Buddleja x davidii 'Notbud' Masquerade - Arbre à papillons, Buddleia de David, Buddleia du père David, Lilas d'été
Buddleja x davidii 'Notbud' Masquerade - Arbre à papillons, Buddleia de David, Buddleia du père David, Lilas d'été
Buddleja x davidii 'Notbud' Masquerade
A magnificent variety, the bush has already tripled in size in one year, I am delighted!
Florence, 16/09/2022
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Description
The Buddleja davidii MASQUERADE ('Notbud') is a beautiful variegated butterfly tree, as interesting for its foliage as for its summer flowering. Its grey-green leaves, edged with cream, light up borders and informal hedges, and its long spikes of purple-violet, fragrant flowers are much visited by butterflies. This ornamental shrub is quite hardy and undemanding in terms of climate and soil.
This butterfly bush belongs to the family Scrophulariaceae. The species Buddleja davidii is called the butterfly tree, David's buddleja or Father David's buddleja. It is native to Tibet and central and southern China, where it grows in open habitats, on rocky slopes, disturbed banks and open thickets. MASQUERADE is the trade name for the cultivar 'Notbud', a variegated selection obtained in the United Kingdom, at East Malling, and distributed under licence by Notcutts. It was presented as an improvement over older variegated butterfly bushes, particularly for its decorative foliage. It is a deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub depending on the climate. Its shoots, initially upright, arch under the weight of the inflorescences. In open ground, it reaches 1.50 m to 2.50 m in height for a comparable spread, according to annual pruning. Its leaves are lanceolate to ovate, grey-green, irregularly edged with cream to pale yellow. The flowering appears on the current year's growth, from June-July to September. The flowers, small but numerous, are gathered in conical panicles 15 to 25 cm long. Their colour varies from purple-violet to violet-red depending on the light. They are fragrant, with that honey scent typical of butterfly bushes. Each flower has a small, discreet orange throat, useful to visiting insects. The fruits are small capsules containing numerous fine seeds. Like the type species, this variety is not reputed to be sterile: in gardens near fallow land, railways, banks or natural habitats, it is preferable to cut off the faded panicles before seed formation.
Introduced to Europe at the end of the 19th century, Buddleja davidii conquered gardens due to its generous flowering; it now requires more responsible cultivation, including regular pruning and monitoring of any seedlings.
In the garden, the butterfly bush MASQUERADE finds its place in a large flowering hedge or in a large shrub border, in full sun, in ordinary, well-drained soil. It pairs well with the Weigela florida 'Alexandra', dark purple, the Philadelphus 'Belle Étoile' with fragrant flowers, the Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Chiffon' which takes over in summer with its large lavender-blue flowers and the Choisya 'Aztec Pearl', evergreen, which offers fragrant white flowers in spring.
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Buddleja
x davidii
'Notbud' Masquerade
Scrophulariaceae
Buddleja davidii 'Masquerade', Buddleja davidii 'Notbud'
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Plant Buddleja davidii MASQUERADE ('Notbud') in spring or autumn, outside periods of frost and drought. Choose a sunny position, as flowering will be more abundant and the variegated foliage more luminous. Light partial shade is tolerated, but the shrub will flower less. The soil can be ordinary, poor, stony or chalky, as long as it is well-drained. In heavy soil, loosen widely and add gravel or well-rotted compost to avoid stagnant water in winter. Water regularly the first year, then only during long dry spells.
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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.
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