Buddleja

(Butterfly Bush) Davidii Nanho Blue

Picture a warm July afternoon: long, honey-scented spikes in blue-violet, and butterflies and bees working every flower. That is Nanho Blue in full swing, and it keeps flowering from summer well into autumn. Give it some room: it grows to about 150 cm tall and 100-120 cm wide, with soft grey-green leaves that are silvery underneath. For a full, buzzing border plan on 1-2 per square metre, or let a single one stand at the back of a sunny bed or beside the patio. Because this green friend flowers on fresh growth, it keeps sending up new spikes all season. Seasonal changes may affect whether the plant arrives with flowers.

Give it a spot in full sun: that is where it flowers best and where the scent is strongest. Any well-drained soil will do, since soggy roots are the one thing it really dislikes. Once settled it copes with dry spells, but water it well in long dry weeks, and more often in a pot, because containers dry out much faster than the ground. Prune it hard in early spring, down to about 30 cm above the ground, because it blooms on new wood and a firm cut means more flowers. Snip off faded spikes during summer to keep new ones coming. It is fully hardy, so frost is no problem, but a layer of mulch around young plants in their first winter does no harm.

Your order will be hand picked and packed in our strong and sustainable packaging as soon as possible, after which it will be delivered straight from our greenhouse to your door by your chosen carrier. You can follow the journey of your plants via the tracking link you receive in your mail. If you have any questions regarding your order and its shipment, you can get in contact with our support team.

We expect every order to arrive in tip-top shape. We take intensive care of the plants in our greenhouse and use special and as sustainable as possible protective packaging to ship our plants. We also wrote an extensive blog about how to unpack and prepare your plants for growth after shipping. However there are rare occasions where our plants don’t meet their full potential. That’s why all plants are guaranteed for 30 days after arrival, if still in its original nursery pot.