''Buddleja'' 'Winter Sun' is a British
cultivar
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raised by Steve Nevard, London, from a crossing of
''B. araucana'' (formerly ''B. nappei'') and
''B. officinalis''.
[Moore, P. (2012). ''Buddleja list 2011 - 2012 Longstock Park Nursery''. Longstock Park Nursery, UK.] 'Winter Sun' is a winter / early spring flowering shrub of similar size and vigour to ''B. officinalis''. It has pink-flushed-yellow flowers in terminal clusters of small globose heads, complemented by olive green foliage with a brown tomentose underside.
'Winter Sun' is uncommon.
It is not known to be in cultivation beyond the UK. A specimen is grown as part of the
NCCPG
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national buddleja collection held by
Longstock Park
Longstock Park is in the civil parish of Longstock in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, and forms part of the Leckford Estate (1520 ha.), wholly owned by the John Lewis Partnership.
Description
Formerly Longstock Manor, of ...
Nursery near
Stockbridge.
References
Buddleja hybrids and cultivars
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