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Buddleja 'Bressingham Bountiful'

butterfly bush (syn. buddleia)

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This vigorous and upright cultivar produces striking lavender flower heads up to 30cm (12in) long, filling the summer garden with a strong, sweet fragrance from mid-summer to early autumn.

Its blue-grey, lance-shaped foliage adds a silvery contrast, making it an eye-catching addition to mixed borders.

An improved descendant of Buddleja 'Lochinch', it boasts larger blooms and a more intense fragrance, while the flowers’ small yellow throats provide extra visual interest.

Buddleja 'Bressingham Bountiful' is a magnet for butterflies and beneficial insects, enhancing biodiversity in your garden while delivering long-blooming seasonal colour.

How to care for Buddleja 'Bressingham Bountiful':

Plant out as soon conditions allow, avoiding frozen or waterlogged soil. well-rotted manure or garden compost and perhaps some mycorrhizal fungi into the soil when planting.

Keep well-watered during warm weather until the plant has settled in fully, and once the plant has become established, prune it hard each year in March, cutting all of the previous year's growth back to within two to four buds from the base.
Flowering period:
  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec
Eventual height:
1.5m
Eventual spread:
1.5m
Position:

Full sun

Rate of growth:

Fast-growing

Soil:

Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil

Hardiness:

Fully hardy

  • InformationThis shrub is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.

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PL30012485
2 litre pot
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