On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 09:19:30 +0100, "Anthony Stokes"
>"Jupiter" wrote in message >>
>> I'd have a close look around the base of the shrub to make sure that the
>> shoots with the mauve flowers are actually coming from the main
>> shrub.
>Yes , they are. The branches some carrying white and some carrying mauve
>flowers are high in the air and all growing from the same 'trunks' of the
>same buddleja.
>It's an interesting and pretty affect that I had not seen before on Buddleja
>davidii.
>Anthony
I think your Buddleia is developing reversion back to the native
stock. Are the shoots carrying the mauve flowers growing more
vigorously than the others? A way of delaying this is to cut out the
mauve flower shoots. You would lose the pretty effect of the 2
colours on the same shrub but delay the inevitable eventual
progression to all mauve.
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>> I'd have a close look around the base of the shrub to make sure that the
>> shoots with the mauve flowers are actually coming from the main
>> shrub.
>Yes , they are. The branches some carrying white and some carrying mauve
>flowers are high in the air and all growing from the same 'trunks' of the
>same buddleja.
>It's an interesting and pretty affect that I had not seen before on Buddleja
>davidii.
>Anthony