BUTTERFLY BUSH (Buddleia)
Pond is ready for liner now, still unsure whether to attempt to reuse old liner or purchase new, can purchase new one on line including shipping for cheaper than I CAN buy locally. Hubby in favor of new liner, thinks less headache value, can use old liner for the shallower areas of new pond , and plenty of other uses always for left over liner , great weed barrier for under new deck, or for under gravel of new side path.
Forsythia showing no signs of roots yet but early days still, but I think I have decided on not making new hedge all forsythia I will maybe throw in a few Butterfly bushes here and there for a little variety and color to distract from the forsythia’s summer green plainness.
Not quite as nice a hedge plant as the Forsythia perhaps as it can be an unruly garden guest. The Butterfly Bush is not a neat, tidy flowering shrub, If that is what you are looking for, may be it isn’t the plant for you. Its considered by some to be a bit of a scraggly plant in its appearance,however if you can get past this and appreciate the Buddleia for its the large, and abundant , colorful, fragrant blossoms that are magnets for butterflies and bees, if you choose a red variety even humming birds are drawn to it, then you might want to give it a try. It is very easy to grow, and hard to kill, and becomes established very quickly growing up to three feet in its first year , even when grown from seed. See full description in plant profile.
There is a particular kind of Butterfly Bush called Fountain or Weeping butterfly bush, ( Buddleia alternifolia) part of its name describes the plant’s alternately arranged leaves, and this form is unique among the buddleias. The leaves are long and narrow, and are grey-green in color. This member of the buddleia family may trained to form a standard, or single stem, so it looks like a small tree. see STANDARD FORMING BUTTERFLY BUSH