Buddleja davidii 'White Spread'

Buddleja davidii
Cultivar 'White Spread'
Origin Netherlands

Buddleja davidii 'White Spread' is a Dutch cultivar developed in 1993 by the Research Station for Arboriculture, Boskoop. [1]

Description

'White Spread' is a low growing shrub, extending more horizontally than vertically to typical dimensions of 0.9 × 1.2 m. The plant is chiefly distinguished by its grey-green foliage, rather than its panicles of intense white flowers, and considered 'a real improvement on 'White Bouquet'[2]

Cultivation

'White Spread' has become common in cultivation in the Netherlands and Germany. It is grown in the USA in the collection of Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania.

References

  1. ↑ Hatch, L. (2007). Cultivars of Woody Plants. Vol. 1 (A-G) 2007 Edition. TCR Press Horticultural PDF. books.
  2. ↑ Dendroflora 30, p.72, 1993.