Weyer butterfly bush
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Spreading, deciduous shrub to 4m tall, with long arching stems bearing mid-green, lance-shaped leaves to 20cm long, grey-green when young. Rounded clusters of fragrant, pale orange flowers tinged pale purple, with an orange eye, produced in open terminal panicles, in summer and autumn
Scientific classification
- Species
- Weyer butterfly bush (Buddleja × weyeriana)
- Genus
- Buddleja
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
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- Toxicity
- Shrubs
- Plant type
- 2.5-4 metres
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 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 Weyer butterfly bush
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of Weyer butterfly bush
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Weyer butterfly bush care guide
- Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings
- Watering
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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 spring.
Propagation
PropagationTake softwood cuttings in spring and summer, semi-ripe cuttings from midsummer or root hardwood cuttings from autumn to midwinter and keep frost free
Growing
GrowingGrow in any 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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