Buddleja 'Flutterby' Pink

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#9' in 2011. 'Flutterby' was derived from the crossing of two unnamed, unknown selections of Buddleja davidii. 1

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

Description

'Flutterby' makes a small shrub with an upright growing habit. Growing to a maximum height and spread of 1.2 × 1.5 m, the shrub bears compound terminal and axillary panicles about 8 cm long by 5 cm wide, each comprising around 250 faintly fragrant pale purple-violet flowers. The flowers emerge in spring and persist until the first frosts of the fall. The opposite, elliptic to lanceolate leaves are about 9 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

References

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