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Originally Posted by Varan Komodosky  I hate buddleia. It is a total waste of good carbon dioxide, light and water. I bought a Davidii and planted it and got what I can only describe as a fluffy pink girlie puff flower. I bought the plant from a private sale for a hospice charity too. Swines. |
I don't mind them on railway embankments but the davidiis are plain naff. B.alternifolia is not a bad garden plant though I'm not sure of its wildlife value. I have a theory about buddleias and wildlife - I'm sure that where there is a large existing local population of birds and/or insects, buddleias will get visited by the nectar feeders and seed eaters. However, I don't think that buddleias are a 'prime attracter' - the kind of plant that brings fauna into a garden because the food source is especially prized.
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