Buddleja 'Mayford Purple'
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[]
- Buddleja hybrids and cultivars
- Scrophulariaceae stubs