PlantFiles Pictures: Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac, Orange-eye Butterfly Bush 'Pink Delight' (Buddleja, 0 by ctindell

ctindell wrote:
My Pink delight is planted against my house where it gets the sun as soon as it comes up until around 3 depending on the time of year. The blooms last a vey long time. I'm wondering if that is because it doesn't get the afternoon sun.
This is only its second year. I will prune it mid winter to about 2 feet. Then I will not allow any braches to grow under the 1 1/2 ft mark. Kind of like what people do to crape myrtles. It look nice. More like a tree. I also dead head often. It is hard to keep up with on my black knight but not my pink delight. If I didnt love this bush so much I wouldn't go through the trouble. I know some people think its a crime to have them. I love the smell. I can smell them wafting through the air more than any other plent I have in my garden.