Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac, Orange-eye Butterfly Bush 'Pink Delight' (Buddleja

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ctindell Sterling, VA(Zone 6b) Jun 30, 2007

Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac, Orange-eye Butterfly Bush 'Pink Delight'
Buddleja davidii

Beautiful, Fragrant!

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kimmy222 Reading, PA Jul 01, 2007

Beautiful picture. Thanks for sharing it. I just went out today and bought a 'Pink Delight' butterfly bush. I hope mine turns out as beautiful as the one in your picture.

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ctindell Sterling, VA(Zone 6b) Jul 01, 2007

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.

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ctindell Sterling, VA(Zone 6b) Jul 01, 2007

Here is my black knight buttterfly bush. It was very small when I got it . It is aroung 4 years old now. I love it. It get all day sun until late afternoon. The blooms don't seem to last as long the pink delight's blooms. I love the fragrance.

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kimmy222 Reading, PA Jul 02, 2007

That's so unique. I've never seen one pruned that way before. Maybe I'll try that with one of my 'Black Knight'. Then I can use a little of the space below for small plants. Great idea.

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