Buddleja 'Mayford Purple'

*Buddleja* hybrid
Buddleja hybrid
Cultivar	'Mayford Purple'
Origin	Lochinch Castle, Wigtownshire, Scotland.

Buddleja 'Mayford Purple' is an old hybrid cultivar, a full sister of 'Lochinch' and 'West Hill' raised at Lochinch Castle, Scotland, circa 1940, the shrub's parents believed to be Buddleja davidii and Buddleja fallowiana. ^[1] 'Mayford Purple' was probably introduced to commerce by the Sunningdale Nursery in Surrey, England, which introduced its sibling 'West Hill', naming it for the nearby village of Mayford.

Description[]

'Mayford Purple' is a vigorous shrub with arching branches, growing to a height of 2 m if hard-pruned annually, bearing large 20 -30 cm panicles of purple flowers with orange eyes. The branchlets and leaves are covered with a dense whitish pubescence. ^[1]

Cultivation[]

'Mayford Purple' never enjoyed the popularity of its siblings, and is no longer in commerce in the UK. A specimen was photographed at the Cambridge Botanic Garden by Leeuwenberg in 1978, ^[1] but the plant is no longer known to the Garden's Plant Records Officer. The cultivar is not known to have been introduced to the United States.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1979). The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II. Revision of the African and Asiatic species. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen.

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[Leeuwenberg-1] Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1979). The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II. Revision of the African and Asiatic species. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen.

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