I got one of these plants from Annie's Annuals in Richmond, CA about 18 months ago. It took off immediately and is now about 10 feet high...Read More. But it has yet to produce a single flower! Everyone writes about it blooming all the time and I have nothing. Anyone have any clue as to why? Does it take a certain amount of time to bloom? I also live in Richmond, CA.
I have 2 growing and one must be a seedling as I only ever planted the one cutting. Mine is over 10 feet tall because I never cut it. It ...Read Morelives right next to a large weeping willow so you can see it needs little water . I never water it . It was a small cutting 9 years ago, planted straight into the ground. Very hardy here in the far south eastern Australia. Clay soil . Hardly ever without a flower.
I have several of these shrubs growing well here in the North East of Scotland. My garden is very exposed, but they take our fierce (& f...Read Morerequent) winds in their stride- hurricane force 80mph+ with gusts at times reaching 112mph. Being only around 5 miles from the sea, we do not usually experience intense cold (rarely below -5 deg.c but occasionally -15) but even in our worst `freeze-ups' my globosas rarely lose any foliage, & never all of it. All mine came from one `mother plant' at my last home in Caithness. My mother in law
took a cutting which grew successfully in her garden in Orkney. She took a cutting off that one before moving here
near us in Banffshire from whence all the rest came... My best
one is now a 9ftx9ft beauty densely leafed & smothered in flowers, only 4 years from being a 10" baby ! I love them, as do the bees & moths. It`s a great boost for the wildlife in this
intensively farmed area where pesticides are so prevalent.
Incidentally I have heavy clay soil !
This plant has a very nice flower and its more hardy than thought.
i live in Germany in a 7a zone, but in my p...Read Morearents garten its 8a, with temperatures down to -10C in most winters and B. globosa is 2 meters , since 4 years outside and no problems .
This shrub is native to Chile, where it is known as "Matico" and used as medicine. Fresh or dry leaves herbal tea is used by ulcera pati...Read Moreents, as well as to aid digestion. Cold tea is used to disinfect superficial wounds and burnings (also as a compress).
I note it's said not to be hardy (someone said, min 27F). I'm in the North of England, and this last winter we had the usual couple of w...Read Moreeeks of well below freezing - this time with a foot of snow as well. Mine survived very well (and looked very pretty with the snow on it).
Has dark green, lance shaped, slightly hairy leaves, it may be semi evergreen in some gardens but ...Read Moretends to be deciduous. Bears small, round, clustered, orange or yellow flower heads.
Flowers July-October
Like a well drained, poorish soil in a warm sunny position. It isn't very hardy and the minimum temperature is about 23F.
Prune back flowering shoots but don't cut hard back like you would for B. davidii.
I got one of these plants from Annie's Annuals in Richmond, CA about 18 months ago. It took off immediately and is now about 10 feet high...Read More
Beautiful exotic looking flowers, it's a departure from Buddleja davidii which is, I think, ugly compared to this plant.
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I have 2 growing and one must be a seedling as I only ever planted the one cutting. Mine is over 10 feet tall because I never cut it. It ...Read More
I have several of these shrubs growing well here in the North East of Scotland. My garden is very exposed, but they take our fierce (& f...Read More
AKA Golden Ball Butterfly Bush.
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This plant has a very nice flower and its more hardy than thought.
i live in Germany in a 7a zone, but in my p...Read More
This shrub is native to Chile, where it is known as "Matico" and used as medicine. Fresh or dry leaves herbal tea is used by ulcera pati...Read More
I note it's said not to be hardy (someone said, min 27F). I'm in the North of England, and this last winter we had the usual couple of w...Read More
Mine grows to about six feet. The orange ball blooms smell of honey, watch out for bees sleeping on them.In full bloom now.
A shrub from Argentina.
Has dark green, lance shaped, slightly hairy leaves, it may be semi evergreen in some gardens but ...Read More