Buddleja davidii Cultivars and Hybrids
A comprehensive list of garden Buddleja
There are now over two hundred garden cultivars and hybrids
- updated September 2024
Please e-mail me with any corrections or additional information. This is an ongoing project and I'm adding newbies all the time. I'm aiming for it to be a thoroughly comprehesive list of cultivars - old and new.
E-mail: buddlejagarden@gmail.com
Text only at this stage. Images of many of these can be found on the My Cultivars Page. Where I know the origin of the plant, this is indicated. Most hybrids of Buddleja davidii are included.
Acknowledgments to the RHS Buddleja Euro-Trial Report 2010, the book 'Buddlejas' by David Stuart, Peter Moore at Longstock and to Andrew Bullock at the Lavender Garden.
PVR means Plant Variety Rights.
® means a registered trademark.
AGM refers to the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Syn.= synonym where plants are known by several names.
| Cultivar Name | Flower Colour | Notes |
| Adonis Blue syn. Adokeep' PVR | Navy Blue | One of the Butterfly series from the East Malling Research station in Kent, UK. Dwarf bush with an open habit. |
| African Queen | Deep Purple | Large upright shrub. Second only to Black Knight for depth of colour. |
| Amplissima | Purple/Mauve | An old French cultivar dating to 1911. Large, deciduous and needing a moderate climate. |
| Antoinette | Unknown | From Shapcott Garden Nursery, Devon. |
| Argus Velvet syn. Inspired Violet | Violet-purple | Hybrid of B. davidii and B. lindleyana. |
| Argus White syn. Inspired White | White | Hybrid of B. davidii and B. lindleyana. |
| Asian Moon | Purple | Hybrid with B. asiatica, this is triploid and sterile. From the USA, hardiness is untested in UK. |
| Attraction | Deep pink to maroon | From Mike Dirr at the University of Georgia, has some B. weyeriana in its make-up. Supposedly an improvement on Royal Red. |
| Autumn Beauty syn. Beijing syn. Clive Farrell | Pale lilac | Recently introduced and is a very late, autumn flowering cultivar (or sub-species) that has picked up a surprising number of names |
| Berries and Cream | Maroon and White | Bred by Peter Moore of the Longstock Nursery, Hampshire, UK. Inflorescences are a patchwork of maroon and white flowers, a unique feature. |
| Black Knight | Dark purple | This large shrub is the darkest purple Buddleja so far, sometimes mis-named Dark Knight. The flowers have a large yellow eye and a very strong scent.
AGM 1993 |
| Bicolor syn. Flower Power | Mauve fading to butterscotch | B. weyeriana x B. davidii hybrid from Mike Dirr, University of Georgia. Flowers start mauve and then fade to the second colour. |
| Big Blue | Blue-violet | Very fat, pale blue-violet flowers. From Halcyon Plants, South Wales. |
| Bishop's Velvet | Deep purple | Uniform purple with a reduced eye. |
| Bishop's Violet | Mauve-violet | An older B. fallowiana x B. davidii hybrid from Treseder's Nursery, Cornwall. |
| Blaze Pink | Pink | From Ball Horticultural. |
| Blooming Butterflies: Blue Morpho | Blue-lavender | A series of restrained Buddleja rom Wayside Gardens, SC, USA. Low growing and dense habit. Something of a failure, this series is no longer being propagated. |
| Blooming Butterflies: Jezebel | Bright purple | From Wayside Gardens, SC, USA. Low growing and dense habit. |
| Blooming Butterflies: Plum Judy | Deep pink | From Wayside Gardens, SC, USA. Low growing and dense habit. |
| Blooming Butterflies: Painted Lady | Mauve pink | From Wayside Gardens, SC, USA. Low growing and dense habit, with yellow foliage. |
| Blooming Butterflies: Great Southerm White | White | From Wayside Gardens, SC, USA. Low growing and dense habit. |
| Blue Boy
syn. Boy Blue | Medium Blue | B. weyeriana x davidii from Peter Moore, Longstock. Large orange eyed flowers and very vigorous. |
