Buddleja Little Lila (’BotEx 004’) (PBR) (Butterfly Candy Series)
butterfly bush (syn. buddleia)
This new butterfly bush puts on a dazzling display in summer, and it's ideal for smaller spaces. A dense shrubby plant...
2 litre pot
£26.99
available to order from spring 2027
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Plant description
This new butterfly bush puts on a dazzling display in summer, and it's ideal for smaller spaces. A dense shrubby plant reaching just 80cm or so, it's topped from midsummer to early autumn with conical sprays of lilac flowers, which attract butterflies in their droves.
Buddleja Little Lila will flourish in a sunny spot, and will also live quite happily in a pot where space is at a premium.
Buddleja Little Lila will flourish in a sunny spot, and will also live quite happily in a pot where space is at a premium.
Eventual height & spread
Flowering period
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Plant features
Position
Full sun
Rate of growth
Fast-growing
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, but well-drained soil, or general-purpose loam-based potting compost
Hardiness
Fully hardy
How to care for Buddleja Little Lila (’BotEx 004’) (PBR) (Butterfly Candy Series):
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.
Please note:
This shrub is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.
