Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Poor pathetic buddleias: What's your secret to growing them?, 1 by tabasco

tabasco wrote:
Hi, everybody--

I have planted about six buddleias last year and this spring...(some were not much more than twigs, others were nice sized 2nd year plants).

Three of them have grown a little and have minimal number of flowers. One, a honeycomb, has gotten about six feet tall but the blooms are few and unimpressive. Another purple one is about two feet tall with a few blossoms. None are strong bloomers and attracting lots of butterflies...

So what am I doing wrong? I have them is 75% sun, good garden soil (too good?), fertilizer (when I think of it)...

maybe they need acid or basic soil? Some trace mineral that they are missing? I thought butterfly bushes were supposed to be easy to grow.

Plus, I seldom see butterflies visiting them. Any help on this would be appreciated... t.

a pic of my best bloomer--