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KeenOnGreen
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Collected various seeds in Madeira two years ago. This is the first plant to flower but looks horribly like my neighbours Buddleia. ????
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KeenOnGreen
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KeenOnGreen
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looks like my buddleia as well
But it's a Madeira Buddleia - it just looks like an English Buddleia
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Well at least the butterflies will be happy. This is also from seed collected in Madeira but I had no clue what it was until I saw an item on Echiums today. I would be delighted if it was as they are everywhere on the island and a great reminder of happy hols there. Apparently they take 3-4 years to flower from seed so I may have to be patient. No sign of anything similar next door!
It could be a different species but looks much as Buddleia davidii to me. It's not native to the UK although it's gone wild here. Not native to Madeira either, China I think
2nd. photo does look like an Echium of some description.
Cause he thinks she melts when he touches her
She knows she's the chocolate girl
Cause she's broken up and swallowed
And wrapped in bits of silver