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Originally Posted by goosey  Autumn 2006 I bought a Buddleia Globosa, which flowered, albeit very disappointingly (4 flowers) summer 2007. Now it looks woody and leggy though it has some new growth coming on the stems – it actually resembles palm trees. BTW it is in a pot and is about 2 foot tall.
I didn’t prune it last year as I read, with a Globosa - a slow growing plant it should not be cut back hard like a Davidii only cut away dead wood or to thin out. Now I have seen contrasting advice which says cut back hard! What shall I do?
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Ten years ago I moved to a badly neglected garden, and the budd glob was about 18' high and sadly neglected. In the following March I took a chainsaw to it and reduced it to a stump about 3' high, and, with all the offshoots, about the same width.Since then I have pruned back roughly the same every year, and in Oct/Nov I cut back about 50% of the year's growth to reduce wind damage. The shrub puts on about 6'/8' of new growth every year and I get masses of blossom. It does not attract butterflies like the Davidii varieties, but some, and the bees love it.