problems with a budlia bush?

Normally buddlleia is as tough as old boots and will survive anything. If there are holes in the leaves then it sounds like some kind of caterpillar - it is after all called the butterfly bush as it is very attractive to butterflies. it could be the Mullein Moth or if not caterpillars then it could be earwigs. If you have an earwig infestation then stuff an old flower pot with straw and thread it upside down on a cane which you put next to the plant. All the earwigs will congregate in the straw and you can throw it on the bonfire and burn them. Whatever it is I am sure your plant will recover.

Does the damage look somewhat like this?:

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?pos...

If so, it's four-lined plant bug. They have a wide palette, feeding on the tender new growth of many perennials and herbs.

I would like to suggest the following. It can be applied to all your vegetation.

Using a hose end sprayer

add about 8 ounces of liquid dish soap

add 1 ounce whiskey

add 1 tablespoon epson salts

attach garden hose

spray the tops and bottoms of leaves of the budlia bush

use the rest on everything near the bush including the grass.

stand back and watch it grow

Oh, there are many leaf eatin' insects that produce holes ranging from "shot with buckshot" appearance to round holes, scalloped holes and even sorta square notched holes. I'm thinking flea beetle and since they eat and hop away, spraying is silly since they aren't there. Don't discount grasshoppers, etc. Diseases, you'd see damaged leaves, not just holes. The fungal problems take awhile to produce a true hole. I would not consider any chemical until I knew what was the culprit, what was total expected damage (simple cosmetic does not endanger the shrub) and what point in the life cycle you needed to apply. By the time you figure this out, the bug has probably moved on. What about wind damage. Here blowing sand can sand blast leaves.

Spray it with Ultimate Bug Killer. See link. This stuff is the business.

Budliah

japanese beetles?