Buddleja 'Podaras2' = Flutterby Grande Sweet Marmalade

Buddleja hybrid
Cultivar	'Podaras2' = Flutterby Grande Sweet Marmalade
Origin	P. Podaras, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Buddleja 'Podaras2', selling name Flutterby Grande Sweet Marmalade is a sterile hybrid cultivar raised by Peter Podaras whilst at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and patented in 2011. Sweet Marmalade is a selection from the progeny arising from the crossing of B. marrubiifolia with B. crispa.

Description

Flutterby Grande Sweet Marmalade has an upright habit, growing to 1.8 × 1.8 m, with terminal and axial globular panicles of faintly fragrant orange flowers. The opposite, narrowly ovate leaves are about 5.5 cm long by 3 cm wide with a lanulose upper surface, and a petiole 1 cm long.

Cultivation

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

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References

Released in 2011, the cultivar has yet to appear in literature. The only reference (2012) is the US patent application given.

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