Origin Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce, VA, USA | ||
Buddleja × whiteana is a hybrid of Buddleja alternifolia and Buddleja asiatica made at the Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce, VA, USA, in 1948 by R.J.Moore. The plant was named for Orlando E. White, Director of Botany at Blandy. However, the taxonomy of the plant is a matter of contention, the RBG Kew Plantlist treating the status of its name as 'unresolved'. [1]
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Description
Buddleja × whiteana is a lax shrub growing to a height and width of about 2 × 1.5 m. The leaf colour ranges from greyish to silvery green. The inflorescences comprise panicles of very pale lilac, almost white, flowers with orange throats.
Cultivation
The hybrid is rare in cultivation, and not known beyond the USA. USDA zone 8.
References
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