Buddleja davidii Lo and Behold Pink Micro Chip - Butterfly Bush
Buddleja davidii Lo and Behold Pink Micro Chip - Butterfly Bush
Buddleja x davidii Lo and Behold® Pink Micro Chip
Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac
Tree that has been struggling to recover since it was replanted 1 year ago. And this despite the good care provided.
danand 51, 01/05/2024
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Description
Buddleia 'Pink Micro Chip' (Lo & Behold®) is a new and unique variety of butterfly bush from the United States This miniature bush is a real gem for the terrace, but also a very pretty plant that integrates perfectly into perennial plant beds. With an unusual habit, as wide as it is tall, and a neat appearance, it is perfectly hardy and has the advantage of flowering earlier than its larger siblings, and until late in the season, in lovely mauve-pink spikes. It is a plant for small spaces, romantic terraces, rockeries, and sunny borders. It adapts to all ordinary and well-drained soils, even poor ones, but requires full sun to thrive.
This buddleia is the result of extensive hybridisation work between the species B. davidii, B. lindleyana, B. globosa and B. fallowiana. If you don't have a buddleia in your garden because of its invasive reputation, this variety is made for you! Indeed, Buddleia 'Pink Micro Chip', the smallest of the Lo & Behold® series, only reaches 55 cm (22 in) in all directions. It forms a small, prostrate shrub, with a unique, bristly, and rounded habit. Its growth is rapid. It has the advantage of being sterile and therefore does not spread by spontaneous sowing! It develops deciduous, opposite, ovate leaves, 6 to 7 cm (3 in) long, with a matt grey-green colour on the upper side, lighter on the underside, carried by upright and fairly rigid branches. From June to September-October, it bears slightly arched flower spikes, in a pinkish-mauve colour, with a red throat, 10 cm (4 in) long, whose scent attracts many butterflies.
'Pink Micro Chip' likes well-drained soils and sunny, not too windy locations. Remove faded flowers as they appear, only for aesthetic reasons if desired, and prune severely once a year, from March to April. There is no shortage of ideas to highlight this adorable and unusual buddleia, as beautiful in the ground as in a pot. It can be used as an isolated plant, in shrub beds, as a border, in rockeries, or as ground cover. It can be planted, for example, with shrubby potentillas, creeping ceanothus, shrubby veronicas, ground cover roses, shrubby or perennial salvias, daylilies, Peruvian lilies, and many other plants according to the tastes of each gardener.
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Botanical data
Buddleja
x davidii
Lo and Behold® Pink Micro Chip
Buddlejaceae
Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Plant in autumn or early spring, in well-drained and well-prepared soil, even calcareous and poor soil, in full sun. Water regularly to ensure establishment, especially during the first dry summers. You can remove faded flowers as they appear to make it look even more beautiful, but this job is not essential. Prune severely every year from March to April. It may be subject to aphid attacks. Potted plants will require regular watering as well as fertilisation with bush flowering fertiliser during the growth and flowering period.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:- In zones 9 to 10 (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), flowering will occur about 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
- In zones 6 to 7 (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and lower mountainous regions), flowering will be delayed by 2 to 3 weeks.
- In zone 5 (Central Europe, Scandinavia), blooming will be delayed by 3 to 5 weeks.
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
- In Mediterranean zones (Marseille, Madrid, Milan, etc.), autumn and winter are the best planting periods.
- In continental zones (Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, etc.), delay planting by 2 to 3 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 2 to 4 weeks in autumn.
- In mountainous regions (the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, etc.), it is best to plant in late spring (May-June) or late summer (August-September).
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.