Buddleja 'Podaras14' = Flutterby Petite Fuchsia

Buddleja 'Podaras14', selling name Flutterby Petite Fuchsia, is one of the series of sterile hybrid cultivars that Peter Podaras raised while at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Flutterby Petite Fuchsia was derived from the hybrid Buddleja alternifolia × Buddleja davidii backcrossed with another, unnamed, selection of B. davidii. Cornell received plant patent number US PP22,367 P2 for the cultivar on December 12, 2011.[1]

Buddleja hybrid
Cultivar'Podaras14' = Flutterby Petite Fuchsia
OriginP. Podaras, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Description

Flutterby Petite Fuchsia makes a dwarf shrub with a compact, upright to outwardly-spreading habit, resembling an inverted triangle. Growing to a maximum height and width of 0.4 × 0.3 m, the shrub bears compound terminal and axillary panicles about 7 cm long by 4.5 cm wide, each comprising around 350 faintly fragrant violet flowers with white centers and orange throats. The flowers emerge in spring and persist until the first frosts of the fall. The opposite, elliptical leaves are about 7.0 cm long by 2.3 cm wide, slightly pubescent above and lanulose below.[1]

Cultivation

Flutterby Petite Fuchsia is not known to be in commercial cultivation in 2021. The shrub is reportedly hardy to - 29° C., USDA zone 5 - 10.

See also

Non-invasive Buddleja cultivars

References
  1. "Buddleja plant named 'Podaras #14'". Google Patents. USPP22367P2. Archived from the original on August 8, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.


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