Buddleja davidii 'Cardinal'

Buddleja davidii
Cultivar 'Cardinal'
Origin Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

Buddleja davidii 'Cardinal' is a Dutch cultivar, from the Ebben Nursery at Cuijk in North Brabant, raised by colchicine inducement from 'Royal Red'. [1]

Description

'Cardinal' makes a medium-sized shrub, broader than it is high. Despite its name, it does not bear cardinal red flowers, rather purple-red, in modest panicles 20 cm long; the foliage is pale green. [1]

Cultivation

'Cardinal' is not known to have been introduced to the UK or USA.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hatch, L. (2007). Cultivars of Woody Plants. Vol. 1. A - G. T C R Press, 2007. ISBN 0-9714465-9-8
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