Cultivar 'Autumn Delight' | ||
Origin Peter Moore, Longstock Park Nursery, UK. | ||
Buddleja 'Autumn Delight' is a hybrid cultivar raised by Peter Moore, Chief Propagator at the Longstock Park Nursery in Hampshire, England. The cultivar is the result of a crossing of 'Autumn Beauty' with 'Sugar Plum'.
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Description
'Autumn Delight' is a late-flowering shrub growing to a height of 2.5 m if hard pruned in spring, and bears terminal panicles, 20–25 cm long, of purplish-pink flowers. The foliage is typical of B. davidii.
Cultivation
'Autumn Delight' is not (2013) in cultivation beyond the UK. A specimen is grown as part of the NCCPG national buddleja collection at the Longstock Park Nursery near Stockbridge.
References
Buddleja 'Autumn Delight' Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA