Buddleja, Butterfly Bush, Orange-eye Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac 'Pink Delight'

The Royal Horticultural Society has given this cutivar its coveted Award of Garden Merit. "Distinct. The best pink. Large well branched i...Read Morenflorescences. Good compact habit. Inflorescence size 30x8cm. Height and spread 240x250cm." http://apps.rhs.org.uk/planttrials/TrialReports/Buddleja 201...

This species is short-lived (usually under 10 years). Hard pruning (to 6") annually in early spring helps it renew itself and improves bloom.

All B. davdii cultivars require weekly deadheading for them to look and bloom its best.

Butterfly bushes may be good nectar sources for adult butterflies, but they are not food sources for the caterpillars of any Lepidoptera native to the continental US.

In some places, B. davidii can be an invasive weed: England, France, New Zealand, and the states of Oregon and Washington. It has naturalized in eastern N. America but is not considered invasive there. Recent cultivars are usually selected for dramatically reduced fertility.This species has naturalized along the west coast of N. America from BC to Califolia, and also in 17 eastern states.

This is a great bush, but give it lots of room if it is in an ideal environment. Mine is in full sun and I use drip irrigation. Starts to...Read More bloom in July and I keep it blooming by deadheading (cracking the spent panicles with my thumb) until late September. The first bloom is amazing, with very big panicles. Subsequent blooms aren't as big, but are definitely worth it to you, the butterflies, the bees and the hummingbirds. I cut mine down every year around St Patrick's Day. It gets very woody, so it likes rejuvenation. After the first year, I cut it down to about a foot and a half above the ground. After that, it has big woody branches, so I'm able to cut it two or three feet from the ground. The person above who planted it and expected it to be a be a fine blooming bush in a month or two should have waited until the following year. It's settling in the first summer. It takes off in Year Two. I give it some miracle gro every few weeks. Maybe three times from spring to fall. It's a great bush for monarchs and swallowtails.

Bought this plant early this past Spring and planted it immediately. It is now early Autumn and the plant still has done very little. It ...Read Moregets full sun and is watered regularly. Spikes of blooms have been very small, not fragrant and spindley. The entire plant has only grown about an inch all season. I plan on yanking it out of my garden and tossing it. Back home in Chicago we had them as kids and they grew profusely and attracked bees and butterflies, not here in Florida.

Love this bush. The flower spikes look so beautiful Today is a windy day and they are nodding in the breeze and the fragrance comes rig...Read Moreht into my home. I made sure I planted them so that when the wind blew I'd get the fragrance inside.