Hello. This is how I cut the comulae in my garden in the past years. If you have good soil, then the plant easily produces new shoots up to two meters long every year, but in my case this is not the case. Such a sharp cut is not suitable. I recently saw a special treatment in a city park, where several strong woody shoots are cut at a height of 2m. In the spring, the shoots grew, which formed a fan in the upper part. Nice. They just have to stand to leeward. This year I tried it in my garden, but recently the tips of this year's shoots of almost all the mulberry trees froze, but they are already showing new ones. The frosts did not affect the Weyer's cypress and the alternate-leaved cypress at all, which is interesting.
Hey Borough Gal glad this video helped you, you are most welcome. Now you know the technique over the years you can build a really nice strong base to hold a multitude of flowering stems 😁👍
Useful information - especially how the plant grows year after year by each branch splitting in two - good timing - we are having a sunny spell at the moment (London) so I will be pruning my buddleia this week. Thank you 🌿
Gardeners Tale they really are - and so forgiving! We have two which we started from cuttings a couple of years ago. It’s mid-late winter here and your video prompted me to go out and give them both a prune. I’m sure they’ll reward us with a fabulous display this summer. Very much enjoying your channel. 😊
Excellent video, thank you, my buddleia globosa is a few years old now and i have never pruned it, it's massive and casting a huge shadow on the garden, i shall certainly be cutting it back hardy next year
Hello Lesley thanks for your comment glad this has helped you. That's a lovely Buddleia the flowers are very different to the usual varieties you see, good luck with pruning it 😁👍
Hey Space Cadet that's basically the idea however best to do it at the time of year when there isn't any new growth (I was a little late as I explain in the video) 😁👍
Thanks Susan for the comment. Yes I would use this method across all buddleia altering it slightly on how mature the plant is (more mature cut back more less mature cut back less). Great choice in buddleia that's a fantastic variety 😁👍
@@gardenerstale Thank you so much for replying. My Globosa is about 10 feet x 10 feet across, with some stems 2 Inches thick, and I was afraid to prune in case I killed it. Thanks to your video, I now feel confident enough to tackle it. 😊
Hello, I would advise bringing it down in height to where it forks off similar in this video about 1ft but depends what height yours forks off. This is so you are retaining the main trunk and allowing it to re shoot from it every year so it stays more manageable and controlled. Hope this helps 👍
A very useful video with a sprinkling of humour. What could be better? Oh, then there was the elbow on display too!!! I read that it is possible to prune in May for a later display (poetry not intentional) though I am unsure how much later ie will the bees and butterflies have settled down? Thank you sir. Blessings and peace.
Hey George thanks for your kind words. Ha ha I am just getting used to filming hence the odd camera angels! Love the rhyme I think it all depends on location geographically, location of the plant and the type of year weather wise. For best results for flowers and growth March is the time. Pruning in May would give you later flowers however the issue I can see is there would be a lot of new shoots with the flower heads developing so they would be cut off stunting the growth so would be a less full display. Would be interesting to experiment with if there are two plants next to each other I may give it a go 😁👍
@@gardenerstale Well I am UK and it is pleasant weather at the moment so I thought I might "have a go" at some of the thickst parts. I gather BD is a fairly tough plant so I should not do it much harm...famous last words and maybe famous last bloom for my BD too. Oh well, as long as my arm is not too sore after my coronavirus jab this afternoon I will pick up my other saw and go to work. Thanks for your help sir. Blessings and peace
Yes it's a very tough plant you won't damage it long term by pruning it now just make sure to leave some new shoots so you get some flowers this year. Hope it goes well let me know how you get on later in the year with the flowers 😁👍
Hey Gardener's Tale, this is exactly the kind of instructional video I find really helpful, so thank you! I do wonder, though, would it be damaging to the plant to prune it in the autumn? I've never pruned mine before and it's really untidy now!
Hello Bonniebirdwoman thanks for the kind comment you are most welcome! They are really tough plants and you will struggle to harm them from cutting back. If you want a good bloom I would do a light prune back in the autumn (if you need to cut it if it's that overgrown) then wait for March to do the proper prune as shown in the video. Hope this helps 😁👍
Great video! I am worried i've over pruned! Can you? Also I have another buddleia which has grown 45 degree angle, it's a long trunk, should i saw it back? Thanks for any advice!
