Buddleja 'Pink Delight' syn. Buddleja davidii 'Pink Delight', Buddleja x pikei 'Pink Delight'

Butterfly Bush 'Pink Delight'

'Pink Delight' is one of the finest buddleias, sporting tall spikes of claret buds opening to orange-eyed, pink flowers. The flower spikes grow to 30cm. It has a compact bearing and annual spring pruning will limit it to about 1.7m in height.

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plant Features

Full sun to partial shade
Very little water
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
Free draining

plant information

Common name

Butterfly Bush 'Pink Delight'

Latin name

Buddleja 'Pink Delight' syn. Buddleja davidii 'Pink Delight', Buddleja x pikei 'Pink Delight'

type

Flowering shrubs or trees

family

Scrophulariaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun to partial shade
Frost

Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

Soil

Free draining
Water

Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant
When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Butterfly Bush Pink Delight is 1.00meters x 1.70meters

1.00 M 1.70 M

Buddleja 'Pink Delight' syn. Buddleja davidii 'Pink Delight', Buddleja x pikei 'Pink Delight'

Planting Outdoors

From Late Winter TO Early Spring

Plant out in to a site that is fertile, free draining and in full sun,

Flowering Season

From Early Summer TO Mid Autumn

Long cylindrical scented flower clusters that can be white, yellow, pink, red or purple, butterflies love them.

Propagation by cuttings

From Mid Summer TO Early Autumn

Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.

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