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

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
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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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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