Buddleja 'Podaras7' = Flutterby Flow Mauve Pink

Buddleja 'Podaras7', selling name , is a sterile hybrid cultivar raised by Peter Podaras whilst at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and patented in 2011. was derived from a crossing of the hybrid Buddleja davidii × Buddleja davidii. 12

Description

makes a dwarf shrub with a compact, outwardly-spreading habit. Growing to a maximum height and width of 0.6 × 1.2 m, the shrub bears compound terminal and axillary panicles about 9.7 cm long by 4.5 cm wide, each comprising around 160 faintly fragrant pale purple flowers. The flowers emerge in spring and persist until the first frosts of the fall. The opposite, narrowly elliptic are about 7.4 cm long by 1.2 cm wide, pubescent above and below. 3 4

Cultivation

is not known (2012) to be in cultivation beyond the USA. The shrub is reputedly hardy to - 29° C. 5

References

Released in 2011, the cultivar has yet to appear in literature. The only references (2012) are the US patent application given, and photograph from a nursery website.