| Blue Horizon | Dark Blue | Tall, upright plant with the best blue flowers. AGM awarded 2010. |
| Blue Ribbon
Syn. Podarasnga3 | Light blue | Fairly small (1.0-1.5 metres height) Buddleja from Peter Podaras, marketed by Springhill Nurseries, USA. Individual flowers are larger than average and some are partially doubled. |
| Bonnie | Light lavender | From Mike Dirr at the University of Georgia. |
| Border Beauty | Dark pink to mauve | Upright and neat growing habit. Plant has unusually dark stems. |
| Boskoop Beauty | Dark pink | Easily mistaken for Border Beauty and possibly the same plant. |
| Bressingham Bountiful | Lilac-mauve | Floriferous full-sized 'Lochinch' seedling from Adrian Bloom of Bressingham Gardens. |
| Brown's Blue | Blue | From Shapcott Garden Nursery, Devon. |
| Burncross | Pale violet | New variegated and dwarf cultivar from Blooms of Bressingham, wide white leaf margins. |
| Burgundy | Bright purple | Also has dark leaves. |
| Butterfly Ball | China blue/ White | The name has been applied to dwarf white and light blue cultivars. |
| BUTTERFLY CANDY® LITTLE CERISE
Syn. Botex 007 | Cerise pink | Newer introduction circa 2024 |
| BUTTERFLY CANDY® LITTLE PURPLE
Syn. Botex 001 | Dark purple. | The BUTTERFLY CANDY COLLECTION® plants are recent introductions (2021) from Van Son & Koot BV, Netherlands, each is under a metre in height and with a compact, dense habit. |
| BUTTERFLY CANDY® LILA SWEETHEART Syn. Botex 002 | Pale blue | Flowers have a pale yellow eye. |
| BUTTERFLY CANDY® LITTLE WHITE Syn. Botex 003 | White | |
| BUTTERFLY CANDY® LITTLE LILA Syn. Botex 004 | Pale violet-blue | |
| BUTTERFLY CANDY® LITTLE PINK Syn Botex 005 | Pink | |
| BUTTERFLY CANDY® LITTLE RUBY Syn. Botex 006 | Ruby-pink | Supposedly close to a shade of true red. |
| Butterfly Heaven | Violet | From Blooms of Bressingham. Compact and floriferous.
PVR |
| Butterfly Gold | Pale blue-violet | Variegated leaves with cream-yellow margins. |
| Butterfly Towers
Syn. TOBUD1305 | Dull purple | From Thompson and Morgan, a smaller cultivar with a very upright and narrow habit. |
| Butterfly Towers White
Syn: TOBUD08/3, Mortet0803 | White | Upright, pyramidal habit. |
| Buzz Candy Pink | Bright pink | Like a mini Pink delight. |
| Buzz Hot Raspberry | Deep pink-red | A striking colour. |
| Buzz Indigo
syn. Buzz Midnight syn. Harkstead Indigo | Dark Blue-purple | Later release in the series of very small cultivars from Thompson & Morgan, suitable for containers. |
| Buzz Ivory
syn. Tobudivo | White | One of a series of very small cultivars fromThompson & Morgan, suitable for containers. |
| Buzz Lavender
syn. Buzz Violet syn. Tobudviole | Lavender | One of a series of very small cultivars from Thompson & Morgan, suitable for containers. |
| Buzz Magenta
syn. Buzz Pink Purple syn. Tobudpipur | Magenta purple | One of a series of very small cultivars fromThompson & Morgan, suitable for containers. |
| Buzz Magenta Improved | Bright Magenta | An improved version, slow to replace the original cultivar. |
| Buzz Red
syn. Buzz Velvet syn. Tobudvelve | Cerise-red | Very upright shrub, taller than others in the Buzz series. Excellent colour. |
| Buzz Sky blue
syn. Violet blue syn. Tobudskyblu | Violet blue | One of a series of very small cultivars from Thompson & Morgan, suitable for containers. |
| Buzz Wine | Wine-purple | Latest release. |
| Camberwell Beauty syn. Camkeep PVR | Mauve-purple | One of the Butterfly series from the East Malling Research station in Kent, UK. Dwarf bush with a bushy habit and large branched flowers. Awarded the AGM in 2010. |
| Car Wash | Very pale lilac-blue | - |
| Castle School | Pale violet | Early flowering and very fragrant. From Sampford Shrubs, Devon. |
