Buddleja Lo & Behold 'Ice Chip'

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Buddleja Lo & Behold 'Ice Chip'
CultivarBuddleja 'Ice Chip'
Marketing namesBuddleja White Chip
OriginNorth Carolina State University Sandhills Research Station, Jackson Springs, NC, USA

Buddleja 'Ice Chip' (LO & BEHOLD series; selling name White Chip in Europe) is a sterile hybrid cultivar derived from a 2005 crossing of 'Blue Chip' and the breeding parent NC2002-12 ('White Ball' × Nanho Purple) 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 ‘Ice Chip’ in field trials in 2006 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 2011.[3] NCSU received United States plant patent number USPP24015P3 for the cultivar on April 5, 2016.[2]

Description[]

Buddleja 'Ice Chip' panicle

Buddleja 'Ice Chip' is possibly the world's first groundcover buddleja, growing outwards to more than double its diminutive height of 0.5 m (1.6 ft). The shrub has a dense, rounded structure owing to the development of numerous lateral branches. The fragrant inflorescences are small terminal panicles, 8 cm (3.1 in) in length holding up to 130 white flowers, greyish-yellow within the corolla tube. The mature leaves are elliptic, 7.5 cm (3.0 in) long by 2.5 cm (1.0 in) wide, green above and grey-green below.[3]

Werner and Snelling's publication stated that, because of its compact and spreading growth habit, ‘Ice Chip’ is appropriate for use in the front of mixed plantings and as a groundcover in mass plantings. Their publication also stated that, like most Buddleja, 'Ice Chip' attracts butterflies in abundance.[3]

'Ice Chip' may die back to the ground in colder zones and resume growth from the crown the following spring. In regions where above-ground shoots survive over winter, pruning to the ground in late winter when new leaves appear at the base will produce more vigorous growth in the spring, give the plant a better shape, and produce more flowers.[1]

The flowers' anthers are either absent or malformed and are thus incapable of pollination. The flowers are also female-sterile and therefore produce no seeds.[3] Because the cultivar is non-invasive, the governments of Oregon and Washington have approved it for sale in their states, unlike their bans of Buddleja davidii.[1][5]

Cultivation[]

Proven Winners LLC of DeKalb, Illinois, markets 'Ice Chip' in the United States.[6] 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.[7] England's Thompson and Morgan markets the plant as 'White Chip'.[8]

Hardiness: USDA zones 5–9.[1]

See also[]

Non-invasive Buddleja cultivars

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Buddleja Lo & Behold® 'Ice Chip'". Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Buddleja plant named 'Ice Chip'". Google Patents. USPP24015P3. Archived from the original on August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 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. ^ (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.
  6. ^ "Lo & Behold® 'Ice Chip' Butterfly Bush: Buddleia x". DeKalb, Illinois: Proven Winners North America LLC. 2021. Archived from the original on January 24, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  7. ^ "Lo and Behold® Ice Chip". Hardy Hybrids. Longstock, Hampshire, England: Longstock Park Nursery: National Plant Collection: The Buddleia National Collection. 2016. Accession Number B199. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  8. ^ "Buddleja 'Lo & Behold - White Chip'". Ipswich, Suffolk, England: Thompson and Morgan. 2021. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
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