Buddleja davidii 'African Queen'
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Bushy spreading deciduous shrub about 1.5-2m tall, with long slender mid-green leaves, and bearing panicles of fragrant deep maroon-purple flowers with a yellow throat, produced in summer

Scientific classification
- Species
- Buddleja davidii 'African Queen' (Buddleja davidii 'African Queen')
- Genus
- Buddleja
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
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- Toxicity
- Shrubs
- Plant type
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- Height
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- Spread
- Deciduous
- Foliage
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- Habit
- Spring · Summer · Autumn
- Season of interest
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of Buddleja davidii 'African Queen'
Distribution map
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of Buddleja davidii 'African Queen'
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Buddleja davidii 'African Queen' care guide
- Moderate regular watering, avoid prolonged drought and stagnant waterlogging
- Watering
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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Watering
Moderate regular watering, avoid prolonged drought and stagnant waterlogging
Fertilizing
Balanced perennial feed every four weeks spring through summer growth
Pruning
Shorten 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
Propagate by semi-ripe cuttings in summer, or by hardwood cuttings in autumn
Growing
Grow in 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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