Buddleja 'Podaras8' = Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven

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Buddleja hybrid
Cultivar'Podaras8' = Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven
OriginP. Podaras, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Buddleja 'Podaras8', selling name Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven is a sterile hybrid cultivar that Peter Podaras raised while at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.[1] Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven is derived from the self-pollination of an unnamed B. davidii × B. alternifolia hybrid.[1] Cornell received United States plant patent number USPP22069P2 for the cultivar on August 9, 2011.[1]

Description[]

Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven produces a small perennial deciduous shrub with an upright and spreading habit, growing to a height of 24 in (61.0 cm) – 30 in (76.2 cm) and a width of 24 in (61.0 cm) – 30 in (76.2 cm).[1][2] The plant's 5.4 cm (2.1 in) long and 3.3 cm (1.3 in) wide inflorescences are compound terminal and axillary conical panicles that each contain about 72 flower buds and faintly fragrant violet-blue flowers that face upright and outward.[1] The opposite, narrowly elliptical leaves are about 3.7 cm (1.5 in) long and 1.7 cm (0.7 in) wide, lanate above, tomentose below.[1][2]

The dwarf plant flowers from late spring to early fall. The cultivar is suitable for use in borders, containers, hedges, mass plantings, urban gardens and as specimens. It attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.[3]

The plant's patent application states that the cultivar's flowers are sterile and that seed and fruit development have not been observed.[1] Because the cultivar is non-invasive, the governments of the northwestern U.S. states of Oregon and Washington have approved it for sale within their jurisdictions, unlike their bans on B. davidii.[4]

Cultivation[]

The Monrovia Nursery Company of Azusa, California, markets Flutterby Petite Blue Heaven in the United States.[3] Plantipp, The Netherlands, introduced the cultivar to Europe in 2012 as one of their Free Petite™ series.[5] In the United Kingdom, several specimens were 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.[6] The shrub is reportedly hardy to −29 °C (−20 °F).[2]

Hardiness: USDA zones 5–10.[3]

See also[]

Non-invasive Buddleja cultivars

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Buddleja plant named 'Podaras #8'". Google Patents. USPP22069P2. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c (1) "Buddleia Flutterby Petite™ Blue Heaven". Plant Information. Ball Horticultural Company. 2012. Archived from the original on December 30, 2011.
    (2) "Free Petite® Blue Heaven". Hardy Hybrids. Longstock, Hampshire, England: Longstock Park Nursery: National Plant Collection: The Buddleia National Collection. Accession Number B208. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Flutterby Petite® Blue Heaven Butterfly Bush". Azusa, California: Monrovia Nursery Company. 2021. Archived from the original on August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  4. ^ (1) "Butterfly Bush Approved Cultivars". Oregon Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
    (2) "Butterfly Bush: Buddleja davidii". Olympia, Washington: Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  5. ^ (1) "Buddleja Flutterby Petite Snow White ('Podaras No 15') (PBR): butterfly bush Free Petite". Dorney Court, Dorney, Buckinghamshire, England: Crocus. Archived from the original on August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
    (2) "About Plantipp". IJsselstein, Utrecht, The Netherlands: Plantipp. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
    (3) "Plantipp B.V." D&B Business Directory. Jacksonville, Florida: Dun & Bradstreet. 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "Free Petite® Blue Heaven". Hardy Hybrids. Longstock, Hampshire, England: Longstock Park Nursery: National Plant Collection: The Buddleia National Collection. Accession Number B208. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.


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