I just got 3 butterfly bushes - a light purple, and 2 bright purple. I would like a white in trade for one of the bright purples. If you have a white (or pink!) buddleia you are willing to trade, please let me know ASAP. I'm located in upstate NY. ~JoAnn

When moving propagated material from inside to outside, it is always a good idea to do it in stages, what is called 'hardening off'. Al

I've moved some shrubs at inopportune times, and they *DO* wilt! I usually set up sprinklers to dampen the leaves off and on without saturating the soil after the first good soaking. They always seem to rebound. It's very tempting to remove some of the top growth from these, but I've been advised (strongly! by the folks on the shrubs forum) to restrain myself and just let them sit there with wilted leaves. It's worked well, so now I know that the old idea of "balancing top growth after root loss" is not a good idea; it was a theory that held sway for many years but was not based on the actual performance of shrubs in the field. I also have tried setting up umbrellas and other kinds of shade for shrubs after moving them. This really seems to help too. Migraines have to be one of the worst things to go through - hope you don't suffer from these very often.

Acephate is Orthene, AFAIK still available. It is a mild systemic (lasting about 2 weeks-ish) because of the foliar application - working in systemics to the soil usu ensures they persist longer. I'd recommend against it as dani wrote above. I had a wonderful 'Pink Delight' in Sacramento that would crawl with predators and I never sprayed-injected-worked in any insecticide for fear of killing the predators or the other critters that I enjoyed. (Aside, I used to go out at night to the shrub with my red-light flashlight to enjoy the colors reflected in various species of moths' eyes [/geeky]) Here in Aurora, we have a solitary Buddleia that gets loads of ambush bugs, which delight the kindergartner. Any defoliation from critters is too bad for the plant, as the attractant for predators outweighs any defoliation. We don't get flea beetles on that shrub, altho I have a problem with them in the veggie garden. Dan