David's Buddha (photo) planting and care
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BUDDLEY DAVID - GROWING AND CARE
Buddleia is a genus of shrubs from the family of Noricnic, familiar to flower growers for such plants as Mullein, Nemesis, Sutera, Figelius and Diassia.
The most suitable view for the middle belt is the buddleigh of David.
This plant comes from Central China and Japan. It occurs on mountain slopes, forming thickets along with other shrubs, at an altitude of 800-3000 m above sea level.
In nature, this is a spreading shrub with arched branches drooping up to 5 m height. The leaves are narrow, the length of 4-20 and the width of 0,3-7,5,
Flowers fragrant, purple, violet, occasionally white with an orange eye, are collected in the apical racemose inflorescences from 5 to 30 cm. Aroma of honey. The homeland blooms from May to October, in culture - in late summer and fall.
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Buddley Care
The Buddha of David woven from contradictions.
On the one hand, it is a heat-loving shrub, absolutely non-resistant in the middle belt. On the other hand, it blossoms on the shoots of the current year, and even with the freezing of the entire aboveground part, new shoots, growing from the base of the bush in mid-summer, reach a size that allows abundant blossom to frost.
The ease with which the buddlei recovers after the harsh winters, sets up a frivolous attitude toward her: they say, in special care does not need. But if you give the bush to yourself, you will not achieve beauty from it. The main thing in care is correct and timely pruning.
Even in warm regions, where the buddley of David does not freeze and can grow in a tall bush, it is "planted on a stump" every year, that is, cut very shortly, since the strongest young shoots that grow from the base of the bush are most fluffily. In countries with mild winters buddlei, David is cut off early in the spring to admire the expressive graphics of the branches in winter.
In the middle strip pruning is carried out in the autumn. Crop the whole bush at a height of 10-15 cm from the ground.
In addition, during flowering, the wilting brushes are regularly cut. After such pruning, the bush not only looks neater, but also repeatedly blooms on the lateral shoots. As for the winter shelter, there is no consensus among domestic landscape designers, alas, no. There are adherents hilling the bushes with dry peat or shelter with a dry oak leaf. Opponents of this method argue that under a thick layer of peat the bushes are bunged out, and it is better to confine oneself to shelter from the lapnika.
Propagation of David's buddlei
Easily propagated by seeds, as well as green and lignified cuttings.
Varieties differ both in the color of the inflorescence and in the height of the bush.
The height of undersized varieties is no more than 1,5 m.
Find a place in the garden for the beautiful buddlei David very easily.
Along with other low shrubs, it is used in mixborders in compositions with herbaceous perennials, as well as in group plantings with other shrubs. It is suitable for low single-edged curbs.
Pruning shrubs to the same height allows you to get a neat, even line. Expressive silhouette with arcuate drooping branches attracts the view from afar, so the plant can become both a successful focal point and a noticeable accent. A single bush is sufficient to revive an empty corner, provided, of course, that this place is well illuminated by the sun. For lovers of natural gardens, the main advantage of buddlei is to lure beautiful butterflies into the flower gardens.
Buddleia sets the color and draws to itself a whole suite of plants in a pinkish-purple, purple and violet range - the Basilist Delaway, phloxes, clematis. Perovski, agastafa, sage, cat, geranium, mordanik.
From garden summers, the verbena buenos-ayres, the ageratum, the brachicoma, and petunia perfectly harmonize with the buddleus. Another traditional buddleigh companion in the same color is lavender. Where it is not sufficiently winter-hardy, the composition is decorated with lavender in containers.
It is impossible to imagine a Russian dacha in the second half of the summer without the overgrown dens of phloxes.
If you also like these flowers, then you can not find a place in a garden for a buddlei: almost any phlox variety can find a harmonious color match among buddlei. Successfully complement the raspberry-purple union of phlox and buddlei blooming at the same time Echinacea purple and perennial autumn asters. At the end of the season, they will be joined by large lilac glasses of co-settlers.
Tip: When planting cedarwood, correctly calculate the distance from the center of the bush buddleigh. The best place is on the circumference of the bush. If the planting is too close, the budding buds will be hidden under the buddlei's shoots.
Compact, moderately drought-resistant varieties of buddleia are a real find for container floriculture. A seedling from the nursery in a 3-liter container blooms in the first year.
