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Post by MamIDdau on Dec 13, 2006 10:53:15 GMT
There's a house in Penrhyn Beach area and their buddleia is as tall as the house. Proper monster it is. We've got one by our gate at this rented house and it is also growing out of the wall on the other side of the driveway.
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Post by JennyWrenn on Dec 14, 2006 7:25:58 GMT
That is such good news April I cant wait to buy one - not bought it yet - the bigger the better I have a lot of garden to cover I noticed recently that the one at the bottom of my drive - which is shared by next door - has been sending out seeds that are growing in the bricks on my drive - the soil here is very sandy which I understand, from Dutchy, that they like - reason I hadnt noticed this Buddleja before is that it is sooooooooooooo huge and towers above everthing I was really shocked when I noticed it for the first time a while ago as I didnt know I had a Buddleja in my garden  - the lovely flowers are right at the top otherwise they would be in the way of the cars so not really noticable |
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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 14, 2006 7:28:23 GMT
All I can do is shake my head - a Buddleia as tall as a house - they mostly all grow out of concrete........
Well Dutchy you and I are obviously doing something wrong - have you ever though about adding a little dried concrete powder to your pot and I'll do the same to mine. Perhaps that is what they need - once it sets a bit, the roots can't move except outwards, and they carry on growing and the plant gets as big as a house..... well in theory!!
Rosefriend
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 15, 2006 18:02:38 GMT
Eh? How can it continue growing out wards when I have got this pot around it. No I am not going to give the poor greenery some concrete feet. I might do that after its death and then plonk it in the ditch. Funeral Italian style.
But seriously it has to be the weather. I now wonder if the UK perhaps has drier winters and not just warm.
I know I have read the weather thread but stilllllll.
That or we have to plant it in between the paves and the house, then add some concrete and with our luck it will probably emerge somewhere in our neighbours garden where it will grow to the proportions Aprilaydee described.
Dutchy
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Post by sweetleaf on Dec 15, 2006 18:07:45 GMT
Mine is in a fairly sandy loam Duchy, the kind of soil Mr Titchmarsh would give his eye teeth for, or so he said .Try adding some sand to the mix, it will drain better, and therefore survive the wet/cold...worth a try.
It may also make the compost less nutritious, also something they seem to thrive on.
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 15, 2006 18:23:12 GMT
You are so right but I can not do it now. There are little iris bulbs at its feet that have decided that spring has arrived ( that is they are growning as if it has).
At the end of winter it might be too late but I can always try another.
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 17, 2006 16:38:58 GMT
December 18th and the Buddleia in pot has still got most of its leaves. Amazing. They look a bit floppy now but then temperature is finally dropping.
I wonder when it will loose its last leave.
Has anyone else got a Buddleia that still has leaves on?
Dutchy
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Post by sweetleaf on Dec 17, 2006 16:42:55 GMT
Mine have most of their leaves still. The Autumn has stretched on and on, and the leaves have finally all yellowed and are a bit more crispy. I almost expect to go out one morning and find theyve all dropped at once. What a Wierd year this one has been. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 17, 2006 16:51:20 GMT
I haven't got anything that still has the leaves on - although the Buddleia's have got new growth because of the mild temperatures and that worries me a lot.
I have mounded a lot of earth around them and also packed them with fir branches but I am also thinking of covering them with fleece as well.
Mind you now Dutchy has cast her eye on them, so they are probably doomed anyway...............
Rosefriend
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 17, 2006 16:54:26 GMT
;D
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 28, 2006 19:43:58 GMT
I think my Buddleia is almost as boring as my Christmas tree. It still has its leaves on.
No change to be seen apart from the first few leaves having fallen.
It is not as if it is so warm here. We had night frost and all.
All bulbs stopped growing ( thank heavens) but the Buddleia has definitely set its mind on not going into hibernation.
It will probably still have its leaves on on New Years Eve.
Tsk Dutchy
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 29, 2006 15:17:31 GMT
December the 29th 2006 and this is what it looks like  The rest of the garden is not very wintry either.  Dutchy |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2006 12:39:15 GMT
 Ooo now i'm worried cos i've planted 3 buddleia's one each year for the past three years ....the first one to be planted has come up a storm now and grew 6ft last summer...i hacked it back a bit at the end of the summer and was going to prune it hard in the spring. I planted a variegated one secondly and that's taking off now and i thought it had got hit by frost last year but it survived and i just lopped off the dead bits and it was away this summer. Back end of the summer planted a Black Knight and was hoping that this will romp away too. Also took some cuttings of the other two and they have rooted ok. The first two survived very cold winters (which killed a broom) but this year we've not had the same cold - yet! Hope they all survive if we do get the more normal winter temps!
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Post by Rosefriend on Dec 31, 2006 12:46:13 GMT
Well Dutchy although my Buddleia's are in the ground, as you know, they look very similar to yours - far too much growth on them for winter.
I hope you have got some fleece ready - I am seriously thinking of covering mine up.
Rosefriend
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Post by Dutchy on Dec 31, 2006 13:09:55 GMT
I hope you did not loose all your fleece last night. I am going to let nature take its course. Only when they predict serious frost I might take the little green imp into the shed.
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Post by scarecrow on Dec 31, 2006 14:15:33 GMT
Buddleis are like weeds in my garden, they come every where, even in with my bonsai
we cut ours down to about a foot high in the Autumn
and in the summer they grow to 6 feet and covered in butterfly's
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2006 15:24:53 GMT
That's interesting scarecrow - I cut mine back by a third in the autumn then I cut it back really hard in the spring  |
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 1, 2007 16:50:59 GMT
Mine die after cutting back more than one inch  |
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Post by sleepysunday on Jan 1, 2007 16:55:28 GMT
Oh Dutchy! What are their soil conditions like? As I have said before, thet thrive in poor soil. But I would make sure it is free draining. They should be pruned very hard, very early in Spring - but we must get them surviving first I suppose. We'll get there |
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 1, 2007 16:57:27 GMT
You do realise Dutchy that we live in the wrong countries, don't you.?
If we lived in the UK we could have Buddleia's growing like weeds in our gardens, and sprouting up in the concrete, and getting as big as houses and we could cut them whenever we liked................
Shame isn't it?
Rosefriend
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Post by sleepysunday on Jan 1, 2007 16:59:04 GMT
Move over here then!
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 1, 2007 17:11:10 GMT
And loose the chance to moan over our Buddleia?
Nah can't do.
;D
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Post by Dutchy on Jan 17, 2007 18:36:13 GMT
It still has its leaves on. It is the 17th of January
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Post by MamIDdau on Jan 17, 2007 19:57:22 GMT
The one in the front garden is still in flower....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2007 22:19:23 GMT
It still has its leaves on. It is the 17th of January So does mine |
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Post by Jonah on Jan 17, 2007 23:33:13 GMT
It is such a shame you two have trouble growing them. I know many think of them as weeds over here, but I love them, my highlight in the garden this year was seeing my now 3-4 year old Harlequin with flutterbies dottied over it in the summer. I'd never seen a Comma before having that. This year I rescued a seedling from the crack in the pavement by our garages before my kindly neighbour did his bi annual weedkiller spraying, and after going very limp it seems to have settled down. It is also one of the few plants I can chop a bit off and manage to root cuttings from. Amazing how differently it performs for us.  Mine doesn't lose it's leaves at all, I actually thought most of them were evergreen. |
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Post by fozzie on Jan 18, 2007 15:28:31 GMT
Mines just vanished over fence, last seen travelling at approx 60 mph at an elevation of 12 feet in a westerly direction.
F
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Post by Rosefriend on Jan 18, 2007 15:34:16 GMT
Well I hope that it comes in my direction Foz, because I may well lose mine, especially after Dutchy had a good look at them.
Mine do actually still have a few leaves on them - never known before at this time of the year.
RF
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Post by sweetleaf on Jan 18, 2007 15:37:23 GMT
Mines just vanished over fence, last seen travelling at approx 60 mph at an elevation of 12 feet in a westerly direction. F Oh dear I hope it doesnt crash through someones window! I like your sig btw ! Vinum Exhilarat Animum (Wine Cheers the Mind) ...: Omnia Bona Bonis (To the good all things are good) ... |
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Post by fozzie on Jan 18, 2007 15:56:59 GMT
Thank you SL, I thought I'd put to use those seemingly hudreds of hours spent being taught Latin. I even shudder now at the memory, I never could see the point! The plant vanished over the fence that has an open field on the other side. If and when ithe wind subsides I'll go hunt the Buddliea.
What was mildly amusing was that while this plant headed off over fence, the bird feeders in the adjacent corner of the garden were barely swaying on their posts
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