garden or vegetable garden, make holes and plant our cuttings, leaving two buds above the ground, sprinkle with fluffy compost. The cuttings will overwinter in the same way as adult plants. With the onset of spring, when the soil warms up, active growth of cuttings will begin. To get a healthy plant, all that remains is to properly care for it.

Buddleia is best propagated by cuttings.

Types and varieties

Buddleia is a bush with a wide range decorative characteristics. They come in completely different heights, with a wide color scheme petals and flower shape. There are even tree-like forms, up to 5 meters high. Returning to the title of the article, the answer could be: “I am a tree”!

Buddleia can also take the form of a small tree

Buddleia pleases with its inflorescences for quite a long time, usually from July to mid-September. The seeds ripen in the fall; if there was not enough sun, then some of the seeds remain unripe.
Nowadays, thanks to enthusiasts, buddleia varieties have appeared that are more suitable for the garden and better tolerate our climatic conditions.

Buddleia David forms, the most common, growing in China along stream banks and rising to 2600 meters above sea level.

Buddleya Wilson- a bush with arched branches, blooms from mid-August to September with pink-purple flowers.

Buddleya Wilson

Buddleya Vicha- a tall and lush shrub that blooms in early August, the inflorescences are very bright and large.

Buddleya beautiful- a form of Buddleia David, blooming in August with bright pink and purple airy inflorescences.

In addition to the most common buddleia of David, there are others,

Buddleia globulus– its orange-yellow inflorescences appear in May, it is extremely thermophilic, so it grows here mainly in the southern regions with warm winters.

Buddleia globulus

Alternate buddleia– loves dry open areas, as it comes from Northern China and tolerates heat well. Blooms in early summer, lilac or mauve flowers form pendulous inflorescences with very small florets. Due to its shallow root system, it is difficult to tolerate winds and frosts.

Alternate buddleia

Japanese buddleia– came to us from Japan, the bush grows up to 3 meters in height, has a spreading crown. At the end of the shoots there are pale lilac flowers that form descending panicles up to 20 centimeters in length.

Buddleia snowy— shoots of this species have pubescence similar to felt; at the ends of the shoots, several on each, there are small panicles-inflorescences.

B white-flowered uddleia- a shrub with white or light lilac flower petals, small, but collected in lush, erect inflorescences tapering upward.

Buddleia white-flowered

Popular varieties:
Alba, White Profusion, White Cloud, having inflorescences white;
Fascinating with inflorescences pink color;
With lilac-pink from Orchid Beauty;
Royal Red, as the name suggests, is a rich purple hue;
They are complemented by the Empire Blue variety - blue-violet;
Deep purple to black – Black Knight;
Purple - Harlequin, with uneven leaf color along the edges.

In my garden there grows Buddleia Davida (variable), which came to us from China. It is a shrub up to 3 meters in height with thin stems and narrow leaves, small flowers of rich pink color collected in luxurious inflorescences. The color range of the petals can vary from white to purple, including raspberry and lilac shades, and burgundy color is also found.

Now buddleia grows in my garden too.

Now there is buddleia in my garden, and like in ancient times I can pick an inflorescence and admire it.

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