Buddleja dav. ‘Royal Red’

Are you looking to introduce a reliable source of late-summer colour and attract essential pollinators to your garden space? Consider the striking Buddleja davidii ‘Royal Red’, a variety celebrated for its intensely coloured, fragrant blooms appearing throughout the summer months.

This deciduous shrub offers a wonderful display of vibrant purple-red flowers from June right through to September, a perfect time to enhance your garden’s appeal, and its foliage provides interesting contrast being green above and silvery-white beneath, lending itself to a bushy, arching and upright growth habit perfect for adding structure. The small, dry seed capsules that follow flowering are generally inconspicuous, meaning the real garden drama comes from its reliable summer flowering, which is highly attractive to butterflies and bees.

For success in the UK garden, this plant thrives best when positioned in full sun, though it will accept some partial shade, and it is wonderfully adaptable regarding soil, preferring well-drained conditions but coping well even if you have heavier clay soil. This variety excels when used within borders or in a cottage garden setting, providing excellent back-of-border interest, though it benefits from being planted alongside other perennials rather than standing entirely alone. Can this reliable, nectar-rich shrub be the vibrant anchor your summer border needs?