David D. Stuart

The author has a wide experience on the field about buddlejas and this have help him to write a good book. For every species or hybrid and cultivar described, you find a little storic introduction and a general description, the direct experience of the author about cultivation (sometimes also in pot), the hardiness, the possibilities to find it in a nurseries and a foto (not always for each). I find the chapter about propagation very precise and useful.

L'autore ha una vasta esperienza sul campo riguardo le buddleie e questo lo ha certamente aiutato a scrivere un buon libro. Per ogni specie o ibrido e cultivar descritto, potete trovate una piccola introduzione storica e una descrizione generale, l'esperienza diretta dell'autore sulla coltivazione (a volte anche in vaso), la rusticità, la possibilità di trovarla in un vivaio e una foto (non per tutte). Ho trovato il capitolo sulla propagazione molto preciso e utile.… (mere)

If you thought that buddlejas were, as I once heard them described, "in the top rank of second rate shrubs", then think again. This RHS guide reveals some hidden gems.

Following the introduction chapter one looks at the Species, chapter two the Hybrids and Cultivars. Successive chapters consider Care and Cultivation with eleven different headings such as soil, feeding, pruning, pest and diseases; Propagation with four sections; and Wildlife Attracted to Buddlejas. There are also sections: Where to See Buddlejas and and Where to Buy Buddlejas, both international in scope.

The plant descriptions are informative and interesting to read, and often include the authors personal thoughts on the value of the particular plant. The books contains 86 colour photographs showing many of the plants.

This is an invaluable and very readable guide to both the plants and how to grow them. If nothing else this book is bound to convince you that there are quite a few buddlejas worth growing, written by an keen buddleja grower (he holds the national collection of Buddleja) it is hard not to infected with his enthusiasm.… (mere)