| Cardinal | Maroon | A colchicine induced sport of Royal Red selected to be smaller. |
| Carminea | Lilac-pink | Irish cultivar. |
| Carroll Deep Lavender | Dark lilac to lavender | - |
| Charming | Lilac Pink | Also there is a Pink Charming in the USA, possibly leading to a confusion with Pink Delight. |
| Concord | Deep purple/blue | - |
| Colour Fountain Blue Syn. Foot Long | Lavender-lilac. | Very small cultivar with large flowers, part of the Alan Titchmarsh Collection from Thompson & Morgan. |
| Cotswold Blue | Dark blue | From The Lavender Garden, Gloucestershire. |
| Cotswold Twilight | Dark blue-purple | Darker than Cotswold Blue and less vigorous, also from The Lavender Garden, Gloucestershire. |
| Colour Crush
Syn: PodarasnGA1 | Reddish purple | Compact (1.5 metres height) Buddleja with a fastigiate habit; from Peter Podaras and marketed by Springhill Nurseries, USA |
| CranRazz | Pink-red | Another nearly-red cultivar, this time from Ball Horticultural. |
| Croyde | Mauve-purple. | Unusually long panicles. From Sampford Shrubs, Devon. |
| CHRYSALIS™ Purple
syn: 'Balchryurp' | Purple | A series of small Buddleja from Ball Seed, USA. Less than one metre height, and claimed to be more weather and disease resistant than previous dwarf hybrids. |
| CHRYSALIS™ Blue
'Balchrylu' | Mauve | The publicity photos show flowers that are not very blue at all. |
| CHRYSALIS™ Cranberry
'Balchryran' | Reddish purple | |
| CHRYSALIS™ Pink
'Balchryink' | Pale pink | |
| CHRYSALIS™ White
'Balchryite' | White | |
| DAPPER® LAVENDER Syn. 'Buddaplav' | Light-mauve purple. | From Ball Horticultural subsiduary Star Roses (Pennsylvannia, USA). Small (1 metre height and spread) with a rounded, dense habit and abundant small inflorescences. Thus far, only available in North America. |
| DAPPER® WHITE Syn. 'Dapconwhi' Syn. TINY BUDDY® 'White' | White | A white version of DAPPER® LAVENDER. In Europe, part of the TINY BUDDY® series. |
| DAPPER® PINK Syn. 'Condappin' Syn. TINY BUDDY® 'Hot Pink' | Pink | A pink flowered member of the series, introduced later. In Europe, part of the TINY BUDDY® series. |
| Darent Valley | White | Long flowers on a manageable bush. Recommended for the AGM subject to availability. |
| Darkness | Dark purple-blue | USA cultivar |
| Dartmoor | Lilac purple | Very large and vigorous cultivar with impressive branched flowers.
AGM 1993 |
| Dart's Ornamental White | White | From Dart's Nursery, Netherlands. Average white cultivar. |
| Dart's Papillon Blue Syn. Pixie Blue | Pale blue | Formerly called Pixie Blue despite being a big cultivar. Greyish foliage. |
| Dart's Purple Rain | Purple | Exceptionally long flower heads and rarely sets seed. |
| David Griffin | Unknown | - |
| Deep Lavender | Deep lavender lilac | USA plant, ruffled flowers with large orange eye. |
| Dreaming Lavender
syn: Lavender Veil; Hinebud1 | Mauve | A complex hybrid. More details on the Flutterby and Hinebud Hybrids page. |
| Dreaming Orange | Golden-yellow | A hybrid of B. virgata and B. marrubiifolia. More details on the Flutterby and Hinebud Hybrids page. |
| Dreaming Purple
syn: Hinebud4 | Purple | A complex hybrid. More details on the Flutterby and Hinebud Hybrids page. |
| Dreaming White
syn: Angle White; Hinebud3 | White | A complex hybrid. More details on the Flutterby and Hinebud Hybrids page. |
| Dubonnet | Dark pinky-purple | An older, large cultivar. |
| Dudley's Compact Lavender | Lavender | A very old cultivar with greyish leaves. |
| Ecolonia | Lilac-violet | Neat upright bush with excellent greyish foliage, flowers a little dull. |
| Ellen's Blue | Dark Violet blue | Possibly a seedling of Lochinch, rich dark flowers, grey foliage, smaller cultivar. |
| Empire Blue | Blue violet | Not the best and small flowers but still in wide cultivation. Excellent scent and upright habit.