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Where is it better to plant a buddleum
Not in every garden is the purple buddlei appearing to the place. If you find it difficult to find the right shade, in harmony with the other colors of your garden, feel free to choose a white-flowered buddleus. Neutral white is easy to incorporate into an already existing design. Moreover, where the bright colors of other plants argue with each other, the white inflorescences bring peace and peace, cooling the passions.
Not casually one of the white-flowered varieties is called 'Peace' - "peace". The white color of the buddlei is represented in a range of shades from pure white and greenish white to milky white and ivory. The white buddlei are especially good at the beginning of flowering, when the tops of the brushes still retain a shade of delicate lettuce leaves, and milk whiteness is already spreading in the base of the inflorescences.
The choice of white-flowered varieties is quite large, remember at least 'White Ball', 'NanhoAlba', 'Ivory', 'White Profusion', 'White Harlequin', 'White Bouquet,' WhiteWings', 'White Cloud'. For a stylish composition completely in white, add petunias buddlei, petite terry one-year asters of the same shade and ornamental plants with a white border or strip on leaves, for example hosts, ornamental grasses and sedges.
If you are composing a container composition for a large flowerpot, use herbs that can emphasize the silhouette of the shrub, including variegated cultivars of sedge Morrova (Carex morrowii), for example 'Variegata' or 'Silver Scepter', fountain falling over the edges flowerpot.
Butterfly inall ('Butterfly Ball'), 'Butterfly Heaven' ('Butterfly Heaven'), 'Reve de Papillon' ('Moth Dreams') - varieties of buddley, eloquently testifying to the addiction of butterflies and bees to nectar, which is abundantly contained in the flowers of this shrub. The buddley flowers are tubular, therefore nectar is accessible only to insects with a long proboscis.
Not only named, but also any other varieties of Buddha David - a real magnet for winged beauties.
See also: Growing decorative shrubs
In England, the shrub is called just a butterfly bush - butterfly bush. The flower magnet "works" from "solar batteries". In the penumbra and aroma of the bush is less pronounced and nectar flowers are given less. Therefore, to equip a paradise for butterflies should be exclusively on a sunny and sheltered from the wind place.
BUDDLEIA DAVID - LANDING AND CARE: ADVICE, RECOMMENDATIONS AND FEEDBACK
BUDDLEIA - MAGNET FOR BUTTERFLIES
At a certain moment every summer resident has a desire to plant on his plot not only useful plants, that is, vegetable and fruit crops, but also those that will simply please the eye and bring positive emotions to the country life thanks to their charming beauty. As an ornament of a personal plot it is possible to use the most various plants among which the special place is occupied with decorative bushes.
However, in recent times prices in nurseries for seedlings of such crops have increased significantly, and because of this many gardeners refuse to purchase them. But do not get upset, because you can try to translate your idea into life in another way - to grow such plants from seeds. In addition, there are such varieties that are very easy to reproduce by the seed method and already in the second year appear in all their glory. It is such a decorative shrub is the buddley of David, which I was able to grow myself without much trouble.
Decorative to this culture gives numerous elongated inflorescences of lilac color, which appear on a lush bush in early August and continue to please their beauty until October. The aroma of buddlei is really delicious, and during the flowering period this shrub attracts a huge number of insects. At this time David's buddlei becomes the brightest accent of my garden, as it resembles a lilac cloud - the plant forms inflorescences on virtually every shoot.
Despite the fact that buddlei seeds can be found in almost any garden store, this plant I very rarely see on other household plots. In addition, the seeds of this shrub germinate fairly quickly. Before landing, which was held in the second half of February, I wrapped them in a damp cloth and left it on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator for a week. Then she planted one seed in separate pots filled with loose fertile soil. Of the seven seeds, five were resuscitated. I nursed the seedlings the same way as for the usual seedlings: watered them in a timely manner, periodically fed them and lightened them with a fluorescent lamp on cloudy days and by all means in the mornings and evenings.
To quickly formed a lush bush, in May, planted the seedlings in one pit, which was located on a sunny and sheltered from the northern winds, and well fertilized with humus. At first buddlei grew very slowly, but after a month she started to grow actively. Inflorescence in the first year was not, but in the next season, this beauty was unspeakably surprised me with its incredible decorative.
