What is this and will it come back? (With pics)

[LexieLoos]

We have this in the garden at our new house - can anyone identify it and/or tell me what to do with it please?!

Hyderangea (spelling?) yeah it will come back, you'll enjoy the vibrant colours late summer.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrangea

Fab! My Nan used to have these, their colour depends on the soil if I remember correctly.
Thank you so much

I just love them! I like cutting them and putting some in a vase indoors. Colours are amazing!

Snip just the flowerheads back in about a month or so. They flower on last year's growth, so you don't want to be too vigorous.

Look down the stem until you see a pair of fat green buds and cut just above them. Blue on acid soil, pink/mauve on alkaline

Thank you all, it’s looking better already!
At the risk of hijacking my own thread, can anyone help with these too?
I’m not even sure if they’re the same plant...

those are budleigha
they can be a big of a thug, self seeding everywhere.

That's buddlia. Grows vigorously and can get big. I have two and keep them cut back so they don't get too big. Fragrant flowers in summer that butterflies love you will see lots in the garden

Thank you, the garden is mainly gravel th big pots and one small flower bed so it seems to have kept itself to itself for now
Let’s hope it stays that way!

Any more?

I was just going to say anymore! Nice to have established plants. Will look good in the summer

Haha there’ll definitely be more to come tomorrow, I’ve retired to the sofa for the evening now.
I’ll also be after some recommendations soon - I am definitely not a natural gardener!
The buddleia are in big plastic storage tubs for some reason....am I ok to repot them? It’s not really the look I’m going for otherwise!

No offence to buddleia lovers, but they grow wild on virtually every railway track and siding, alongside roads, highways and byways, hedgerows and fields across the country.

Bin it and get something worth the space. There are enough buddleias already.

It’s not something I’d choose, but as it’s there already and seems to be alive and kicking, I don’t really want to just bin it

That is an error alot of new gardeners make.

If it isn't useful, edible or beautiful, don't waste time and effort on a plant, is my motto.

I'd have oiked that out the first weekend I'd moved in.

You will literally spend hours each year pruning it and removing seedlings; they are basically weeds.

A buddleia won't mind a decent pruning so you can keep it manageable and you'll attract lots of butterflies. I have 3 which were here when I moved in and I won't take them out but I do keep them at a reasonable height and remove any new plants which appear.

I don't spend hours on my buddleia. 15 minutes twice a year and you might not find them beautiful but I think they're worth it for the hundreds of butterflies. They're pretty enough too.

Hydrangea and yes.

@sackrifice - but they are useful, they attract butterflies and other insects to the garden

Buddleia should be kept if possible. So good for pollinators and if you cut them back they don't get straggly and messy.

Buddleia is staying then, and next in line for a pruning - Thanks again all, I’ll be back to pick your gardener brains tomorrow!

I had no problems with my Buddleja - severe hack back every year and maintenance free otherwise - and never any seedlings, though it was very easy to make more plants for cutting for a plant sale. Prob didn’t self seed as it grew in half shade, and no butterflies unlike those that get more sun.

I’d say if it was quite woody don’t plant out. I’ve actually got some for my new garden but a smaller, bushier variety I have h8gh hopes for.

Btw A tend to think live with a new garden for a year to see what grows...you never know. You’ll also find how much shade there is when leaves start growing on trees - could be why the buddleja was in a pot

I don't think it needs further pruning. It can get really leggy but it looks like yours has already been cut back well.