Eventual height & spread
Buddleja × pikei Unique ('Pmoore12') (PBR)
butterfly bush (syn. Buddleia × alternifolia Unique)
- 2 litre pot
- £19.54 £22.99
- In stock (delivery within 2-3 working days)
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- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: fast
- Flowering period: July to October
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Compact and extremely long flowering, this new hybrid form will liven up patio pots and borders. Flowering on new wood, the fragrant lilac flowers appear in abundance from early summer through to autumn and are an attractive source of nectar for butterflies. The flowers have no pollen and are sterile, so this variety will not self-seed around your garden. Easy to look after, it will appreciate a sunny spot and a hard prune in spring. Though fast-growing it will stay compact, reaching only about 1 metre tall, making this exciting new variety from renowned plantsman Peter Moore ideal for small spaces.
Plant out in a sunny spot and incorporate well-rotted manure or garden compost and perhaps some mycorrhizal fungi into the soil when planting. If planting out in a large pot (40cm+ diameter), use a loam-based compost such as John Innes 3 over several inches of drainage layer e.g. gravel.
Keep well-watered during warm weather until the plant has settled in fully, and once the plant has become established, prune it each year in March, cutting all of the previous year's growth back to within two to four buds (15cm or 6in) from the base.
Keep well-watered during warm weather until the plant has settled in fully, and once the plant has become established, prune it each year in March, cutting all of the previous year's growth back to within two to four buds (15cm or 6in) from the base.
