Buddleja 'Flutterby Petite' Dark Pink

Buddleja 'Flutterby Petite' is one of the series of sterile hybrid cultivars raised by Peter Podaras whilst at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and patented as 'Podaras#10' in 2011. was derived from the hybrid Buddleja alternifolia × Buddleja davidii .

Description

'Flutterby Petite' makes a small shrub with a broad, outwardly-spreading habit creating a wide, inverted triangle shape. Growing to a maximum of 1.2 × 1.5 m, the shrub bears compound terminal and axillary panicles about 9 cm long by 3 cm wide, comprising around 115 faintly fragrant dark-violet flowers. The flowers emerge in spring and persist until the first frosts of the fall. The opposite, narrowly elliptical dark green leaves are very small, about 5.2 cm long by 1.5 cm wide, pubescent above and below. 1

Cultivation

'Flutterby Petite' is not known (2012) to be in cultivation beyond the USA. The shrub is reputedly hardy to - 29° C., USDa zone 5 - 10.

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.