It is worth noting that in our climatic zone in winter the entire surface part of this culture is frozen. However, in the spring, from the radical buds of growth, new young shoots are formed, which grow very fast, reaching a height of about 2 m, and blossom in the same season.
The Buddleum limit in all its glory and will please with luxuriant flowering if you keep the soil in its trunk circle in moderately moist condition throughout the season. In addition, it responds very well to fertilizing, which I spend at intervals of 3-4 weeks, alternating organic and mineral fertilizers.
Before the steady cold snaps I cut off all the buddlei shoots at an altitude of 15-20 cm from the soil surface and cover the rootstock with fallen leaves from the garden and chopped corn stalks. In the spring, the shelter is removed and immediately I fertilize with nitrogen fertilizers.
With such a simple care, the buddlei of David annually pleases me with his delightful beauty, and I do not cease to wonder how easy it was to grow such an amazing shrub from a small seed.
INTERESTING!
Nothing attracts our eyes so much and fascinates us, like butterflies hovering above flowers. Buddleia in English sounds - butterfly bush, which means "shrub for butterflies." And this is not accidental: when buddlea starts to bloom, a large number of large ornate butterflies fly to its fragrant bush, not counting various insect pollinators.
Buddleia is often called a "butterfly bush", "a magnet for butterflies", "a paradise for butterflies." And since peduncles with numerous small flowers appear on the plant in the autumn, then buddlei, somewhat resembling the structure of a brush lilacs, sometimes call and autumn lilac.
© Author I.Volkovska
KNOW THE CHARACTER OF BUDDLEY
Those who love the scent of hyacinths will probably be attracted to David's buddley - they have similar honey smells.
This beauty blooms from July to September, and even later. If you do not have it yet, do not miss the time - it is very good to plant plants in the ground in May. Buddley looks great in a bouquet planting - in a group of 3-4 bushes.
The plant is warm and photophilous. Prefers a calm place and rich drained soil.
Top dressing (from the second year) increases the number of inflorescences, as well as their size. At the beginning of the growing season they give nitrogen-containing mineral compounds, in the middle of summer phosphorus and potassium, according to the instructions. You can mulch the trunk circle with rotted organics.
Spring breeding
Seeds are sown in a container or greenhouse without stratification. They are only pressed to the soil and sprayed. Top is covered with something transparent. Germinate in the light at + 22-25 degrees. With this reproduction, the buddley blooms in the 2-3rd year.
Bushes are rarely divided, since the plant does not tolerate transplanting. Dig up adult specimens as soon as signs of growth appear. After planting delenok, it is important to monitor soil moisture for two weeks.
BTW.
Buddley can be used in cosmetic purposes. Preparations from this plant maintain skin elasticity and prevent the appearance of wrinkles.
Face oil: flowers are poured with olive oil and for a month they insist in a dark place.
It can be used at night, added to a moisturizer - a couple of drops.
© Author: Larisa BRAGUNETS, plant collector, Sovetskaya Gavan
BUDDLEIA SURPRISED THREE TIMES
Many years ago, I came across a bag with seeds of a still unknown and exotic plant called buddleia and bewitching inflorescences in the picture.
There were many seeds, but she sowed everything, not really counting on success. However, the shoots, which appeared with a “brush” a week later, surprised and delighted a lot.
Seedlings developed quickly. I just had my first season in the seedling business, and I gave this buddleia to buyers. They willingly accepted it, since very few people knew the curiosity.
The remaining plant was planted in her garden. And soon I was surprised a second time - the growth rate. And the third - when in August they also bloomed! And this fairy tale continued until the frost.
Unfortunately, those my first bushes froze out that same winter, as there was no experience in their conservation. But now there are no problems with this: in the fall I cut off all the shoots, leaving stumps of only 15-20 cm from the ground. I fill them with a thick layer of foliage or coniferous litter, and cover them with agrospan on top. In March, I remove the shelter (in the middle lane it is better to do this in April), and after 2-3 weeks young shoots appear.
BTW
Growing buddleia from seeds is not only easy, but also much more profitable than buying ready-made seedlings.
MY TIPS FOR GROWING BUDDELLA
Sow the seeds in January-early February in order to admire the flowering of the shrub in the same year.
Prepare a loose nutrient mixture (you can add compost to the finished seedling soil - 3: 1).
