butterfly bush 'White Cloud'
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A shrub to around 3m tall and wide, with arching branches and lance-shaped leaves. Pure white flowers with yellow eyes are borne in narrow, dense panicles 20-30cm long from summer into autumn
Scientific classification
- Species
- butterfly bush 'White Cloud' (Buddleja davidii 'White Cloud')
- Genus
- Buddleja
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
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- Toxicity
- Shrubs
- Plant type
- 2.5-4 metres
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- Deciduous
- Foliage
- Bushy
- Habit
- Spring · Summer · Autumn
- Season of interest
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of butterfly bush 'White Cloud'
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of butterfly bush 'White Cloud'
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butterfly bush 'White Cloud' care guide
- Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings
- Watering
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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Watering
Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings
Fertilizing
FertilizingBalanced perennial feed every four weeks from spring through summer
Pruning
PruningShorten last year's flowering stems to one or two buds from the older woody framework. Remove thin, weak and dead shoots. Prune in early to mid-spring as growth resumes; avoid winter pruning that exposes new shoots to frost.
Propagation
PropagationPropagate by semi-hardwood cuttings
Growing
GrowingGrow in fertile well-drained soil in full sun. See buddleja cultivation for more detailed advice
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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
May be susceptible to honey fungus, fungal leaf spot, and virus diseases
Pests
May be susceptible to aphids, capsid bugs, caterpillars, earwigs, figwort weevils, glasshouse red spider mite, leaf and bud eelworm, and mullein moth
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