Compact, Fragrant And Packed With Summer Colour
If you thought compact buddleias had to play it safe, ‘Little Blackberry’ is here to prove otherwise. This newly launched addition to the Butterfly Candy series produces the darkest flowers in the range, with deep purple plumes so intense they appear almost black.
That rich colouring gives the plant a striking presence, but there’s much more to it than looks. ‘Little Blackberry’ is naturally well branched and exceptionally floriferous, building into a full, rounded shrub covered in sweetly scented flower spikes through summer.
Reaching around 90cm high and 80cm wide, it slips neatly into patio pots, narrow borders and smaller gardens without sacrificing the abundance you expect from a buddleia.
The flowers are highly attractive to butterflies and bees too, so this is a plant that brings movement, fragrance and life into the garden as well as seriously dramatic colour.
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Fallen for ‘Blackberry’? Meet the Trio…
If ‘Little Blackberry’ has caught your eye, we’ve now updated our Butterfly Candy Collection to include three standout varieties.
Alongside the almost-black plumes of ‘Little Blackberry’, you’ll get ‘Little Cerise’ with rich dark-pink flowers and ‘Little Bubblegum’, the most vibrant, red-toned member of the series with vivid neon-pink blooms.
All three share the qualities that make Butterfly Candy such an exciting range – compact growth, masses of sweetly scented flowers, total hardiness and strong appeal to butterflies and bees.
Growing to around 80-90cm, they’re ideal for pots and smaller borders. Plant now and you’ll be setting the stage for a summer packed with colour, fragrance and visiting pollinators.
Caring For Your New Buddleia
- Buddleia plants are low maintenance, but they do benefit from pruning in early spring to maintain a nice compact plant.
- Plant Buddleia in garden borders in any moist, well drained garden soil, in full sun or semi-shade.
- Ideal for planting in patio containers using soil-based compost.
- Prune Buddleia in March, once the hardest frosts are over, as the new growth begins to show.
- Firstly, remove any dead, diseased, damaged, or weak stems, before pruning all off the remaining stems back to form a low framework.
- Drought tolerant once established.
