Pruning the Buddleia

[CalicoBlue]

I have a very tall Buddleia in the front garden. Right at the front by the pavement. It is about 4.5 meters tall.

I asked the gardener chap who mowes the lawn and chops things up to prune it back in March. He said it was too soon. I then asked him two weeks ago, he told me it was too late. It is sprouting new shoots like mad, I looked it up and it should be pruned hard in Spring. I asked him again today, as he came when I was at work, so on the phone. He said yes, yes and yet when I get home it has not been touched. He obviously does not think it should be pruned.

Am I right, what do you do with your Buddleia?

We have 7 buddleias now... we had none when we moved in 12 years ago!!

Prune it at any time convenient to us. Tough Feckers. Cannot kill short of pulling up roots. Always grow back. If you want maximum flowers this year, I would prune after the heads have all died off (late summer).