butterfly bush 'Pink Delight'

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Deciduous shrub about 1.8m tall, with arching stems bearing narrow, grey-green leaves whitish beneath, and slender panicles to 30cm long of bright pink flowers with orange eyes, produced from mid to late summer

butterfly bush 'Pink Delight'

Scientific classification

Species
butterfly bush 'Pink Delight' (Buddleja 'Pink Delight')
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 · Partial shade
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Distribution of butterfly bush 'Pink Delight'

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of butterfly bush 'Pink Delight'

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butterfly bush 'Pink Delight' care guide

Moderate deep watering during dry periods, free drainage preferred
Watering
Full sun · Partial shade
Sunlight
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Watering

Moderate deep watering during dry periods, free drainage preferred

Fertilizing

Balanced shrub feed once in spring

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-hardwood cuttings in summer

Growing

Grow in well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. 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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