AGM 1993 |
| Evil Ways | Purple | From the USA, has yellow foliage. |
| Fair Lady | Purple-pink | - |
| Fascinating | Lilac pink | Could be confused with with Fascination. Some descriptions have this name for a purple flowered form. |
| Fascination | Lilac pink | Old USA cultivar (1940), may be the same as Fascinating. |
| Flaming Violet | Violet | Unremarkable culitvar. |
| Flight's Fancy syn. B. x weyeriana Variegata | Yellow | Buddleja x weyeriana hybrid-cultivar, a 'Sungold' sport with yellow speckled variegation. |
| Flutterby Hybrids | Various | Details of the Flutterby Hybrids. |
| Fortune | Lilac | Paler lilac than average and fading towards the centre. |
| Foxtail | Violet-purple | From the Lavender Garden, flowers shaped like a fox-brush. |
| Funky Fuchsia | Deep pink | From Mike Dirr and First Editions |
| Glasnevin Hybrid
syn. Glasnevin Blue | China blue | Small shrub like a pale blue var. nanhoensis, from Glasnevin Gardens in Ireland. |
| Golden Glow | Lilac-flushed yellow | Buddleja x weyeriana hybrid-cultivar. |
| Golden Sovereign | Blue violet | Sport of Empire blue with yellow foliage. |
| Gonglepod | Pink-lilac | Narrow Nanho-type leaves with very fine pink to lilac flowers in distinctive panicles. |
| Grand Cascade | Light lavender | From Walters Gardens, USA. Large blooms with a weeping habit. |
| Greenway's River Dart | Pale blue | From the Garden of the late Agatha Christie. Branched flowers that are unusual for this colour. |
| Grey Dawn | Gery-blue | From The Lavender Garden, Gloucestershire. The flowers are frequently branched like Dartmoor. |
| Griffin's Blue | Blue | Similar to Ellen's Blue. |
| Groovy Grape | Deep blue-purple | From Mike Dirr and First Editions |
| Guinevere | Dark Purple | Large USA cultivar from Mike Dirr, University of Georgia. Rivals Black Knight for colour, |
| Halcyon Red | Reddish purple | From Halcyon Plant, South Wales. |
| Harlequin | Maroon | A sport of Royal Red with narrow white variegation on the leaf margins. |
| Heath | Unknown | - |
| High Five Purple
Syn. Podcept1 | Pale Mauve-violet | A dwarf hybrid from Peter Podaras, some flowers are doubled. |
| Honeycomb | Yellow | F2 Buddleja x weyeriana F2 hybrid-cultivar, a superior clone of 'Sungold'. |
| HUMDINGER® Gold Drop | Magenta | The HUMDINGER® series is from Walters Gardens Inc. (Michigan, USA). All have a small, compact and floriferous habit, and a height and spread of 1 metre. Several of the cultivars have been introduced into the European market somtime under the alternative name POQUITO®. Gold Drop is distinguished by its golden-yellow foliage. |
| HUMDINGER® Lavender Cupcake | Pale lavender | Rounded, compact habit and bears panicles of light lavender purple flowers up to 30 cm long. |
| HUMDINGER® Little Angel | White. | With a rounded habit and smallish foliage. |
| HUMDINGER® Little Nugget | Blue-purple | Low, wide habit and is distinguished by yellow-green foliage. 'Little Nugget has been superseded by the superior 'Gold Drop' in the catalogues, and is no longer widely propagated. |
| HUMDINGER® Magenta Munchkin | Dark fuchsia | Low, rounded with medium green foliage. The panicles are up to 20cm long and the dark fuchsia flowers have lighter centres. |
| HUMDINGER® Orchid Annie | Orchid-purple | An arching habit, long panicles and grey-green leaves. |
| Ile de France | Dark lilac-purple | Several slightly differing cultivars were submitted to the RHS trial. Not clear which is the genuine article. |
| Imperial Purple | Purple | Royal Purple synonym, so is probably only Royal Red. |
| Kalypso | Mauve purple | Strong growing shrub. |
| Lavender Eyes | Lavender | Complex hybrid of B.globosa, B,davidii and B.lindleyana from the University of Georgia, flowers have a large orange eye. |
| LEAH™ Blue | Purple-blue | From Green Fuse, USA. Another series of very small Buddleja about 0.5 metres tall. Only available in North America. LEAH™ Blue is more purple than blue. |
| LEAH™ Midnight | Dark purple | |
| LEAH™ Pink | Pink | |
| LEAH™ Raspberry | Deep reddish pink | |
| LEAH™ White | White | |
| LEAH™ White Improved | White | The series is only recently released (c.2018) and already they need to introduce improved cultivars? |
| Leela Kapila | Cerise to maroon | Named after a popular Nottingham surgeon. Possibly a sport of Santana with almost totally yellow leaves; not very vigorous and best grown in light shade. |
| Les Kneale | White to very pale pink-lilac | Found growing on the Isle of Man. Probably the palest colour (other than white) and pale foliage, too. Some clones are almost white, and some are pale pink-lilac. |
| Lilac Cascade | Lilac | One of a series of 'Cascade' plants from Walters Gardens, USA. More compact with a weeping habit and pendulous panicles. |
| Lilac Moon | Pale lilac | Raised at The Lavender Garden, Gloucetershire. Good pale foliage on a bush that is wide rather than tall. |
| Lo and Behold!®
Blue Chip | Mauve-purple | Complex hybrid of B.globosa, B,davidii and B.lindleyana. Short, bushy habit. Flowers are not blue but mauve.
