Description
Buddleja/Buddleia interspecies hybrid | Butterfly Bush ‘Lochinch’ (B. davidii x B. fallowiana)
Butterfly Bush, also known as Summer Lilac, is a fast-growing, semi-evergreen shrub that has an upright, stretching habit.
These are open-pollinated seeds of the ‘Lochinch’ Buddleja cultivar, which is an inter-species butterfly bush hybrid that came from a seedling found in the garden of the Earl of Stair at Lochinch Castle, Wigtownshire, Scotland, in 1940. The shrub can grow to 5×5 feet in the first year and 6-10 ft on average at maturity, but can ultimately grow up to 17×17 feet if left unpruned! Mature Buddleja Lochinch plants are magnificent to see and stand apart from Buddeja davidii because the leaves are silver in color (from the fallowiana) and compliment the sweet, honey-scented periwinkle-blue flowers wonderfully. The stems are white and are covered with soft, fine white hairs.
Butterfly Bushes ability to grow on waste ground, demolition sites, railway-lines and even in the mortar of walls is remarkable. Native to China its natural habitat consists of forest clearings, riverbanks and limestone outcrops. For the healthiest growth it is recommended to soft-prune in late autumn and then hard prune down to your knees in April.
B. ‘Lochinch’ was given the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit in 1993, and was reaffirmed in 2010.
Type: Perennial
Sun exposure: Full sun
Mature height: 17 ft
Mature width- 17 ft
Hardiness zones: 6-9
UNROOTED CUTTINGS:
- Price is for three cuttings (3)
- 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 comfortable and familiar 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.