Buddleja Tricolour - Buddleia Butterfly Bush Plant in 3 L Pot

Native to China and Japan the Buddlejas are one of the best known and loved of our garden plants. A semi-evergreen, hardy shrub, super reliable grower and great survivor, almost regardless of the conditions and of course it will attract as many butterflies as you have in your area! This listing is for the so called Tricolour plant, which is actually 3 different colour plants (white,purple,red) grown in the same 2 litre pot. These are very well established, multi branched plants that will flower in the current flowering season and produce a spectacular display of highly fragrant white, purple and magneto red flowers from July to October. Very easy to grow in almost any semi shade or full sun location in any soil that does not become waterlogged. Does well in poor soils. To achieve the longest flowering period, with these and other Buddlejas, it is important to prune out dead heads. You should also prune hard each spring soon after new growth begins if you wish to restrict size and to encourage even more flowers. This plant can be used in a mixed planting, as a central specimen plant or in a container. If planting in a pot or other container. Use a good quality John Innes compost as this plant will be there a long time and peaty types of compost eventually degrade and become too packed and choke the roots. Ensure you feed regularly as a hungry plant is a poor performer. We recommend Osmoscote pro 8-9 month applied in the early spring. One application gives all the nutrients the plant requires for the whole year. John Innes is a soils based compost.