Buddleja Lo & Behold 'Lilac Chip'

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Buddleja hybrid
Cultivar'Lilac Chip'
OriginSandhills Research Station, Jackson Springs, NC, USA.

Buddleja 'Lilac Chip' (Lo & Behold series, Lilac Chip) is a complex dwarf hybrid cultivar derived from a 2005 crossing of 'Blue Chip' and 'Miss Molly' 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 ‘Lilac 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.[1] NCSU received United States plant patent number USPP24016P3 for the cultivar on November 5, 2013.[4]

Description[]

Lilac Chip grows to a height of 1.5 ft (0.5 m) to 2.0 ft (0.6 m) and to a width of 2.0 ft (0.6 m) to 2.5 ft (0.8 m).[2] The inflorescence is a panicle, and shows a lilac/lavender-pink flower color. The flowers lack anthers. Flowering usually begins in early June in Jackson Springs, North Carolina, and continues throughout the growing season until the first freeze event in October or November.[4] The plant's flowers attract bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other pollinators.[2]

The plant is compact and extremely dwarf. Its deciduous foliage is very dense and full. The plant produces moderate amounts of seed, but considerably less than standard cultivars of butterfly bush.[1][2]

'Lilac Chip' may die back to the ground in colder zones and resume growth from the crown the following spring. In regions where top growth survives 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.[2]

'Lilac Chip' 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 'Lilac Chip', as its determinations of the invasive potential of Budlejia davidii and its cultivars are consistent with those of Oregon.[6]

Cultivation[]

Proven Winners North America LLC of DeKalb, Illinois markets Lilac Chip 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]

Hardiness: USDA zones 5–9.[2]

See also[]

Non-invasive Buddleja cultivars

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Summary of Characteristics: Buddleja NC2006-6 (proposed to be released as 'Lilac Chip')" (PDF). Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Buddleja Lo & Behold® 'Lilac Chip'". Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
  3. ^ (1) "Summary of Characteristics: Buddleja NC2006-6 (proposed to be released as 'Lilac Chip')" (PDF). Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
    (2) "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 11, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Buddleja plant named 'Lilac Chip'". Google Patents. USPP24016P3. Archived from the original on August 11, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 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. ^ "Lo & Behold® 'Lilac 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.
  8. ^ "Lo and Behold® Lilac Chip". Hardy Hybrids. Longstock, Hampshire, England: Longstock Park Nursery: National Plant Collection: The Buddleia National Collection. 2016. Accession Number B211. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
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