Cultivar 'Butterfly Heaven' | ||
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Origin Blooms of Bressingham, UK Similar Buddleja 'Ellen's Blue', Buddleja davidii 'Adokeep, Buddleja 'Miss Ruby', Buddleja davidii 'Monum, Buddleja davidii 'Empire B | ||
Buddleja davidii 'Butterfly Heaven' is a British cultivar raised from a chance seedling discovered by Adrian Bloom at the Blooms of Bressingham nursery.[1]
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Description
'Butterfly Heaven' typically grows to 1 - 2 m in height, and bears large, <30 cm-long panicles of lilac-purple flowers. The foliage is grey-green when young, ageing to a dark green by midsummer.[2]
Cultivation
'Butterfly Heaven' is rare in cultivation, but has been introduced to the USA, where it grows at the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the UK a specimen is grown as part of the NCCPG national collection held by Longstock Park, near Stockbridge, Hampshire.
References
Buddleja davidii 'Butterfly Heaven' Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA