Northeast Gardening: Visions of Spring '08!, 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
Pirl, did you prune the Buddleja back hard each spring before you finally whacked them for good? I moved some that were being rambunctious a few years ago from a mixed perennial bed to a spot in the yard that is a mix of Viburnums, High bush blue berries, Clethra, Syringa, llex, Rose of Sharon, Forsythia, so I really like the grey color leaf and Aug blooms. Plus now they are not in need of such careful and constant pruning being out in the yard. But since I have added some more Cultivars to other places in the garden. I now think I may be sorry if you found them a big bother. I have had little self seeding occur however. My favorite is still the one I trained as a tree, Buddleja alternifolia which blooms in the spring and again in the fall. It is in one of the mixed beds and is a delicate tangle of weeping limbs. Here it is in mid June. Patti