Buddleja 'Podaras6' = Flutterby Peace

Buddleja 'Podaras6', selling name , is a hybrid cultivar raised by Peter Podaras whilst at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and patented in 2011. was derived from the crossing Buddleja alternifolia × Buddleja davidii.1

Description

makes a small, compact, densely branched shrub with an outwardly spreading habit. Growing to a maximum height and width of about 1.2 × 1.5 m, the shrub bears compound terminal and axillary panicles about 6.3  cm long by 3.6  cm wide, each 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 leaves are about 5.5 cm long by 1.7  cm wide, smooth, glabrous above, lanulose below.2

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. 3

References

Released in 2011, the cultivar has yet to appear in literature; the only reference (2014) is the US patent.