Developed at the Raulston Arboretum by Dennis Werner, North Carolina State University.
More on all the Lo and Behold hybrids HERE. |
| Lo and Behold!®
Blue Chip Jr. | Blue | Complex hybrid. An improvement on Blue Chip. Developed at the Raulston Arboretum by Dennis Werner, North Carolina State University. |
| Lo and Behold!®
Ice Chip syn. White Chip | White | Complex hybrid of B.globosa, B,davidii and B.lindleyana. Short, bushy habit. Developed at the Raulston Arboretum by Dennis Werner, North Carolina State University. |
| Lo and Behold!®
Lilac Chip | Lilac | Complex hybrid of B.globosa, B,davidii and B.lindleyana. Very low, lax habit. Developed at the Raulston Arboretum by Dennis Werner, North Carolina State University. |
| Lo and Behold!®
Pink Micro Chip | Pink | Complex hybrid with a short, bushy habit. Developed at the Raulston Arboretum by Dennis Werner, North Carolina State University. |
| Lo and Behold!®
Purple Haze syn. Purple Chip | Purple | Complex hybrid of B.globosa, B,davidii and B.lindleyana. Low and spreading habit. Developed at the Raulston Arboretum by Dennis Werner, North Carolina State University. |
| Lo and Behold!®
Miss Molly syn. Red Chip | Pink-red. | Renamed from Miss Molly for the UK market. A smaller version on Miss Ruby with bigger flowers Developed at the Raulston Arboretum by Dennis Werner, North Carolina State University. |
| Lochinch | Pale blue. | Hybrid with B. fallowiana, which gives it its grey foliage, from the Lochinch estate in Scotland. |
| Longstock Autumn Delight | Reddish Pink | Bred by Peter Moore of the Longstock Nursery, Hampshire, UK. A later flowering cultivar derived from Autumn Beauty x Sugar Plum. |
| Longstock Pink | Pale pink | Bred by Peter Moore of the Longstock Nursery, Hampshire, UK. An improved version of Pink Pearl. |
| Lyme Bay | Unknown | From the Shapcott Garden Nursery. |
| Magda'a Gold Knight
syn: ElstB1 | Deep purple | A sport of Black Knight, with yellow variegated foliage. |
| Malvern Blue | Medium blue-violet | - |
| Marbled White
syn. Markeep PVR | White | One of the Butterfly series from the East Malling Research station in Kent, UK. Dwarf bush with a bushy habit and large open flowers. |
| Masquerade
syn. Notbud PVR | Maroon | A variegated cultivar raised at the East Malling Research station in Kent, UK and billed as an improvement on Harlequin. Licence is held by Notcutts Nurseries. |
| Mayford Purple | Purple | A B. fallowiana x B. davidii hybrid and a full sibling of 'Lochinch' and 'West Hill', but much rarer. |
| Merry Magic Orchid | Deep purple | Less invasive USA cultivar of B. davidii from Spring Meadow Nursery. The Merry Magic series is no longer in commercial cultivation. |
| Merry Magic Purple | Purple | Less invasive USA cultivar of B. davidii from Spring Meadow Nursery. The Merry Magic series is no longer in commercial cultivation. |
| Merry Magic Violet | Violet | Less invasive USA cultivar of B. davidii from Spring Meadow Nursery. The Merry Magic series is no longer in commercial cultivation. |
| Midnight Skies | Deep purple | A rival for Black Knight from Lowaters Nurseries, UK. |
| Miss Molly
Syn. Red Chip PVR | Pink-red | Small cultivar from Dennis Werner at North Carolina State University which is billed as closer to red that previous cultivars (Miss Ruby X Attraction). |
| Miss Pearl | White | From Dennis Werner, North Carolina State University. A compact rounded shrub. |
| Miss Ruby
