Buddleja 'Pride of Hever'

Buddleja hybrid
Cultivar	'Pride of Hever'
Origin	Hever Castle, Kent, UK

Buddleja 'Pride of Hever', known as 'Hever Pride', is a cultivar of the hybrid Buddleja crispa × Buddleja lindleyana raised at Hever Castle Gardens, Edenbridge, Kent, in 1958. [1]

Description

'Pride of Hever' is not described in horticultural literature. However, of the same parentage as Buddleja 'Longstock Pride', it should bear a close resemblance.

Cultivation

'Pride of Hever' is rare in cultivation in the UK. A specimen is grown at the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens at Wisley, and another was included in the Chelsea Flower Show display created by Writtle College in 2008.

Synonyms

Buddleja 'Hever Castle'

References

Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1979). The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II. Revision of the African and Asiatic species. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen, Nederland

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[Leeuwenberg-1] Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1979). The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II. Revision of the African and Asiatic species. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen, Nederland