Buddleja 'Miss Molly'

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Buddleja hybrid
Cultivar'Miss Molly'
OriginSandhills Research Station, Jackson Springs, NC, USA.

Buddleja 'Miss Molly', sold as 'Red Chip' in Europe, is a hybrid cultivar derived from a 2004 crossing of B. 'Miss Ruby' and in the plant breeding program of Dennis J. Werner and Layne K. Snelling of North Carolina State University (NCSU) at the JC Raulston Arboretum.[1][2] Werner and Snelling selected ‘Miss Molly’ in field trials in 2005 at the Sandhills Research Station in Jackson Springs, North Carolina.[3][4] NCSU's North Carolina Agriculture Research Service released the cultivar to commerce in 2010.[3] NCSU received United States plant patent number USPP23425P2 for the cultivar on February 26, 2013.[2]

Description[]

Buddleja 'Miss Molly' produces a dense semiupright globose shrub that a profusion of branches create.[2] The plant grows to a height of 4.0 ft (121.9 cm) to 5.0 ft (152.4 cm) and a width of 4.0 ft (121.9 cm) to 5.0 ft (152.4 cm).[1] The plant's inflorescence is a simple terminal panicle whose length averages 10.6 cm (4.2 in) and contains an average of 160 fragrant dark reddish–purple flowers whose lengths are 8 mm (0.3 in) and whose corolla tubes' inside surfaces are yellow–orange.[2] The plant's deciduous elliptical leaves are 7.4 cm (2.9 in) long and 2.7 cm (1.1 in) wide, green above and grey-green below when mature.[2]

Werner and Snelling's publication on the cultivar stated that the dense growth habit of ‘Miss Molly’ makes it appropriate as both a specimen plant and for use in mixed plantings. Its deep pink flower color is unique among existing cultivars of Buddleja. Flowering begins in mid-May in Raleigh, North Carolina, and continues throughout the growing season.[3]

‘Miss Molly’'s flowers attract butterflies in abundance.[3] The flowers also attract bees, hummingbirds and other pollinators.[1] As 'Miss Molly' blooms on new wood, it should be pruned in early spring to maintain its compact shape.[1]

‘Miss Molly’'s anthers are normal and produce abundant pollen. Over multiple years in a field setting surrounded by fertile cultivars, the plant produced moderate amounts of seed.[3]

'Miss Molly' has proven to be an interspecific hybrid through testing and laboratory analysis. As a result, the northwestern U.S. state of Oregon's noxious weed quarantine does not regulate the cultivar, which, unlike Buddleja davidii, can be transported, propagated and sold within the state. The cultivar's fertility has not been fully assessed, although interspecific hybrids generally exhibit low fertility.[5] The adjacent state of Washington also permits 'Miss Molly', as its determinations of the invasive potential of Budlejia davidii and its cultivars are consistent with those of Oregon.[6]

Cultivation[]

Proven Winners LLC of DeKalb, Illinois, markets 'Miss Molly' in the United States.[7] The plant has been introduced to the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens (NCCPG)'s National Plant Collection at the Longstock Park Nursery near Stockbridge, Hampshire, England.[8] Switzerland's Lubera Buchs markets Buddleja plants in Europe that it identifies as 'Red Chip' and as 'Miss Molly'.[9]

USDA zones 5–9.[1]

See also[]

Non-invasive Buddleja cultivars

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Buddleja 'Miss Molly'". Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Buddleja plant named 'Miss Molly'". Google Patents. USPP23425P2. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e Werner, Dennis J.; Snelling, Layne K. (2011). "'Purple Haze', 'Miss Molly', and 'Ice Chip' Buddleja". HortScience. Alexandria, Virginia: American Society for Horticultural Science. 46 (9): 1330–1332. doi:10.21273/HORTSCI.46.9.1330. ISSN 2327-9834. LCCN 85644626. OCLC 768085913. Archived from the original on August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "Sandhills Research Station". Research Stations. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "Butterfly Bush Approved Cultivars". Oregon Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  6. ^ "Butterfly Bush: Buddleja davidii". Olympia, Washington: Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  7. ^ "'Miss Molly' Butterfly Bush: Buddleia x". DeKalb, Illinois: Proven Winners North America LLC. 2021. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  8. ^ "Miss Molly syn Red Chip". Hardy Hybrids. Longstock, Hampshire, England: Longstock Park Nursery: National Plant Collection: The Buddleia National Collection. 2016. Accession Number B234. Archived from the original on August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  9. ^ (1) "Dwarf Butterfly Bush 'Red Chip'®". Buchs, St. Gallen, Switzerland: Lubera AG: Lubera Buchs. Article number 2192553. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
    (2) "Butterfly Bush 'Miss Molly'". Buchs, St. Gallen, Switzerland: Lubera AG: Lubera Buchs. Article number 2202192. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
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