Hey SGB it can be hard to over prune a Buddleia (in a sense of pruning it too much it won't survive) but you can over prune it so the floral display this year would suffer. However the great thing is you can just improve it next year by pruning it a bit less. These are know as the "bombsite plant" as it's the first thing to grow after a bomb has gone off because they are so tough and resilient so don't worry what's done is done as long as they are clean cuts back to a leaf/bud it will be fine 👍 With the Buddleia at an angle once again you are able to cut it back very hard but try to cut it back to a leaf or bud so when it sends energy and nutrients up the plant it goes to that point and can grow straight. Hope this helps! 😁
Hello Ruth yes that would certainly help it bush out. My advice would be to assess the main stem to find any shoots or nodes that you can cut it down to. This is so the plant will then direct the energy and growth to that point and be able grow from that point onwards. Do give it a good water and mulch on top as well 😊
Hey Stratosaurus I wouldn't worry too much about frosts as they are such hardy plants but it's best to get it done in the morning after the frost so it has a bit of time to heal before the frost the next morning. Hope this helps 👍
I pruned one of my Buddleia's in October, I'm wondering if I removed too much because I took out two big columns on it. In case I do lose any plants, I have a few smaller plants which were cuttings I took a year ago in pots, I can then replace any losses/accidents should they occur. Nice video and nice Buddleia plants :)
Hey James I would be surprised if your Buddleias didn't survive the prune as they are very tough plants as long as the cuts are clean and sloping so water and rot doesn't build up they will be fine. 👍 That's always good to have a back up plan, if you notice during this year's growth of the large Buddleia it is not as vigorous then take a few cuttings so you can re plant if needed 👍 Thanks 😊
@@gardenerstale That's great, I knew they were quite hardy but I did take out two massive columns from it but left the original years growth on. The two buddleia cuttings I took from two different plants in January 2021 which appear from then on in my videos. These are my back ups :)
Any advice on how to dig up an established buddleia preferably without harming it. We have about five of them in the back garden, all of them wild grown. The first one came up right under the whirlygig clothes line and I managed to dig that one up and transplant it to the boundary wall where it has grown well. There are another three smaller ones coming up through the patio slabs which I can get out and give away but there is another one which has come up under the same clothes line (but in a different spot!) I should have taken care of it a couple of years ago but its about six feet or more now (despite trimming back during last March). According to one web based info source, Buddleias don't have tap roots - somebody forgot to tell this thing! I've gone down nearly three feet and a single large root is still going down even deeper. I don't want to kill it if I can help it but it just can't remain where it is (the garden's too small to be able to move the clothes line (for the second time!). How far down would I need to go to save it (and don't ask me how long is my ladder!) If it's got to go it must but at least there's a lot more still attracting the butterflies.
Hello Plymouth 57 sounds like you have your work cut out for you! With mature Buddleias they can root quite deep but if you can get the majority of the larger side roots and the fine fibrous roots then it's ok to cut that tap root down if your unable to go that deep. It will still survive as it has the other roots to help it re establish and then re grow the main root system again. Hope this helps good luck 😁👍
[About one min. in...] Ah yes the inevitable "music". Viewers simply cannot handle silence, or here, the natural sounds of the garden and the pruning process. Must have music! Can't have the viewer-natives getting restless eh? (I'm a first-time viewer who *can* handle silence and already I am tempted to give this video a Dislike)
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best one I have seen so far, thank you! A really instructive video, and has given me all the confidence I need to tackle my own very untidy buddleia.
Hey Sally thank you very much for your kind words. I am so glad it has given you confidence to take on your Buddleia 😁
Thanks, I really learned a lot and gained confidence about pruning a newly planted buddleia
Hey Kelly you are welcome glad this video helped you 😁
Brilliantly informative, just what I needed, very timely, I will prune my buddleia today! Thank you
Zxcvbnm thanks for your comment, your very welcome glad you found this helpful! 😁👍
Hello. This is how I cut the comulae in my garden in the past years. If you have good soil, then the plant easily produces new shoots up to two meters long every year, but in my case this is not the case. Such a sharp cut is not suitable. I recently saw a special treatment in a city park, where several strong woody shoots are cut at a height of 2m. In the spring, the shoots grew, which formed a fan in the upper part. Nice. They just have to stand to leeward.
This year I tried it in my garden, but recently the tips of this year's shoots of almost all the mulberry trees froze, but they are already showing new ones. The frosts did not affect the Weyer's cypress and the alternate-leaved cypress at all, which is interesting.
Now I know why I have long bare stems on my bud with foliage only at the top. Thanks for the video.