PVR | Dark pink-red | Small cultivar from Dennis Werner at North Carolina State University (White Ball X Attraction). |
| Miss Violet | Violet | New small cultivar from Dennis Werner at North Carolina State University. |
| Mongo | Pale lavender | Longer flowering season compared to most. RHS lists this as a synonym for Nanho Blue. |
| MONARCH® Blue Knight | Blue | A series of smaller (approx. 1.5 metre height and spread) from Walters Gardens Inc., Michigan, USA. Several have been introduced into Europe. |
| MONARCH® Cherry Royale | Reddish pink | A later addition to the range circa 2023, similar to 'Prince Charming' but more pink in colour |
| MONARCH® Crown Jewels | Magenta | This one has yellow foliage as an added feature. |
| MONARCH® Dark Dynasty | Deep purple | |
| MONARCH® Glass Slippers | Pale lavender-blue | |
| MONARCH® Jousting Jester | Orchid Pink | |
| MONARCH® Prince Charming | Bright cerise red | A particularly striking colour to the flowers. |
| MONARCH® Princess Bride | White | |
| MONARCH® Princess Pink | Bright Pink | |
| MONARCH® Royal Falls | Amethyst purple | |
| MONARCH® Queen of Hearts | Magenta | |
| Moonlight | Lilac-flushed cream | Buddleja x weyeriana hybrid-cultivar. |
| Moonshadow | Pale lilac | Flower centre fades to white |
| Moonshine
syn. Buddma PVR | Purplish pink | Dutch dwarf with pale lime-green foliage. |
| Nanho Blue
Syn. Nanho Petite Indigo | Denim blue | Old hybrid of B. davidii var. nanhoensis with small, narrow grey foliage.
Was awared the AGM in 2002, but now on the 'Sunset' list. |
| Nanho Purple
syn Petite Purple, Monum | Bright purple | A cross between Royal red and Nanho blue. Abundant short, arching flowers
AGM 2002 |
| Nanho White
syn. Petite Snow, Monite | White | A white hybrid of B. davidii var. nanhoensis. |
| Niche's Choice | Purple pink | Fresh green foliage |
| Nike | Lilac pink | Large flowers. |
| Niobe | Mauve | |
| Octopus | Red-purple | From Thompson and Morgan, and an offshoot of the Buzz programme, it has large branched panicles like 'Dartmoor' on a small shrub. |
| Opera | Fuchsia pink | Long flowers |
| Operette | Fuchsia pink | Colchicine-induced seedling of 'Opera' that is smaller. |
| Orchid | Lavender to pale purple | USA culitivar from Niche Gardens, NC. |
| Orchid Beauty | Bluish lilac | Fine cultivar with distinctive panicles that have several rounded levels of decreasing size. |
| Orpheus | Dark blue | Raised at The Lavender Garden, Gloucetershire. The flowers have a white ring around the orange eye and are very distinctive |
| Panache | Deep purple/blue | Large branched flowers but it is given to flopping under their weight. |
| Peace | White | Resembles a vigorous form of White Ball. |
| Peacock
syn.Peakeep PVR | Deep pink | One of the Butterfly series from the East Malling Research station in Kent, UK. Bigger than the other Butterfly series. Loses most of its leaves in Autumn. |
| Persephone | Mauve-purple | Raised at The Lavender Garden, Gloucetershire. Attractive soft, rounded and greyish foliage. Good consistant flower colour with a particularly red eye. |
| Pink Cascade | Pink | A 'Cascade' plant from Walters Gardens, USA. More compact with a weeping habit and pendulous panicles. |
| Pink Cascade II | Pale pink | Much like 'Pink Cascade', but the colour is a paler shell-pink |
| Pink Delight
syn. Pink Perfection | Shocking pink | A very good cultivar with large bright flowers. Neat growth habit and grey foliage from its complex ancestry including
