Cultivar 'Moonlight' | ||
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Origin van de Weyer nursery, Smedmore House, Corfe, Dorset, UK. Similar Buddleja × weyeriana 'Golden G, Buddleja delavayi, Buddleja × weyeriana 'Honeycomb', Buddleja loricata, Buddleja × weyeriana 'Sungold' | ||
Buddleja × weyeriana 'Moonlight' was one of the two original weyeriana cultivars (the other 'Golden Glow') raised by Major van de Weyer at his Corfe Castle home during the First World War. The cultivar has acquired several synonyms in the British horticultural trade: 'Beech Park', 'Hocus Pocus', and 'Liberty'.
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Description
'Moonlight' is a shrub with a lax, open habit, growing to a height of 2 m if hard-pruned annually, bearing small panicles comprising globose heads of pale yellow flowers flushed lilac to pink, with orange throats. The leaves are of average size and mid-green in colour. Ploidy: 2n = 76.
Cultivation
'Moonlight' has been widely cultivated in the UK. Hardiness: United States Department of Agriculture zones 8–10.
References
Buddleja × weyeriana 'Moonlight' Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA