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Post by Geranium on Mar 16, 2013 18:00:38 GMT
That's why I prefer Hebes. The white Buddleias look awful when the flowers go brown.  Having said that, mine is/was a purple one. |
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Post by Auricula on Mar 16, 2013 18:03:13 GMT
I'm not keen on hebes either.....my budd is mauve
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Post by Geranium on Mar 16, 2013 18:06:06 GMT
We had to get rid of several Hebes - there were 13 of them here when we came!  One was so ginormous that it blocked the light in the sitting room. Then several died in the severe weather in winter 2010/11. |
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Post by Auricula on Mar 16, 2013 18:08:50 GMT
I took out a huge one a couple of years ago, it swamped everything ::)don't have any now
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Post by Geranium on Mar 16, 2013 18:11:01 GMT
I don't blame you, really.
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Post by Dutchy on Mar 18, 2013 18:33:20 GMT
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Post by Chuckles on Aug 9, 2013 16:14:16 GMT
I reckon I've got to send my big purple budd at the top of the garden to the budd garden in the sky  with me not being here much last year and not having much time for the garden this year it has got rather out of hand, other stuff has grown up around it too. I've got a lovely dark pink one in another part of the garden so the butterflies will still have their food. I've also realised I've got a cutting of a white one now I've seen its started to flower, not sure where I got that from or when I got it  |
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Post by Jilly on Aug 9, 2013 17:45:11 GMT
I had one that got really out of hand Chuckles I sawed it off at the base & it's come back much more restrained. I'm so happy  after a year's wait I've got flowers on Rosefriend special Budd, thanks so much Jasmine for the cutting, I think it's just beautiful & so do the bees & butterflies    |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 9, 2013 17:47:57 GMT
Well done Jilly - it's my favourite budd by far! My black knight started to sprout and then slowly wilted and died...I hope it's not the dreaded honey fungus - budds are supposed to be quite susceptible. |
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Post by Jilly on Aug 9, 2013 17:56:31 GMT
 that it isn't Jasmine. I'm not sure how this one is going to get on long term as it's in a pot (quite a big pot  ) puts on lots of healthy growth doesn't it  |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 9, 2013 18:36:05 GMT
It reaches triffid like proportions in the ground Jilly! But the good thing is that you can cut them back really hard each year. Cuttings are easy in water if you want a back up too! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 11, 2013 6:00:47 GMT
It's lovely Jilly, I really like it, well done. My own little Buzz which came from Jasmine a good few years ago now is happily growing in it's pot and flowering well. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 11, 2013 6:32:17 GMT
My special Budd is still alive and was magnificent this year, just going over now. However I've got a problem here - it has got too big, more wide than anything, in the ground, even though I hacked it back to a foot in the spring and it can't stay in the front garden.
So I want to move it but am I right in thinking that Budds don't like that as they have a tap root. It's only been in a year there - maybe I have a chance??
RF
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 11, 2013 9:09:49 GMT
Well, every plant that is moved has 2 chances Rosefriend!!! Have you got some cuttings on the go just in case? I have a few baby plants but I am very fussy about who I give them too - I don't sell them at my plant sales  Is your budd buzz in the pot still quite big Ladygardener? I have one in a pot and it is quite big but not proper budd size and one in the ground that's a bit more surrounded and isn't quite so big. I'll take some pics. I guess the one in the pot gets fed and watered better than the one in the ground. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 11, 2013 9:16:36 GMT
Well, every plant that is moved has 2 chances Rosefriend!!!
Have you got some cuttings on the go just in case?
