[MikeHardman]

Looks very healthy, John.
Funnily enough, I passed one of these in Tala today. It was among a densely shrubby area, but in full flower it still took my attention momentarily while I was driving.
//Mike

[David Dickinson]

My Buddleja madagascariensis flowers all winter too so it is a useful plant for a little bit of colour over the coldest months. When it is warmer and sunnier during the winter, the Red Admirals like to come out of hibernation and head straight to it for a little sustenance.

[David Dickinson]

A Red Admiral arrived just on cue today - albeit on a dead flower of Buddleja madagascariensis (Photo not top quality but you get the idea :-))

[David Dickinson]

I mentioned in another thread that some plants are struggling this year. All of my buddlejas have been attacked by red spider mite. I am pretty certain that I will see no regrowth from 'Miss Ruby'. I have a cutting and an almost identical and better flowering overgrown Buddleja 'Buzz' (supposedly a patio form but just as tall as the others). So I shouldn't be too worried. But I don't like losing plants.

A cutting from 'Black Knight' will probably take 'Miss Ruby's" place and should look good with the white lantana I recently bought. 'Black Knight is currently with a yellow bidens. This is the second flower 'Black Knight' has produced despite being a new cutting this year. And also despite the fact that in my clumsiness I snapped it almost back to ground level earlier this year. It too has Red Spider Mite but Neem oil seems to be working.

[David Dickinson]

I should have written above that all of my buddlejas except B madagascariensis are suffering with Red Spider Mite. B madagascariensis always does very well for me and gives winter flowers.