Buddleia taking hold of brickwork number 3709

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Budleya is favoured for its attraction qualities for butterflies. It can have a destructive side to it when seeds take a grip in a brickwork's mortar joint. Once it has taken hold the roots will expand and this is particularly problematic on brickwork chimney stacks.

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Location: Cardiff South Wales
Photo credit: © Clive Thompson UK / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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