B. fallowiana (via West Hill).
AGM 1993 |
| Pink Pagoda
syn. Inpsired Pink | Pink | B. weyeriana x davidii from Peter Moore, Longstock. Shell pink flowers in levels. Renamed "Inspired Pink" for the USA market. |
| Pink Panther
syn. RuttenBU2016 | Light pink | A recent introduction, semi-dwarf cultivar. |
| Pink Pearl | Lilac pink | A large plant and not the best pink, could be easily mistaken for a feral Buddleja. |
| Pink Spread
syn. Pink Spreader | Bright pink | Excellent flower colour. Spreading rather than upright habit. |
| Pixie Blue | Pale blue | Same as Dart's Papillon Blue |
| Pixie Red | Maroon | Supposedly a dwarf version of Royal Red but in practice no different. |
| Pixie White | White | Smallish white cultivar |
| Potter's Purple | Purple | Vigorous cultivar. |
| Princetown Purple | Purple | Vigorous cultivar similar to Dubonnet. |
| Psychedelic Sky | Bright mauve-blue | From Mike Dirr and First Editions |
| PUGSTER® AMETHYST
syn. SMNBDL | Pale violet-purple | The PUGSTER® series (Spring Meadows Nursery Inc., USA) are small cultivars with particularly short internodes and a dense habit; some renamed ROCKETSTAR® for Europe. |
| PUGSTER® BLUE
syn.ROCKETSTAR® INDIGO syn. SMNBDBT | Navy blue | A plant descended from 'Adonis Blue'. |
| PUGSTER® PERIWINKLE syn.SMNBDO syn.ROCKETSTAR® ORCHID | Lilac-mauve | The colour of the flowers is unremarkable. |
| PUGSTER® PINK;
syn: ROCKETSTAR® FLAMINGO syn. SMNBDPT | True pale pink. | |
| PUGSTER® PINKER syn. SMNBDB | Deep pink-cerise | A later addition to the range, a seedling of 'Miss Molly', it resembles the other plants in the series. |
| PUGSTER® WHITE Syn.: ROCKETSTAR® SNOW Syn.: SMNBDW | White | The obligatory white-flowered member of the series. |
| Purple Cascade | Purple | An older cultivar, not to be confused with the modern 'Cascade' cultivars from Walters Gardens,USA. |
| Purple Champion | Purple | A selection by Champion Plants, Somerset, UK. |
| Purple Emperor
Syn.'Pyrkeep' PVR | Purple | One of the Butterfly series from the East Malling Research station in Kent, UK. Dwarf bush with narrow foliage and compact habit. |
| Purple Friend | Purple | Raised at The Lavender Garden, Gloucetershire. Good dark flowers on a smaller bush. |
| Purple Prince | Reddish purple | - |
| Purple Splendour
syn. Purple Splendor syn. Hinebud2 | Purple | A complex hybrid. More details on the Flutterby and Hinebud Hybrids page. |
| Raspberry Eyes | Purple | Complex hybrid of B.globosa, B.davidii and B.lindleyana. |
| Raspberry Wine | Mauve-rose | Often produces two spiked flowers. |
| Red Admiral | Maroon purple | Probably a synonym for Santana. |
| Red Plume | Reddish purple | An tall American cultivar of unknown origin with long, strongly-coloured upright panicles. |
| Reve de Papillon® 'Rose'
Syn: Minpap PVR | Pink | French series with large panicles. |
| Reve de Papillon® 'White'
Syn: Minpap2 PVR | White | New smallish, French series. |
| Reve de Papillon® 'Blue'
Syn: Minpap3 PVR | Blue | New smallish, French series. |
| Reve de Papillon® 'Red' syn: Boscranz; Cranrazz | Cerise | From Ball Horticultural. another name for CRANRAZZ (UK and USA), this was renamed for Europe and sold under the REVE DE PAPILLON name. A compact shrub, it has bright cranberry-pink flowers. |
| Reve de Papillon® 'Lavender' syn.: Bosjerry | Lavender | Developed by Ball Horticultural, and sold under the REVE DE PAPILLON name in Europe. A compact shrub with large lavender-blue flowers |
| Reve de Papillon® 'Violet'
syn. SRPbudroy syn. RoyalRazz® | Bright purple | Compact grower from Ball Horticultural, released in Europe as part of the Reve de Papillon® series |
| Rice Creek | Lavender | An American cultivar, introduced by Betty Ann Addison and Harvey Buchite of Rice Creek Gardens, Minnesota. Very hardy and vigorous |
| Royal Gold
syn. 'Snep1' | Purple | Golden-yellow foliage claimed to be resistent to scorching, and dark flowers; from van Vliet, Netherlands circa 2022. |
| Royal Purple | Purple-red | Possibly shade more purple than Royal Red although it may actually just be Royal Red. |
| RoyalRazz®
syn. SRPbudroy syn. Reve de Papillon® 'Violet' | Bright purple | Compact grower from Ball Horticultural. |
| Royal Red | Maroon purple | Old cultivar but still offers one of the best colours. Large, upright shrub.
