Buddleja 'Flutterby' Lavender

Buddleja 'Flutterby'™ is one of the series of sterile hybrid cultivars raised by Peter Podaras whilst at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and patented as 'Podaras#11' in 2011. 'Flutterby' was derived from the crossing Buddleja alternifolia × Buddleja davidii. 1

NB: Not to be confused with the cultivar of the same selling name marketed as one of the 'Flutterby Flow'™ series.

Description

'Flutterby' makes a small shrub with a broad, outwardly-spreading habit creating a wide, inverted triangle shape. Growing to a maximum of 1.2 × 1.2 m, the shrub bears compound terminal and axillary panicles about 7.5 cm long by 4.6 cm wide, comprising around 130 faintly fragrant pale-violet flowers. The flowers emerge in spring and persist until the first frosts of the fall. The opposite, elliptic to oblanceolate leaves are about 8 cm long by 3 cm wide, lanulose above and below. 2 3

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. 4