Buddleja × weyeriana 'Moonlight'

Buddleja × weyeriana 'Moonlight' was one of the two original weyeriana cultivars (the other 'Golden Glow') raised by Major van de Weyer at his Corfe Castle home during the First World War.[1][2] The cultivar has acquired several synonyms in the British horticultural trade: 'Beech Park', 'Hocus Pocus', and 'Liberty'.

Buddleja × weyeriana
'Moonlight', Longstock Park, UK
Cultivar'Moonlight'
Originvan de Weyer nursery, Smedmore House, Corfe, Dorset, UK.

Description

'Moonlight' is a shrub with a lax, open habit, growing to a height of 2 m if hard-pruned annually, bearing small panicles comprising globose heads of pale yellow flowers flushed lilac to pink, with orange throats. The leaves are of average size and mid-green in colour.[3][4] Ploidy: 2n = 76. [5]

Cultivation

'Moonlight' has been widely cultivated in the UK. Hardiness: United States Department of Agriculture zones 8–10. [4]

References
  1. Weyer, van de, W. (1920). Buddleja weyeriana. Gardeners' Chronicle ser. 3, 68: 181. 1920.
  2. Hatch, L. (2007). Cultivars of Woody Plants. Vol. 1 (A-G) 2007 Edition. TCR Press Horticultural PDF. books.
  3. Moore, P. (2012). Buddleja List 2011-2012 Longstock Park Nursery. Longstock Park Nursery, UK.
  4. Stuart, D. (2006). Buddlejas. RHS Plant Collector Guide. Timber Press, Oregon. ISBN 978-0-88192-688-0
  5. Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA


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