Buddleja 'Autumn Delight'

Buddleja hybrid
Cultivar 'Autumn Delight'
Origin Peter Moore, Longstock Park Nursery, UK.

Buddleja 'Autumn Delight' is a hybrid cultivar raised by Peter Moore, Chief Propagator at the Longstock Park Nursery in Hampshire, England. The cultivar is the result of a crossing of 'Autumn Beauty' with 'Sugar Plum'. [1]

Description

'Autumn Delight' is a late-flowering shrub growing to a height of 2.5 m if hard pruned in spring, and bears terminal panicles, 20–25 cm long, of purplish-pink flowers. The foliage is typical of B. davidii.

Cultivation

'Autumn Delight' is not (2013) in cultivation beyond the UK. A specimen is grown as part of the NCCPG national buddleja collection at the Longstock Park Nursery near Stockbridge.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Moore, P. (2013). Buddleja species–hybrids 2013-14 Longstock Nursery. Longstock Park, UK.
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