Buddleja davidii 'Summer Skies'
| Buddleja davidii | |
|---|---|
| Cultivar | 'Summer Skies' |
| Origin | Storrs, Connecticut, USA. |
Buddleja davidii 'Summer Skies' is an American cultivar raised by Mark Brand and William Smith of Storrs, Connecticut, and patented in 2012. The shrub is a mutant variety obtained by chemical mutagenesis of seeds, using Ethylmethane sulfonate (EMS). [1]
Description
'Summer Skies' has upright and outwardly spreading branches bearing variegated foliage, the leaf colour ranging through green, yellow and white, complementing the long panicles of pale violet-blue flowers. [1]
Cultivation
'Summer Skies' is not known to be in cultivation beyond the USA.
References
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