Buddleja 'Hotblackiana'

Buddleja hybrid
Cultivar 'Hotblackiana'
Origin Deake's Manor, Cuckfield, Sussex, England.

Buddleja 'Hotblackiana' was derived from a rare, possibly unique, crossing of B. davidii var. veitchiana with B. forrestii by Herbert Seymour Hotblack, of Deake's Manor, Cuckfield, Sussex, England, and exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show of 1952. [1] [2]

Description

'Hotblackiana' produced panicles of dark lilac flowers with yellowish-brown eyes. [1]

Cultivation

'Hotblackiana' is not known to have been cultivated beyond the UK, and may no longer survive.

References

  1. 1 2 Hatch, L. (2007). Cultivars of Woody Plants. Vol. 1. A–G. (2007).TCR Press Horticultural PDF. books.
  2. ↑ Royal Horticultural Society. (1953). Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Notes from Fellows,  p.137. RHS, London
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