Buddleja 'Podaras12' = Flutterby Flow Lavender

Buddleja 'Podaras12', selling name Flutterby Flow Lavender (USA and UK) or Free Petite Lavender Flow (Europe), is a sterile hybrid cultivar raised by Peter Podaras whilst at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and patented in 2012. Flutterby Flow Lavender was derived from the hybrid Buddleja davidii × Buddleja alternifolia backcrossed with another unnamed selection of Buddleja davidii.[1][2]

Buddleja hybrid
Cultivar'Podaras12' Flutterby Flow Lavender
OriginP. Podaras, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Description

Flutterby Flow Lavender makes a dwarf shrub with a compact, outwardly-spreading habit. Growing to a maximum height and width of 0.6 × 1.2 m, the shrub bears compound terminal and axillary panicles about 9.7 cm long by 4.5 cm wide, each comprising around 160 faintly fragrant lavender-blue flowers. The flowers emerge in spring and persist until the first frosts of the fall. The opposite, narrowly elliptic are about 7.4 cm long by 1.2 cm wide, pubescent above and below.[3][4]

Cultivation

In the UK, several specimens were introduced to the NCCPG national collection at the Longstock Park Nursery near Stockbridge in 2012. The shrub is reputedly hardy to - 29° C.[5]

References

Released in 2011, the cultivar has yet to appear in literature. The only references (2012) are the US patent application given, and photograph from a nursery website.

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