Sprinkle the spread seeds only lightly. Humidify with a spray bottle.
After the emergence of seedlings, place the container with the crops under the phytolamp, as the daylight hours are short in winter.
A week after picking, they can be fed with phosphorus-nitrogen fertilizer (according to instructions).
In May (when the danger of frost has passed) plant in a permanent sunny place.
The soil needs to be permeable and not heavy (it would be nice to add sand to the loam - 2: 1).
Watering is regular.
© Author: Galina MONASTYRSKAYA, h. Pigarevsky, Rostov region
BUDDLEIA: AUTUMN LILA
In early autumn, your garden will look especially impressive if you place David's buddley in it (this is the species that is grown in the middle lane). In a deciduous shrub up to 2 m high, small flowers are collected in spike-shaped inflorescences that look like lilacs. Therefore, the plant is also called autumn lilac.
REPRODUCTION OF BUDDLEIA
The easiest way is to propagate buddley with lignified cuttings, which I cut in the fall. I root in a container in moist soil under a film, which I open daily for ventilation. I regularly water the plants and feed them with a solution of complex mineral fertilizer once every two weeks.
In winter, I keep the container in an unheated bright room with a temperature not higher than +3 degrees. I plant in the garden in a permanent place in the spring after the threat of frost has disappeared. Buddleya does not like transplants, so it is important to choose the right place for her. It should be light, warm, protected from the wind, slightly raised so that the sun not only illuminates the plant, but also warms the earth. For shrubs, acidic, waterlogged and cold soils are detrimental. I generously fill the planting pit with rotted compost, mixing it with the ground.
WINTER SHELTER
Before frost, I cut the buddleia shoots to a height of 30-35 cm. I spud high with a mixture of dry peat and sand. I pour dry oak leaves on the bush and the near-stem circle and cover it with spanbond on top.
In early spring, when it gets warmer, I remove the span-bond, remove the leaves and cover again with a sheet. I fully open the bush only when the soil thaws.
THREE FEEDINGS FOR BUDDLEIA
I water Buddley abundantly in drought. And so that the moisture does not evaporate quickly, I mulch the soil under the shrub with humus with a layer of 10 cm.
During the season I feed 3 times: in the spring, the kidneys barely swell - with a solution of urea (3 tablespoons per 10 liters of water; the norm is a bucket per bush);
- in May - infusion of mullein (1:10; norm - 5 liters per bush);
- before flowering, I spray the leaves with a solution of Humat + 7 fertilizer (10 g per 20 l of water), and water under the root with a solution of potassium monophosphate (1 tablespoon per 10 l of water; the norm is a bucket per bush).
© Author: Marina ZAYTSEVA
WHAT TO DO WITH BUDDLEIA BEFORE WINTER?
This is one of the most unpretentious shrubs, blooming from July to November (subject to the removal of faded panicles). However, at the end of the growing season, he needs some preparation for winter.
It is important to remember that B. David, which is also called variable, is most suitable for growing in the middle lane.
CUTTING THE BUDDLE
Before winter, all branches are removed almost to the ground, leaving "hemp" 5-10 cm each (sometimes 15-20 cm are advised). There is no need to cut shoots in the southern regions, since the plant winters well there without shelter.
If the bush is cut partially, for example, to a height of 1 m, a wooden frame will still have to be installed above it and covered with a dense covering material. And the bush can be transplanted into a pot and taken to the basement or cellar for the winter. This is especially true for young (1-2-year-old) specimens.
FEEDING BUDDLEIA
Before and during flowering, the plant needs potash and phosphate fertilizers. For example, potassium sulfate and superphosphate are used. You can replace them with wood ash and bone meal, which are worth adding at the end of the growing season.
SHELTER BUDDLEIA
Warming is started when a stable minus temperature (-1-3 degrees) is established. First, the root system of the plant is mulched with compost or spud with humus. In this case, then you do not have to give spring nitrogen top dressing.
In regions with constantly snowy winters (for example, in Krasnoyarsk), buddleia under a thick layer of snow (0-5 m) winters well without additional shelter, but with partial pruning.
By the way, bushes grown from seeds winter much better than seedlings bought in a store.
© Author: Nadezhda CHIRKOVA, dendrologist, Izhevsk
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And what kind of figelius flower you are writing about?
