Buddleja 'Podaras2' = Flutterby Grande Sweet Marmalade

Buddleja 'Podaras2', selling name Flutterby Grande Sweet Marmalade is a sterile hybrid cultivar that Peter Podaras raised while at Cornell University in 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.[1]

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

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.[1][2]

Cultivation

Flutterby Grande Sweet Marmalade is not known (2012) to be in cultivation beyond the USA. The shrub is reportedly hardy to -20°F (-28.9°C).[2]

Hardiness: USDA zones 5a10a.[2]

See also

Non-invasive Buddleja cultivars

References

  1. "Buddleja plant named 'Podaras #2'". Google Patents. USPP22109P2. Archived from the original on August 8, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  2. "Flutterby Grande® Sweet Marmalade". Ball Seed: Plant Information. West Chicago, Illinois: Ball Horticultural Company. August 17, 2021. Archived from the original on August 6, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2021.


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