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Thursday 18 March 2021

HARD PRUNING BUDDLEIA EARLY SPRING

One job done. Spring is in the air here in West Yorkshire, the garden is waking up and although England is still in the virus lockdown, at least I can do as I please in my own garden. I've hard pruned Buddleia Davidii Nanho Blue, which I grow in a giant container, down to about 2ft (60cm). It is surprisingly vigorous and before long will be displaying long branches, hopefully with lots of flowers. It attracts butterflies like the Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), as well as other pollinators like bees and the lovely, harmless, hoverflies.