BUDDLEIA
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Shallot Man
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Have my Buddleia in full bloom. Not a butterfly in sight.
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madasafish
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We lost 7 out of 13 Buddleia last winter and the remaining ones have only survived by shoots from the base. All prior year top growth is dead..
(Also lost ceanothus,passion flower, hypericum and clematis).
What's a butterfly?
(Also lost ceanothus,passion flower, hypericum and clematis).
What's a butterfly?
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retropants
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I've seen a few, but not many. I lost all my date palms over the winter, some large a couple in pots.
Our buddleias lost all their new growth tips in the frost in March but have now recovered though none of them are flowering yet ( which is quite normal for us).
We have only had a few small tortoiseshell and one red admiral and one peacock on thistles, chive flowers and small scabious, but the ringlets and meadow browns are doing well on the grassland. Small and large skippers are down in numbers and I have yet to see a common blue and small copper, but there is still time!
We have only had a few small tortoiseshell and one red admiral and one peacock on thistles, chive flowers and small scabious, but the ringlets and meadow browns are doing well on the grassland. Small and large skippers are down in numbers and I have yet to see a common blue and small copper, but there is still time!