Buddleia Tower
Hi, I am a complete gardening novice so please forgive me.
I have recently had my front garden landscaped and in the process had to remove a beautiful escallonia bush which my kids loving called bee bush. I have replaced it in the new garden but my kids are now interested in attracting more pollinators. So I purchased 2 buddleia towers online, they have just been delivered and they are very small so I am wondering what I should do with them over winter? There was been some frost here already and I don’t want them to die. Ideally they are for very large tubs (steel 90l bins) at either side of my front porch. What should I do?
I have recently had my front garden landscaped and in the process had to remove a beautiful escallonia bush which my kids loving called bee bush. I have replaced it in the new garden but my kids are now interested in attracting more pollinators. So I purchased 2 buddleia towers online, they have just been delivered and they are very small so I am wondering what I should do with them over winter? There was been some frost here already and I don’t want them to die. Ideally they are for very large tubs (steel 90l bins) at either side of my front porch. What should I do?
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Buddleias are totally hardy, so they won't be affected by any weather you get.
As @JennyJ says, they do need to be outdoors, but keep them sheltered a wee bit for now as they've probably been undercover.
I'm afraid you'll have to let them grow on for a while until they're ready for your big containers, but they look healthy enough, so don't worry.
Was there any cultural instructions with them? I'm assuming they could be slightly different from the aforementioned davidii. They probably don't get pruned much at all.
If they're quite pot bound - ie the roots are filling those pots, you could move them into slightly bigger ones, but nothing too big, for the reasons @JennyJ mentions. If they're in 3 inch pots, move them into 4 or 5 inch ones.
They're not likely to put on too much growth now before winter anyway
Unfortunately, photos of mature plants tend to give the impression that that's what you're getting. I'd expect them to grow fairly rapidly, but they're unlikely to be huge too quickly.
Perhaps it's worth contacting the seller and asking what sort of time frame you can expect until they're at maximum height, and also what the recommended care is. Good luck with them. I hope they grow well for you