Buddleja 'Podaras 13' (Flutterby Petite Series) syn. Buddleja 'Flutterby Petite Tutti Fruitti Pink'
Butterfly Bush 'Flutterby Petite Tutti Fruitti Pink'
Orange-eyed pink flowers provide a dazzling display, as well as attracting butterflies, over several months from midsummer. A low-growing variety which is easy to care for, this shrub will look great in the mixed or shrub border, and it also does very well in pots.
Contributed by @robbiec
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Butterfly Bush 'Flutterby Petite Tutti Fruitti Pink'
Latin name
Buddleja 'Podaras 13' (Flutterby Petite Series) syn. Buddleja 'Flutterby Petite Tutti Fruitti Pink'
type
Flowering shrubs or trees
family
Scrophulariaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.65 M
0.65 M
Buddleja 'Podaras 13' (Flutterby Petite Series) syn. Buddleja 'Flutterby Petite Tutti Fruitti Pink'
Orange-eyed pink flowers provide a dazzling display, as well as attracting butterflies, over several months from midsummer. A low-growing variety which is easy to care for, this shrub will look great in the mixed or shrub border, and it also does very well in pots.
Planting Outdoors
From Late Winter TO Early Spring
Plant out in to a site that is fertile, free draining and in full sun,
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.
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.
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.
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