Overgrown Buddleia outside my windows of flat and managing agents..

another_casualty

This mornings

mjm3346

Looks a better height but that will need clipping constantly to keep it there

Appears to be just the common sort that seeds/grows everywhere, is certainly not suitable to plant under windows and wants grubbing out completely. I allowed one to grow from seed a few years ago where it does no harm but even cutting it back to less than 18 inches every year it grows to well over 10 ft tall by autumn and is gradually spreading out. You can get proper cultivated varieties in various colours without such rapid growth but still not really suitable for that position.

Davesnave

OP your location is showing, so you might want to remove that picture.

(Nice area, which I'm partially familiar with.)

another_casualty

Davesnave said:

OP your location is showing, so you might want to remove that picture.

(Nice area, which I'm partially familiar with.)

Thanks for that 🙀😼 glad you approve of the area 😼

another_casualty

One other question regarding the thick branches ..
I am wondering if I cut those thick branches, whether the purple stuff would come back.
The ones on the other side just stayed bare..

Flugelhorn

it'll grow

another_casualty

Looking at that flue, I forgot to mention that there is no boiler there . The boiler is in the small bedroom on the other side of the building . Pesky flat conversions 😾

theoretica

I would be wondering if the satellite dish has been knocked out of alignment.

another_casualty

theoretica said:

I would be wondering if the satellite dish has been knocked out of alignment.

That was my initial thought ..by that blasted Buddleia 

Davesnave

I realise I have experience and the relevant tools etc, but if that was my flat, that buddleia would not be springing back into life in 2022. It's totally unsuited to the location.

I would be 'nurturing' the plant by drilling a series of downward sloping holes near the base of the main stems. Then, using a syringe from a farmers' supply shop, I'd inject neat glyphosate into those holes and  seal them with clay or similar. It's a 5 minute job. After that, I'd just wait for the plant to take the chemical down to its roots as it withdraws surplus nutrients from the leaves over winter.

In 2023 I'd be in a good position to remove the dead plant and replace it with something more suitable. That's roughly what I did with a big buddleia growing on the fence line and blocking drivers' views along the road at the front of our house, but I may have waited a few more years before taking the stump out. It literally came away in my hand. Devoid of bark, it now looks like some arty bit of driftwood, but it'stoo large for flower arranging!