Cultivar 'Orange Scepter' | ||
Origin University of Arkansas, USA People also search for Buddleja 'Ellen's Blue', Buddleja × weyeriana, Buddleja globosa | ||
Buddleja 'Orange Scepter' is a highly unusual American hybrid cultivar raised by Dr Jon Lindstrom of the University of Arkansas from a crossing of two South American species, Buddleja stachyoides and Buddleja tubiflora.
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Description
'Orange Scepter' grows to a height of 2.5 m, and bears 30 cm - long panicles of bright orange flowers resembling Leonotis, complemented by large, 28 cm - long Verbascum-like felted leaves. The shrub flowers almost continually throughout the year, but most prolifically from fall to spring.
Cultivation
'Orange Scepter' is not known to be in cultivation beyond the USA. With its tropical origins, the shrub is not frost-hardy and best removed indoors in winter. USDA zones 7b–10.
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