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Cultivar 'Minpap' = Reve de Papillon™ Origin Pepinieres Minier, Beaufort-en-Vallée, France Similar Buddleja davidii 'Fascination', Buddleja davidii 'Dart's Pa, Buddleja davidii 'African Q, Buddleja 'Ellen's Blue', Buddleja davidii 'Border B | ||
Buddleja 'Minpap', selling name Reve de Papillon™, is a hybrid cultivar raised from an openly-pollinated 'Royal Red' by Olivier Pallusiere at the Pepinieres Minier nursery, Beaufort-en-Vallée, France.[1] Reve de Papillon featured in the Buddleja trials held by the Royal Horticultural Society from 2008 to 2010, but was unplaced in the public popularity poll.[2]
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Description
Reve de Papillon makes a broad, bushy shrub, 1.5 × 2.5 m, with arching branches bearing long, broad, terminal panicles of purplish-pink flowers complemented by grey-green foliage.
Cultivation
Reve de Papillon has become widely established in western Europe, including the UK, where a specimen is grown as part of the NCCPG national collection at Longstock Park Nursery, near Stockbridge, Hampshire. It is not known to have been introduced to North America.