They grow so quickly, they outgrow pot and food. Some I grew from cuttings taken last autumn have already filled a 2L pot and looking for more. Starvation would be my guess
hi, hope you dont mind me butting in on this post, my dwarf buddlies, are in pots, i planted them last year, they where lovely, but this year the flowers are tiny, and dont look very happy, any ideas anyone, thanks
hi nutcutlet, what do you mean by starvation? thanks verdun, i will make a note of the above, i just wanted something in my large pots to encourage beas and butterflies
lynne, i meant that stage when the roots ha ve filed the pot and the remaining compost can't retain enough water for the plant to take up any plant food provided
thanks for all your advice, verdun, your agastache sounds lovely, but i have got nowhere to overwinter, and my planters are heavy stone. thanks again everyone
Several friends have commented that their Buddleias haven't bloomed well this year. I was expecting great things this year for the Big Butterfly Count from mine but it has produced a miserable show to date. They like dry zones so maybe last summer and our cold wet spring were just too soggy for plants planted where the roots were saturated?
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Check the roots for vine weevil grubs - white body, brown head. There is another buddleias thread with a similar problem - check it out.
Cut back on the watering, they like to be dry.
They grow so quickly, they outgrow pot and food. Some I grew from cuttings taken last autumn have already filled a 2L pot and looking for more. Starvation would be my guess
In the sticks near Peterborough
hi, hope you dont mind me butting in on this post, my dwarf buddlies, are in pots, i planted them last year, they where lovely, but this year the flowers are tiny, and dont look very happy, any ideas anyone, thanks
starvation, even the dwarfs are fast growers
In the sticks near Peterborough
hi nutcutlet, what do you mean by starvation? thanks verdun, i will make a note of the above, i just wanted something in my large pots to encourage beas and butterflies
lynne, i meant that stage when the roots ha ve filed the pot and the remaining compost can't retain enough water for the plant to take up any plant food provided
In the sticks near Peterborough
thanks for all your advice, verdun, your agastache sounds lovely, but i have got nowhere to overwinter, and my planters are heavy stone. thanks again everyone
Several friends have commented that their Buddleias haven't bloomed well this year. I was expecting great things this year for the Big Butterfly Count from mine but it has produced a miserable show to date. They like dry zones so maybe last summer and our cold wet spring were just too soggy for plants planted where the roots were saturated?