Buddleja Species, Orange Ball Buddleja, Orange Ball Tree

I got one of these plants from Annie's Annuals in Richmond, CA about 18 months ago. It took off immediately and is now about 10 feet high...Read More. But it has yet to produce a single flower! Everyone writes about it blooming all the time and I have nothing. Anyone have any clue as to why? Does it take a certain amount of time to bloom? I also live in Richmond, CA.

Beautiful exotic looking flowers, it's a departure from Buddleja davidii which is, I think, ugly compared to this plant.

...Read MoreHere it self seeds quite profusely, it likes our climate, and has made it into the nearby heathland/woodland fringe area.

I imagine it's a welcome 'weed' though, as it's very popular with bees and other pollinators.

Leaf hardiness, probably around -12C, plant hardiness, -15C to -20C.

I have 2 growing and one must be a seedling as I only ever planted the one cutting. Mine is over 10 feet tall because I never cut it. It ...Read Morelives right next to a large weeping willow so you can see it needs little water . I never water it . It was a small cutting 9 years ago, planted straight into the ground. Very hardy here in the far south eastern Australia. Clay soil . Hardly ever without a flower.

I have several of these shrubs growing well here in the North East of Scotland. My garden is very exposed, but they take our fierce (& f...Read Morerequent) winds in their stride- hurricane force 80mph+ with gusts at times reaching 112mph. Being only around 5 miles from the sea, we do not usually experience intense cold (rarely below -5 deg.c but occasionally -15) but even in our worst `freeze-ups' my globosas rarely lose any foliage, & never all of it. All mine came from one `mother plant' at my last home in Caithness. My mother in law
took a cutting which grew successfully in her garden in Orkney. She took a cutting off that one before moving here
near us in Banffshire from whence all the rest came... My best
one is now a 9ftx9ft beauty densely leafed & smothered in flowers, only 4 years from being a 10" baby ! I love them, as do the bees & moths. It`s a great boost for the wildlife in this
intensively farmed area where pesticides are so prevalent.
Incidentally I have heavy clay soil !