Buddleja davidii 'Summer House Blue'

Buddleja davidii

'Summer House Blue', Longstock Park, UK
Cultivar 'Summer House Blue'
Origin Longstock Park Nursery, Longstock Park, Hampshire, UK

Buddleja davidii 'Summer House Blue' is a cultivar propagated by Peter Moore, Chief Propagator at Longstock Park Nursery. The cultivar was cloned from a seedling found growing near the eponymous summer house at Longstock.

Description

'Summer House Blue' can be maintained to 1.5 m in height with pruning. The terminal panicles of purple-blue flowers are 2025 cm in length; the leaves are silver-grey.[1]

Cultivation

'Summer House Blue' is only in cultivation in the UK. A specimen is grown as part of the NCCPG national buddleja collection held by the Longstock Park Nursery.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Moore, P. (2012). Buddleja list 2011 - 2012 Longstock Park Nursery. Longstock Park Nursery, UK.