Hello all, I need to know the life cycle of a buddleia. ie do they last
forever of die off after flowering. Thanks

well it won't last forever (not even plants have worked that out yet) but if
you mean 'will it come back into flower next year?' then the answer is yes.

it will also grow bigger (assuming it's not restricted from doing so).

wow that was quick and answered my question.

I think its a buddleia. Plant grew this year, is about 1 meter tall. Heart
shaped lime green leaves and strong smelling lilac willow lookie like
flowers. Sounds like buddleia to you?
"atwifa" wrote in message
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well it won't last forever (not even plants have worked that out yet) but
if
you mean 'will it come back into flower next year?' then the answer is
yes.

it will also grow bigger (assuming it's not restricted from doing so).

don't know about the 'heart-shaped' leaves ... although we all have
different ways of describing things ... here's a picture of a buddleia
flower and some of the leaves, together with the butterflies that are very
attracted to the plant

http://www.butterflygarden.co.uk/pla...66_p_ra_st.htm

.... if yours is like this, then you probably have a buddleia. if not, i
have the feeling it might be a lilac. do you have any pictures of your
plant that you could post up to your webspace?

"nelly_know_all" wrote in message
...
wow that was quick and answered my question.

I think its a buddleia. Plant grew this year, is about 1 meter
tall. Heart
shaped lime green leaves and strong smelling lilac willow lookie
like
flowers. Sounds like buddleia to you?

Actually, no. I don't like the "willow lookie like flowers" part of
your description..
That does not sound like a Buddleia at all. Willows make catkns.

Franz

In message , nelly_know_all
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Hello all, I need to know the life cycle of a buddleia. ie do they last
forever of die off after flowering. Thanks

It's a perennial and quite difficult to kill. The commonest species is
Buddleia davidii which has lilac/purple flower spikes. It's a very
common wild plant and grows pretty much anywhere, I have one growing out
of the chimney stack of my house.



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On 3/9/04 10:13 pm, in article , "Franz
Heymann" wrote:


"nelly_know_all" wrote in message
...
wow that was quick and answered my question.

I think its a buddleia. Plant grew this year, is about 1 meter
tall. Heart
shaped lime green leaves and strong smelling lilac willow lookie
like
flowers. Sounds like buddleia to you?

Actually, no. I don't like the "willow lookie like flowers" part of
your description..
That does not sound like a Buddleia at all. Willows make catkns.

Franz


The obvious thing is for the OP to go to Google imaging and look up lilac,
willow and buddleia and then come back to urg for advice on what s/he has
really got!
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