buddleia

any ornamental shrub of the genus Buddleia, esp B. davidii, which has long spikes of mauve flowers and is frequently visited by butterflies: family Buddleiaceae

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Buddleia

a genus of plants of the family Buddleiaceae (formerly assigned to the family Loganiaceae). They consist of shrubs or small trees, sometimes herbs. Blossoms are usually small, numerous, variously colored, and gathered into large inflorescences. There are approximately 100 species distributed in tropical and temperate regions of America, Asia, and South Africa. Some species of Buddleia have been cultivated as ornamentals. David’s buddleia (B. davidii, B. variabilis) is a small tree with fragrant blossoms; it originated in China and has many garden forms. Other species can also be cultivated in gardens of the southern USSR. Buddleia grows rapidly; some plants begin to blossom at two or three years of age.

REFERENCE

Derev’ia i kustarniki SSSR, vol. 6. Moscow-Leningrad, 1962.

References in periodicals archive

To order by debit/credit card call 0843 922 5000 quoting SMTG059 or send a cheque made payable, using blue or black ink, to 'Garden Offers' to Buddleia Mixed Offer (SMTG059) PO Box 64, South West District Office, Manchester, M16 9HY or visit mirrorgardenoffers.co.uk

OFFER of the week

Some are more scented than others, with Buddleia salviifolia having the best fragrance of all, and described as smelling like Chanel perfume.

GREEN SCENE

Buddleia: "We have a massive problem with the butterfly bush," he says.

Help - the plants are invading my garden!

He said that July Road, August Road, Gloucester Road North and Victoria Road are all infested with buddleia, which is making walls unstable.

Beautiful, but destructive - plant that's spreading across city district; invasive buddleia damages walls and drain systems - and it's sprouting up everywhere

And as for poor buddleias, well, DEFRA says they are doing harm, sprouting out of buildings, choking up our railway system.

Border patrol; Some ornamental plants introduced from foreign shores have run riot in our countryside... and not everyone's a fan!

The lemon-yellow coreopsis lights up against the deep violet of the buddleia, and the orange butterfly weed glows in front of the blue mist spirea.

A butterfly garden by design

Always prune buddleia hard in spring, cutting back last year's growth to within 2in of the old wood.

OUTDOORS

The 3lb claimer got off the mark in the opening Buddleia Maiden Stakes on Sheikh Mohammed's Seattle Saga, the 10-11 favourite, but the partnership appeared beaten when Mister Aspecto poached a five lengths lead three furlongs out.

Deadly David at the double

I am also going to buy a buddleia. Thanks Birmingham Mail for giving us all of the information on garden insects.

Interesting facts on butterflies

Buddleia Sungold is a yellow flowering Butterfly bush that is simple to grow and will be covered in an abundance of yellow flower clusters on arching stems throughout the summer.

OFFER of the week; Gardening club

hav cotta che am I have a large white buddleia in front of the cottage, which I prune enthusiastically and which cheerfully regenerates to block a substantial amount of my view every year.

GREEN SCENE WITH LYNNE ALLBUTT; POINT OF VIEW PO

|amazingly QIS it too late to cut back our buddleia? We really love our butterfly bush but it is starting to take over the garden.

ask Carol