I have a few baby plants but I am very fussy about who I give them too - I don't sell them at my plant sales Is your budd buzz in the pot still quite big Ladygardener? I have one in a pot and it is quite big but not proper budd size and one in the ground that's a bit more surrounded and isn't quite so big. I'll take some pics. I guess the one in the pot gets fed and watered better than the one in the ground. 2 chances is true but I would hate to lose it Jasmine...no cuttings - better remedy that, hadn't I !! The RF Special Budd at your plant sales - heaven forbid woman, you need tying down if you do that !! RF |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 11, 2013 9:26:44 GMT
Take some cuttings immediately Rosefriend! I find, cos I get a thing about moving things and have to do it straight away, that most stuff moves ok just as long as it gets a good soak til its found its feet/roots! It's not kind and generous not to be able to share things though is it...still not sharing the budd with anyone who's not on here!  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Aug 11, 2013 9:34:09 GMT
Take some cuttings immediately Rosefriend! I find, cos I get a thing about moving things and have to do it straight away, that most stuff moves ok just as long as it gets a good soak til its found its feet/roots! It's not kind and generous not to be able to share things though is it...still not sharing the budd with anyone who's not on here! Oh I can be kind and generous but like yourself nobody not on GWD gets a RF special budd - don't even tell them where I have bought it and the normal GC's haven't got it - even Olaf hasn't !!!!!! Will get some cuttings today !! Yes I think you are right - it's water, water and water and a prayer that we don't get a minus 25degC winter !!! RF |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 11, 2013 10:31:32 GMT
Well yes, you do have those winters to contend with too Rosefriend |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 11, 2013 17:25:52 GMT
Well, every plant that is moved has 2 chances Rosefriend!!! Have you got some cuttings on the go just in case? I have a few baby plants but I am very fussy about who I give them too - I don't sell them at my plant sales Is your budd buzz in the pot still quite big Ladygardener? I have one in a pot and it is quite big but not proper budd size and one in the ground that's a bit more surrounded and isn't quite so big. I'll take some pics. I guess the one in the pot gets fed and watered better than the one in the ground. , it's a lovely size and does very well in the pot but surprisingly dries out very quickly. When I see them growing in the side of a wall I wonder why mine needs so much water when they can't be getting that much. I think I'll take some of the soil out next spring and add John Innes or something loamy to see if that helps. I love it 'tho and am very happy with it. |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 11, 2013 17:28:21 GMT
Good thought Ladygardener - our neighbour has one growing out the side of their chimney pot - not much earth or moisture up there and yet mine wilt quickly in the sunshine! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 11, 2013 17:36:31 GMT
Oh I'm glad to hear yours wilt too Jasmine, I wondered if I was doing something wrong. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 13, 2013 6:27:31 GMT
Here is Jasmine Buzz Budd that I've had for a few years now. Growing well in it's pot.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 13, 2013 7:09:53 GMT
You're right Ladygardener - yours is bushier and a bit shorter but looking very healthy! I suppose keeping them in a pot may help to keep them under control size wise. I think I always imagined the buzz buds would be smaller than they are |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 13, 2013 7:26:36 GMT
Yes I did too somehow Jasmine. They would I think have the potential to grow quite big.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 13, 2013 7:52:52 GMT
I wonder if they'd forget to be miniature if they were in the ground |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 13, 2013 10:45:26 GMT
I think Jilly has one as well, I wonder what size hers grew to. |
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Post by Jilly on Aug 13, 2013 10:49:28 GMT
About the same size as yours Ladygardener or perhaps a bit bigger, it's in quite a small pot too so it dries out quite quickly, there's no way it's going in the ground though, we planted Mum's in the ground & it's gone mental. I've got an Ivory one too & that looks to be going the same way. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Aug 13, 2013 10:58:25 GMT
Ah I did wonder Jilly. Still I guess they do stay small if you prune them right back as we have done and they're manageable. |
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Post by Dutchy on Aug 13, 2013 17:48:57 GMT
Hm at least out here one can be certain that buds in pots die. No buds growing out of impossible places on walls chimneys or by the side of the railway either. They do like it dry and we have too moist winters. And too cold and no I am so not going to overwinter a bud in the GH. Never mind that the special bud I had in pot that did get through winter turned out to be a... Deutzia..... don't ask.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Aug 13, 2013 18:11:50 GMT
Oh dear Dutchy! So buzz buds in pots then - although I have an ivory one planted in the ground on the terrace - it's so swamped with other stuff I'm sort of hoping that will keep it in control! |
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Having said that, mine is/was a purple one. 
One was so ginormous that it blocked the light in the sitting room. Then several died in the severe weather in winter 2010/11. 
with me not being here much last year and not having much time for the garden this year it has got rather out of hand, other stuff has grown up around it too. I've got a lovely dark pink one in another part of the garden so the butterflies will still have their food. 
) puts on lots of healthy growth doesn't it 
