Buddleia davidii 'Wisteria Lane'

Planting Advice for Wisteria Lane Buddleia:

• Plant buddleias from late spring, as the soil warms. Container-grown plants can be planted right up to early autumn.
• Buddleias perform best in a sunny position in well-drained soil, although will tolerate most conditions apart from wet, heavy clay.
• Before planting soak container-grown shrubs thoroughly and allow to drain.
• Dig a planting hole 3 x wider than the roots of the shrub you're planting and mix some well-rotted compost or manure with the soil from the hole and use this to re-fill one the shrub is in place.
• Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
• Add Mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help plants establish quicker.
• Place your shrub in the hole at the same level at the pot then refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling).
• Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball and water well.
• Mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc

Care Advice for your buddleia:

• Mulch with manure in autumn or add a general-purpose fertiliser in late spring to improve the number of flowers, however, avoid a summer feed as too much fertility promotes leaf growth over flower production.
• Water freely when in growth and sparingly otherwise.
• Each spring apply a thin layer of mulch to retain moisture and control weeds.

Pruning Advice for Buddleia 'Wisteria Lane'

• Deadhead buddleia as the flowers fade to encourage new shoots and flower buds. Take off any spent blooms at the end of the year to prevent unwanted seedlings.
• Buddleias will tolerate severe pruning although this should be avoided until late spring.
• When no frost is forecast, cut stems down to around 30cm (1ft) to encourage larger flowers. If you want a taller plant, for example at the back of a border, stems can be left to 60cm (2ft).

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

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