Hey Borough Gal glad this video helped you, you are most welcome. Now you know the technique over the years you can build a really nice strong base to hold a multitude of flowering stems 😁👍
Very clear and instructive. Thanks
Hey David you are very welcome 😁👍
Useful information - especially how the plant grows year after year by each branch splitting in two - good timing - we are having a sunny spell at the moment (London) so I will be pruning my buddleia this week. Thank you 🌿
Hey Sharon thanks for your comment hope your pruning went well it's fantastic weather at the moment to get out and do some gardening! 😁👍
I've just ordered five for my front garden ( arriving tomorrow )
Hey Dempsey that's great news hope this video will help you look after them they are fantastic plants that the pollinators love 👍
Very helpful, thank you
Hey Christina thanks for the comment you are most welcome 👍
Very helpful - thank you!
Your very welcome Geoff and Deb glad you found this helpful. Buddleias are fantastic plants a must have for any size garden 💮
Gardeners Tale they really are - and so forgiving! We have two which we started from cuttings a couple of years ago. It’s mid-late winter here and your video prompted me to go out and give them both a prune. I’m sure they’ll reward us with a fabulous display this summer. Very much enjoying your channel. 😊
That's so great to hear you won't be disappointed with the results a good prune gives a great return! Thank you 😁👍
Excellent video, thank you, my buddleia globosa is a few years old now and i have never pruned it, it's massive and casting a huge shadow on the garden, i shall certainly be cutting it back hardy next year
Hello Lesley thanks for your comment glad this has helped you. That's a lovely Buddleia the flowers are very different to the usual varieties you see, good luck with pruning it 😁👍
Very informative! Thanks, so much. Best ever.
Hey Cynthia thank you for your kind words I am happy you found this helpful 😊
To the point and great instructions thank you
Hello Jean I am glad this was helpful to you thank you for your comment and good luck with your pruning 😊
Basically cut everything down, except new growth. Got it.
Hey Space Cadet that's basically the idea however best to do it at the time of year when there isn't any new growth (I was a little late as I explain in the video) 😁👍
Very clear and informative, thank you! Would it be the same treatment for buddleia globosa?
Thanks Susan for the comment. Yes I would use this method across all buddleia altering it slightly on how mature the plant is (more mature cut back more less mature cut back less). Great choice in buddleia that's a fantastic variety 😁👍
@@gardenerstale Thank you so much for replying. My Globosa is about 10 feet x 10 feet across, with some stems 2 Inches thick, and I was afraid to prune in case I killed it. Thanks to your video, I now feel confident enough to tackle it. 😊
Exponential growth
Hello, yes they do put on a huge amount of growth each year! 😁👍
We moved into a house with a 3m tall buddleia - quite woody at the bottom. What would you advise?
Hello, I would advise bringing it down in height to where it forks off similar in this video about 1ft but depends what height yours forks off. This is so you are retaining the main trunk and allowing it to re shoot from it every year so it stays more manageable and controlled. Hope this helps 👍
A very useful video with a sprinkling of humour. What could be better? Oh, then there was the elbow on display too!!!
I read that it is possible to prune in May for a later display (poetry not intentional) though I am unsure how much later ie will the bees and butterflies have settled down? Thank you sir.
Blessings and peace.
Hey George thanks for your kind words. Ha ha I am just getting used to filming hence the odd camera angels! Love the rhyme I think it all depends on location geographically, location of the plant and the type of year weather wise. For best results for flowers and growth March is the time. Pruning in May would give you later flowers however the issue I can see is there would be a lot of new shoots with the flower heads developing so they would be cut off stunting the growth so would be a less full display. Would be interesting to experiment with if there are two plants next to each other I may give it a go 😁👍
@@gardenerstale Well I am UK and it is pleasant weather at the moment so I thought I might "have a go" at some of the thickst parts. I gather BD is a fairly tough plant so I should not do it much harm...famous last words and maybe famous last bloom for my BD too.
Oh well, as long as my arm is not too sore after my coronavirus jab this afternoon I will pick up my other saw and go to work.
Thanks for your help sir. Blessings and peace
Yes it's a very tough plant you won't damage it long term by pruning it now just make sure to leave some new shoots so you get some flowers this year. Hope it goes well let me know how you get on later in the year with the flowers 😁👍
@@gardenerstale Thanks Ivwill let you know
Excellent instructions thank you. Can you do this in autumn?
I’ve just seen the comment asking the same question further down - that was answered!
