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white-flowered Chinese butterfly bush | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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white-flowered Chinese butterfly bush

Buddleja fallowiana var. alba

★ RHS AGMFragrant

Genus: Buddleja
Family: Scrophulariaceae

About this plant

A large deciduous shrub, branches arching and, like the lance-shaped leaves, covered with woolly white hairs. Flowers cream with an orange eye, sweetly scented

Growing Information

Height

1.5-2.5 Metres

Spread

2.5-4 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full SunPartial Shade

Soil

ClayChalkLoamSandy

Acid

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Alkaline

Neutral

Moisture

Poorly DrainedWell Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Under glass grow in loam-based potting compost in full light with good ventilation. Water freely in summer and keep just moist in winter. Can be grown outdoors in a sheltered site

Pruning

Pruning group 6

Propagation

Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings in summer

Pests

May be attacked by glasshouse whitefly and glasshouse red spider mite

Diseases

Generally disease free

Garden Uses

Uses

Cottage InformalFlower BordersGround Cover

Planting Places

OutdoorWall Trained

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

1.5-2.5 Metres

Spread

2.5-4 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Ten To Twenty Years