Buddleja Lo & Behold 'Blue Chip Jr'

Buddleja hybrid
Cultivar 'Blue Chip Jr'
Origin J C Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, NC, USA.

Buddleja 'Blue Chip Jr' (Lo & Behold series) is a dwarf hybrid cultivar derived from a crossing of 'Blue Chip' and clone NC2006-18 by the North Carolina Agriculture Research Service, NCSU, and released to commerce in 2013. [1]

Description

'Blue Chip Jr' is claimed to be a 'clear improvement' on 'Blue Chip'; more compact and symmetrical growth habit, earlier flowering, and producing longer panicles of a more persistent rich blue colouring on less brittle stems. The leaves are silver-green. [1]

Cultivation

'Blue Chip Jr' is marketed exclusively by Spring Meadow Nursery Inc., Grand Haven, Michigan. It is not known (2014) to be in cultivation beyond the USA. Hardiness: USDA zones 5–7.

References

  1. 1 2 North Carolina Agriculture Research Service (2013). Notice of Release - 'Blue Chip Jr' (NC2009-3) Cultivar of Butterfly Bush (Buddleja sp.) North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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