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The handsome Cape Figelius (Cape Fuchsia, originally from South America) grows up to 90 cm per season and clearly surpasses its neighbors in the flower bed. Its tubular bells up to 7 cm long bloom along the peduncle from the bottom up, delighting with flowering from late June until the first frost.
The plant loves the sun, heat, water, does not tolerate drafts, it is not demanding on the soil.
For planting rooted figelius cuttings in open ground, I prepare holes with a diameter of 20 cm. At the bottom I put drainage from broken bricks and fill it with a mixture of garden soil with 1 tbsp. l. humus, 1 tbsp. l. bone meal, 1 tsp. nitrophosphate. I spill it with water and leave it to dry slightly for 2 days, then plant it and water it. Over time, the plant gives rise to shoots - I carefully separate the shoots with a knife and move them to a new place. Figelius hibernates in our south under cover.
In the spring and summer, I feed it once every 2 weeks with a liquid complex fertilizer for flowering. I sprinkle 3 tbsp around the bushes 1 times per season. l. wood ash for fertilizing and repelling slugs. These are the only pests that pester the plant. I have not observed any illnesses on it yet.
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How to grow a buddle of David from seed? Which capacities are better to use? When can I transplant the bushes into the garden?
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Seeds buddlei sow in early February, so that the seedlings had time to get stronger before transplanting into the open ground. Soil I use the purchased soil, but I add sand to it (2: 1). Sow immediately into individual plastic cups (5-7 pcs.), I pre-make holes in the bottom and fill it with 2 / 3 soil, then gently distribute the fine seeds over the surface, moisten from the spray gun, sprinkle (about 0,5 cm) I ram my palm.
Then I cover the glasses with food film and put it on the lightest window sill. Every day I moisten the soil and aerate the greenhouses. Shoots appear quickly, in 4-5 days. I shoot the film in 10 days. I leave in each container 2-3 seedling. I finish them with a lamp.
At the end of May (plants reach a height of 10-15 cm) I carry to the terrace. Evenly watered, avoiding overmoistening, otherwise they can rotate the roots.
In June I transplanted together with a lump of soil into the open ground to the most sunny place.
Once every two weeks I feed bushes with liquid complex fertilizers (according to instructions). At the end of August, here and there may even appear inflorescences. In the first winter, bushes must be covered with fir-tree paws. Early in the spring I remove the shelter. In the summer buddleya pleases me with abundant flowering and a huge number of butterflies, which attract its pleasant aroma.
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Can I grow a buddleus in the middle band of Russia? If so, how is it better to arrange a winter?
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Buddleya David is a very beautiful shrub, and many gardeners would like to have it on their site. Despite the fact that this plant comes from warm subtropics, it can grow in central Russia.
In central Russia, the buddley grows in the form of a shrub - in winter the aboveground part completely freezes out, but the root system is preserved and in the spring gives growth.
In order to receive buddle blossoms, one should observe the following recommendations:
plant buddleiu on a sunny, sheltered from cold winds;
before wintering, the bushes should be cut short, mulched and covered well (the best is dry-air shelter);
there is another option - a buddley bush is dug up, placed in a bucket or wrapped in polyethylene and stored in a cool room or basement until spring.
In case the plant still dies, you need to have young shrubs grown from cuttings, which easily hibernate in the basement, do not take up much space, and in spring, when planted in the ground, they quickly start growing.
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There is a variety of Blue Chip. Also dwarfish, compact, ideal for containers. I have it for years 5.
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Buddleja David (Buddleja davidii) with fragrant vanilla flowers, collected in large brushes, is an invariable favorite of gardeners. Among its advantages are not only a delightful aroma, but also a long flowering from June to August. A tall and sprawling bush used to require a lot of space in the garden. Everything has changed with the advent of the compact varietal novelty 'Summer Lounge', specifically
created for growing in a container. This miniature (reaches just 60 cm in height) the beauty grows well on the usual substrate and prefers completely sunny places. In spring, on the eve of the appearance of young shoots, the plant should be slightly "cut", so that it remains compact and forms larger
inflorescences. Important: although this representative of the flora is relatively winter-hardy, the ground in the pot quickly freezes, so for the winter the plant should be brought into a cool room. Tip: There are three options for a miniature buddley - with pink, purple and blue flowers. If you put all the "sisters" in one container, you get a full-fledged bright flower garden.