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- Why does not my butterfly lilac flower? - causes and solutions
- Cause # 1: Frost damage
- Cause # 2: Incorrect pruning
- Tips
Frost damage can be to blame if the butterfly lilac does not bloom
Why does not my butterfly lilac flower? - causes and solutions
With the butterfly lilac, a robust and easy-care flowering shrub will find its way into your garden and balcony. The more puzzling if the magical butterfly magnet does not bloom. There are mainly 2 causes that prevent the loss of flowering time. Which ones are and how you react correctly, read here.
Cause # 1: Frost damage
From the mountain slopes and river banks in China, the butterfly shrub found its way into our gardens. Unlike native woody shrubs, Buddleja davidii is hardy to 20 degrees Celsius. If this property is underestimated in a wintry region and protection is not required, the instincts freeze drastically.
This is certainly no reason to clear the flowering shrub, because there is hope. A butterfly shrub always blooms on this year's wood. Therefore, cut off all brown discolored, dead branches. As long as at least 2 eyes remain on a branch, the plant drives again brightly and wears her flower spikes this year.
Cause # 2: Incorrect pruning
Only a professional pruning ensures that your butterfly shrub will bloom again this year. If the woodland is not trimmed for a few years or too timid, you will look in vain for the flowers. With the following cutting measures you bring the willingness to flower again into swing:
If you cut a butterfly shrub back in the fall, it has nothing to counteract and freezes due to freezing frost. If, on the other hand, you wait until early summer, the buds for this year's flowering are already laid out and fall victim to the pair of scissors.
Tips
Butterfly lilac and purple lilac look confusingly alike. It should not be overlooked that the ornamental shrubs bloom at different times. The real lilac delights us in the spring to May with its flowers. In contrast, the starting signal for the flowering time on the butterfly shrub falls only in July.