Hey Anne thanks for the comment glad you found the explanation happy gardening 😁👍
Hey Gardener's Tale, this is exactly the kind of instructional video I find really helpful, so thank you! I do wonder, though, would it be damaging to the plant to prune it in the autumn? I've never pruned mine before and it's really untidy now!
Hello Bonniebirdwoman thanks for the kind comment you are most welcome! They are really tough plants and you will struggle to harm them from cutting back. If you want a good bloom I would do a light prune back in the autumn (if you need to cut it if it's that overgrown) then wait for March to do the proper prune as shown in the video. Hope this helps 😁👍
@@gardenerstale that's great advice. Thank you for taking the time to reply!
Great video! I am worried i've over pruned! Can you? Also I have another buddleia which has grown 45 degree angle, it's a long trunk, should i saw it back? Thanks for any advice!
Hey SGB it can be hard to over prune a Buddleia (in a sense of pruning it too much it won't survive) but you can over prune it so the floral display this year would suffer. However the great thing is you can just improve it next year by pruning it a bit less. These are know as the "bombsite plant" as it's the first thing to grow after a bomb has gone off because they are so tough and resilient so don't worry what's done is done as long as they are clean cuts back to a leaf/bud it will be fine 👍 With the Buddleia at an angle once again you are able to cut it back very hard but try to cut it back to a leaf or bud so when it sends energy and nutrients up the plant it goes to that point and can grow straight. Hope this helps! 😁
I have one in my garden that has been very neglected and it’s all tall and lanky with one long main stem. should i cut it down low?
Hello Ruth yes that would certainly help it bush out. My advice would be to assess the main stem to find any shoots or nodes that you can cut it down to. This is so the plant will then direct the energy and growth to that point and be able grow from that point onwards. Do give it a good water and mulch on top as well 😊
I’m in the south east. Should I worry about any frost if I hard prune it now?
Hey Stratosaurus I wouldn't worry too much about frosts as they are such hardy plants but it's best to get it done in the morning after the frost so it has a bit of time to heal before the frost the next morning. Hope this helps 👍
I pruned one of my Buddleia's in October, I'm wondering if I removed too much because I took out two big columns on it. In case I do lose any plants, I have a few smaller plants which were cuttings I took a year ago in pots, I can then replace any losses/accidents should they occur. Nice video and nice Buddleia plants :)
Hey James I would be surprised if your Buddleias didn't survive the prune as they are very tough plants as long as the cuts are clean and sloping so water and rot doesn't build up they will be fine. 👍 That's always good to have a back up plan, if you notice during this year's growth of the large Buddleia it is not as vigorous then take a few cuttings so you can re plant if needed 👍 Thanks 😊
@@gardenerstale That's great, I knew they were quite hardy but I did take out two massive columns from it but left the original years growth on. The two buddleia cuttings I took from two different plants in January 2021 which appear from then on in my videos. These are my back ups :)
Any advice on how to dig up an established buddleia preferably without harming it. We have about five of them in the back garden, all of them wild grown. The first one came up right under the whirlygig clothes line and I managed to dig that one up and transplant it to the boundary wall where it has grown well. There are another three smaller ones coming up through the patio slabs which I can get out and give away but there is another one which has come up under the same clothes line (but in a different spot!) I should have taken care of it a couple of years ago but its about six feet or more now (despite trimming back during last March). According to one web based info source, Buddleias don't have tap roots - somebody forgot to tell this thing! I've gone down nearly three feet and a single large root is still going down even deeper. I don't want to kill it if I can help it but it just can't remain where it is (the garden's too small to be able to move the clothes line (for the second time!). How far down would I need to go to save it (and don't ask me how long is my ladder!) If it's got to go it must but at least there's a lot more still attracting the butterflies.
Hello Plymouth 57 sounds like you have your work cut out for you! With mature Buddleias they can root quite deep but if you can get the majority of the larger side roots and the fine fibrous roots then it's ok to cut that tap root down if your unable to go that deep. It will still survive as it has the other roots to help it re establish and then re grow the main root system again. Hope this helps good luck 😁👍
[About one min. in...] Ah yes the inevitable "music". Viewers simply cannot handle silence, or here, the natural sounds of the garden and the pruning process. Must have music! Can't have the viewer-natives getting restless eh? (I'm a first-time viewer who *can* handle silence and already I am tempted to give this video a Dislike)
Hey Breck apologies it wasn't to your taste, I appreciate you prefer to hear the natural sounds of gardening I will consider this for future videos. 👍