Buddleja 'Podaras11' = Flutterby Lavender
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| Cultivar | 'Podaras11' = Flutterby Lavender |
| Origin | P. Podaras, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA |
Buddleja 'Podaras11', selling name Flutterby Lavender, is a sterile hybrid cultivar that Peter Podaras raised while at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and that Cornell patented in 2011. Flutterby Lavender was derived from the crossing Buddleja alternifolia × Buddleja davidii.[1]
Description[]
Flutterby Lavender makes a small shrub with a broad, outwardly-spreading habit creating a wide, inverted triangle shape. Growing to a maximum of 1.2 × 1.2 m, the shrub bears compound terminal and axillary panicles about 7.5 cm long by 4.6 cm wide, comprising around 130 faintly fragrant pale-violet flowers. The flowers emerge in spring and persist until the first frosts of the fall. The opposite, elliptic to oblanceolate leaves are about 8 cm long by 3 cm wide, lanulose above and below.[1][2]
Cultivation[]
The shrub is reportedly hardy to −29 °C (−20 °F).[2]
Hardiness: USDA zones 5a–10a.[2]
See also[]
Non-invasive Buddleja cultivars
References[]
- ^ a b "Buddleja plant named 'Podaras #11'". Google Patents. USPP22067P2. Archived from the original on August 9, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ a b c (1) "Flutterby® Lavender (Nectar Bush)". Ball Seed: Plant Information. West Chicago, Illinois: Ball Horticultural Company. August 17, 2021. Archived from the original on August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
(2) "Flutterby® Lavender". Hardy Hybrids. Longstock, Hampshire, England: Longstock Park Nursery: National Plant Collection: The Buddleia National Collection. 2016. Accession Number B187. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
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