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Buddleja 'Lochinch' (Butterfly bush 'Lochinch' )

Other names: Buddleja lindleyana 'Lochinch', Buddleia 'Lochinch'

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Variety or Cultivar
A lovely garden hybrid, with grey felted leaves and panicles on summer-flowering, sweetly-scented, violet-blue flowers. Buddleia are nectar rich plants, which encourage benefical wildlife, such as ladybirds, lacewings and hoverflies into the garden.
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Season of interest

Flower

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Flower

Foliage

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Foliage
Height and spread

Height and spread

Size Max height Max spread To maturity
4 m 4 m 2-5 years
13 ft 13 ft 2-5 years

Where to grow

Soil type
  • Chalky
  • Clay
  • Loamy
  • Sandy
Soil drainage
  • Moist but well-drained
  • Well-drained
Soil pH
  • Acid
  • Alkaline
  • Neutral
Sunlight
    Aspect
    • East
    • West
    • South
    Exposure
    • Exposed
    • Sheltered

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    Additional plant details

    Cultivation

    Tolerates many situations, but grows best in a sunny, well-drained situation.

    Suggested uses

    Beds and borders, Cottage/Informal, Drought Tolerant, Low Maintenance, Wildflower, Resistant to pollution, Instant

    UK hardiness

    H6

    USDA zones

    Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9

    Sunset zone

    H1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

    WUCOLS

    North-Central Coastal = Unknown
    Central Valley = Unknown
    South Coastal = Unknown
    South Inland = Unknown
    High and Intermediate Desert = Unknown
    Low Desert = Unknown

    Foliage

    Deciduous

    Habit

    Bushy, Irregular, Arching, Branching

    Native to

    Garden origin

    Drought tolerant

    Yes

    Flood tolerant

    No

    Fragrance

    The flowers are sweetly fragrant.

    Toxicity

    Not toxic

    Plant care

    Pruning

    The panicles turn brown, so deadhead as they fade to improve appearance.

    Propagation methods

    Semi-hardwood cuttings

    Pests

    Capsid bug

    Glasshouse red spider mite

    Leaf and bud eelworms

    Aphids

    Caterpillars

    Diseases

    Mosaic virus

    Prune late summer or autumn flowering shrubs (optional)

    Plant container grown plants in deep fertile, well-drained soil

    Take semi-hardwood cuttings in late-summer

    Deadhead regularly (optional)

    Plant container grown plants in a sunny postion

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    Discuss Buddleja 'Lochinch' with other Shoot members

    Re: Pruning a buddleia

    Angie Robertson
    936 0
    Jan
    Buddleias should be pruned March/April time. They flower on new wood. If flowering is over or you really need to prune now then prune the branches back by about a third.
    When new growth begins in Springtime you can cut back to around 8 inches.
    I hope this helps sort out your problem.
    Angie
    Posted: Tuesday 6th of August 2013 08:25 PM

    Pruning a buddleia

    Jan Minter
    936 1
    My buddleia has grown a lot in the past year and I am afraid it will eclipse the plants around it and become too tall. What should I do to keep it in check?
    Posted: Tuesday 6th of August 2013 07:53 PM Last reply: Friday 28th of February 2025 10:08 PM

    Re: buddleia

    Kathy N
    1532 0
    Hi, Kim
    Give your shrub the 'fingernail' or 'scratch test'. Gently scrape away a thin layer of bark on one of the upper branches. If you see green, the shoot is alive. No green, go farther in and/or farther down the plant. No worries if the top growth is dead because Buddleja is in pruning group 6 which means it should be pruned to a low, permanent frramework every spring just when the buds begin to swell. I have always hard-pruned my Buddleja because I don't like it when they get lanky and too open. 'Lochinch' is hardy so I suspect, as long as there was no problem at planting, it should be fine and you should see signs of life this month (if,of course, it is warming up where you live).
    Kathy C
    Posted: Tuesday 8th of March 2011 06:59 PM Last reply: Tuesday 8th of March 2011 07:01 PM

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    I planted a young buddleia plant in october near my sons grave. We have had some bad weather and wondered how I would know if its still alive. When would shoots start to appear? Is there anything I could do to help it on.
    Posted: Tuesday 8th of March 2011 09:09 AM Last reply: Sunday 30th of March 2025 05:00 PM
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