PLANT PROFILE
Buddleja
Buddleja · butterfly bush
Four shrubs, two purple and two pink, that have grown large over eight years. In my garden, buddleja flowers from July until November.
| LIGHT | Sun recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| FLOWERING | July–November in my garden | |
| PLANTS | Four large shrubs | |
| COLOURS | Two purple · two pink | |
| IN MY GARDEN | For eight years | |
| PROVENANCE | HORNBACH · potted |
Portrait In my garden Care Photographs Sources
01 / PORTRAIT
Summer lingers
in November flowers.
Buddleja, or butterfly bush, gathers its small flowers into long clusters. In my garden photographs, butterflies rest on the pink blooms. The cultivar names are not recorded; I describe the plants as I have watched them over eight years.
02 / PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
In my garden
in Bran.
BRAN · NOVEMBER 2026
I have four shrubs bought in pots at HORNBACH eight years ago: two purple and two pink. They have grown very large and are very resilient in my garden.
I tidy them two or three times each season to support flowering. Here the flowers appear in July and continue until November; buddleja is still blooming at the beginning of this month.
I keep this seasonal tidying separate from pruning to shape the shrub. I have not yet measured their height, and I do not assign a cultivar name from flower colour alone.
03 / CARE
A few useful pointers.
Sun and drainage
For summer-flowering buddlejas, choose sun and well-drained soil. Allow room for the shrub to develop.
Spent flowers
Removing browned flower clusters may encourage more flowers. This tidying is different from hard pruning the whole shrub.
Prune according to species
B. davidii flowers on new growth and is pruned in early spring. B. alternifolia flowers on the previous year’s wood and is pruned after flowering. Check the identification before pruning.
04 / FLOWERS AND COLOURS
A closer look.
05 / SOURCES AND NOTES
A profile to return to.
Observations and photographs: Julia, garden in Bran. Four shrubs from HORNBACH, grown for eight years; tidied two or three times each season, flowering July–November. Recorded on 2 November 2026.