Description
Buddleja/ Buddleia fallowiana | Fallowiana Butterfly Bush ‘Blue’ (blue flower form)
A deciduous shrub native to Yunnan, Sichuan, and Xizang, China.
Fallowiana or Fallows Butterfly Bush (named after George Fallow), also sometimes called Chinese Butterfly Bush, is a flowering shrub with arching branches bearing lance-shaped, heavily-felted, whitish, silvery-green leaves that are soft to the touch, and panicles of highly-fragrant pale blue with orange eyes, blooming from late summer into early fall. The aroma is similar to that of the Buddleja davidii, but even sweeter. The flowers are similar too, but are a little bit smaller. The structure is similar, but fallowiana is slower growing, shorter, and a little more compact.
The plants that grow from these seeds will have slight variation in the foliage fuzziness, plus flower structure and color.
Buddleia fallowiana naturally grows in open woodland, forest edges, and stream banks in mountainous elevations. In the garden, it grows best in fertile, free-draining soil in full sun. Will tolerate some shade. Goes mostly deciduous in winter and may die back to the ground in extremely cold winters. Site in a sheltered spot if possible. For the healthiest growth it is recommended to soft-prune in late autumn and then hard prune down to your knees in April.
B. fallowiana was one of the parents used to create the famous Buddleja hybrid, B. ‘Lochinch’.
Type: Perennial
Sun exposure: Full sun
Mature height: 6 ft
Mature width- 6 ft
Hardiness zones: 7-9
UNROOTED CUTTINGS:
- Price is for five cuttings (5)
- Each cutting is 4-9 inches long. May be single top or multi-top.
- Guaranteed to be green, healthy, and alive. Plus pest and pathogen free.
- Guaranteed to be true-to-name.
- Please only order unrooted cuttings if you are familiar and comfortable with rooting plants
- Plant orders shipped out on Monday and Tuesday ONLY.
- If it’s believed the plants are not alive and healthy when you receive them you must let us know any concerns you have within 24 hours of arrival. If we do not hear any concerns within 24 hours it will be assumed that everything arrived in good standing. We cannot be held responsible for mishaps, errors, mistakes, or bad luck after this time frame.
ROOTING INSTRUCTIONS:
How to prepare cuttings to root via rooting cubes inside a humidity dome.
- Upon arrival, give cuttings a new fresh cut on the bottom of the stem. Then set in a cup of water for a minimum of 15 minutes.
- After soaking, gently cut or scrape small marks into the bottom portion of the plant stem (½ inch) with scissors or a razor blade.
- Dip the scarred end of the stem into rooting gel or rooting powder (gel is superior). This can be done without rooting gel, but results are not as good.
- Insert the plant stem into a rooting cube (Oasis cubes, grow plugs, soil-cubes, rock-wool cubes, etc) and place into a nursery tray with a humidity dome over the top. One cutting per cube. Custom individual humidity domes can be made using plastic cups and/or plastic cling wrap.
- After the first 3-5 days, the humidity dome should be opened up or set ajar to slowly allow more air in as the plants start to root. At this point, the cubes should be allowed to become mostly dry before adding any more water.
- Once 2-3 roots grow out of the bottom of the root-cube, the plant can be transplanted into soil.
- More detailed rooting instructions will accompany your order.
