Buddleja (Buddleia) ‘Longstock Pride’

Buddleja (Buddleia) ‘Longstock Pride’

Buddleja ‘Longstock Pride’ (Buddleia/Butterfly Bush) is a unique and beautiful addition to any garden.

Raised by Peter Moore, a  Longstock introduction: www.bredbypetermoore.co.uk.
This plant is a result of the same cross as the rare B. ‘Pride of Hever’ and closely resembles it. The leaves are similar to B.lindleyana but with a slight serration. The bright purple flowers are arranged in open panicles and have a delicate scent. This deciduous shrub dies down in winter but comes back to life in late March. It is a sterile plant, so no seeds are produced.

• Height: Flowering to 1m
• Spread: Easily maintained to 1m
• Foliage Colour: Rounded grey green
• Flower Colour: Pale pink with an orange center round clusters loaded with small flowers
• Soil Type: Well drained, sandy, loam, chalk, clay
• Position: Full Sun - Partial Shade
• Hardiness: Hardy H6 (-15)
• Type: Deciduous Shrub

Supplied in either 9cm pot, 1 Litre, or 2 Litre pot, please select from the drop down menu when ordering.

Growing Advice: Buddleja can suffer from a few problems but these are easily remedied, mostly by pruning. Pruning should be rather straight forward but often plants are pruned too hard, too early (usually around late autumn and into winter), pruning this early can promote new shoots to grow through the early winter months, this is due to many Buddleja being semi-evergreen and happily continuing to grow through a mild winter. Once the frosts arrive in late winter (January/February) these young shoots are easily frosted and this can lead to a very late leafing up in spring or even loosing the plants altogether. The easy remedy is to prune established plants by a third in October/November to loosely shape the shrub then in late March/April you can prune the Buddleja down quite hard, even by another third if you wish and then the plant will grow away happily. This type of pruning will not affect flowering, a late spring/early summer light pruning will actually improve flowering