Cultivar 'Asian Moon' | ||
Origin University of Arkansas, USA | ||
Buddleja 'Asian Moon' is a sterile hybrid cultivar raised in 2001 by researchers at the University of Arkansas by crossing the tetraploid davidii cultivar 'Moonshadow' (female parent) with the diploid B. asiatica to create a seed-sterile triploid.
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Description
'Asian Moon' is a rounded shrub, attaining a height of 2.2 m and spread of 2.7 m after five years. The lanceolate to elliptic leaves have serrate margins and are dark green in colour. The inflorescences appear in late May to early June, and comprise numerous panicles of pale purple flowers, followed by vestigial fruits devoid of seed.
Cultivation
'Asian Moon' is now in commerce in the USA.[1]
References
Buddleja 'Asian Moon' Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA