FIVE BEAUTIFUL BUDDLEIAS

1 BUDDLEIA ‘BERRIES AND CREAM’

Between July and September, this tall plant produces 8in-long, bi-coloured spikes of pink and white flowers, above.

2 BUDDLEIA DAVIDII ‘BUTTERFLY TOWER’

Ideal in small gardens due to its neat, columnar habit, it grows to 6ft tall and carries honey-scented purple plumes.

3 BUDDLEIA DAVIDII ‘BUZZ IVORY’

A dwarf form that grows to about 4ft in height, with arching branches of woolly, grey-green leaves, terminating with white flowers.

4 BUDDLEIA ‘SUGAR PLUM’

Bred in Hampshire and growing to about 7ft, this floriferous form boasts long, tapering panicles of pink-red flowers.

5 BUDDLEIA X PIKEI ‘UNIQUE’

A compact performer that forms a 3ft-tall mound, it provides a stream of lilac blooms between July and October.

STOCKISTS INCLUDE: Burncoose Nurseries burncoose.co.uk; Crocus crocus.co.uk; Thompson & Morgan thompson-morgan.com