When will my Buddleia flower?

Jennym83

Hi, I’m new to the GW forum and have so many questions as I am trying to turn my garden into a garden that will attract bees, butterflies and as many birds as possible. 
I had a Buddleia delivered yesterday, picture attached. Can anyone tell me when it might flower, am I looking at a few years down the line as it’s so small? 
Thank you 

Jennym83

Dovefromabove

Plant it out in a well prepared sunny spot and you should get flowers this year, later in the summer. 
They flower on new growth made each year, so each spring we prune hard back
and get lots of flowers on the new growth. 

Jennym83

Thank you so much, I wasn’t expecting to hear it could flower this year! Going to plant it today.

Brexiteer

Where did you buy that mate 

Jennym83

Gardening express

Brexiteer

Cheers mate. My garden has been done up this year for pollinators and I've bought 7 buddleia from the large ones to the buzz variety but ain't got that one 

Jennym83

It’s meant to be a bicolour one so I’m hoping it comes out like the picture suggests. I’ll be so disappointed if it doesn’t but it will be lovely I’m sure

Brexiteer

Looks beautiful ☺☺

Purplerain

Oh, that's very nice! I don't have any, but I potted up two that self seeded from a neighbours garden. The one you have looks big and healthy so I am sure it will flower as I hope mine will. There is nothing nicer than Bees and Butterflies in the garden and at the moment the butterflies are all over the Erysimum Bowles Mauve.

Jennym83

That’s lovely to hear Purplerain, I don’t actually get many butterflies in my garden at the moment which I’m really sad about but hopefully this will start to attract them. My back garden is north facing so I might put it on the front so it gets all the sun