Lilac V Buddleia

[maggie01]

Which plant has the most fragrance?. I have just ordered a dwarf buddleia by accident. I should have been ordering a dwarf lilac

[murraymints]

lilac for me

[naomi24]

Lilac. Lovely.

[margarettom]

Buddleia's attract butterflies though.

[Tilly2]

Lilac is lovely but it creeps around the garden and is difficult to get rid of. I have a dwarf buddleia and it doesn't seem to me to have any fragrance at all but its a nice shrub and the butterflies do, indeed, love it. It seems to need a lot of water though. It very quickly droops.

[rowanwitch]

Lilac has more fragrance but buddleia flowers for longer and it's scent is better at night. Buddleia is also better for butterflies and bees.


Ideally I would ha v e both

[murraymints]

I have loads of both...garden is buzzing with bees

[Tilly2]

I have missed the Buddlia scent at nightime. I will make an effort to have a sniff, when it flowers.

[pastafreak]

If I had a garden I'd have both.
Lilacs remind me of childhood.
I'd never seen Buddleia until I came to the UK.

[Chipchopper]

Like others I have both of these shrubs, but butterflies and moths seem to come from far and wide for a drop of Buddleia nectar and I think that would be their vote.

[Prudie]

I also have both - lilac is exquisite but it is short lived and all over by end of May. I have a large flowering white buddleia and the scent from that is very heady - I just love to bury my nose in the flowers - smells like honey to me and yes it does smell nice on a warm still night. Eaier to grow.
Only thing that would worry me (and I may be talking carp) is dwarf anything has been fiddled with and may not retain the perfume.