AGM 1993 |
| Royal Red Variegata | Maroon purple | Variegated version of Royal Red, possibly only a synonym for Harlequin. |
| Salcombe | Purple | Small, neat shrub from Seaside Plants, Devon. |
| Santana | Maroon purple | Another sport of Royal Red with deep yellow variegation. |
| Shapcott Lavender | Lavender | From Shapcott Garden Nursery, Devon |
| Shapcott Violet | Violet | From Shapcott Garden Nursery, Devon |
| Shire Blue | Steely mid-blue | Flowers have reflexed petals. Raised at The Lavender Garden, Gloucetershire. |
| Silver Lilac | Pale lilac | Flowers have mosaic effect, shrub has a neat habit. Recommended for AGM 2011 subject to availability. |
| Sir John | Pink-purple | Splotched yellow variegation from Stone Green Nurseries, Kent. Very like Santana. |
| Sophie® | Light pink-purple | A small Buddleja from Van Vliet New Plants (Boskoop, Netherlands) that is very free flowering. |
| Southcombe Splendour | Mid-blue to violet | Erect flower spikes and upright habit. |
| SPARKLER® PINK PETITE
'Budcon 1331' | Lilac | Compact Buddleja, 1-1.5 metres tall. Available from Monrovia Nurseries, USA. |
| SPARKLER® PURPLE PETITE
'Conbud2080' | Purple | Compact Buddleja, 1-1.5 metres tall. Available from Monrovia Nurseries, USA. |
| Spikehead | Bright purple | Very pointed panicles. |
| Strawberry Lemonade | Pink | White/green variegated foliage and pink flowers. From the USA. |
| Sugar Plum | Dark pinky red | A recent cross between Summer Beauty and Royal Red by Peter Moore at Longstock. An improvement on Summer Beauty. |
| Summer Beauty | Rose pink | Sensitive cultivar that is a sibling of Pink Delight. Tidy plant with soft, greyish foliage. |
| SUMMER BIRD BLUE® | Purplish blue | A series of very small Buddleja under 1 metre height/spread with a well-branched habit. Bred and propagated by Volmary GmbH, Germany. Introduced circa2018. Low seed set. |
| SUMMER BIRD® MAGENTA | Magenta-violet | |
| SUMMER BIRD® MIDNGHT BLUE | Dark navy-blue. | |
| SUMMER BIRD® PINK | Lighter pink | Newer intoduction circa2023 |
| SUMMER BIRD® RASPBERRY | Reddish pink | Newer intoduction circa2023 |
| SUMMER BIRD® ROSE | Darker pink | Newer intoduction circa2023 |
| SUMMER BIRD® SKY BLUE | Pale blue-lavender | |
| SUMMER BIRD® VIOLET | Violet-mauve | |
| SUMMER BIRD® WHITE (syn: COMPACT SNOW) | White | The inevitable white-flowered member of the series. |
| Summer House Blue | Light blue | A random seedling from the Longstock Nursery, smallish shrub with grey foliage. |
| SUMMERKIDS® BECKI
Syn: Artbud1111 | White | The SUMMERKIDS® series is from Artmeyer Baumschule GmbH (Hoerstel-Riesenbeck, Germany), and are small Buddleja around 1 metre in height. All are registered for PVR. BECKI is the inevitable white-flowered member of the series. |
| SUMMERKIDS® BENNI Syn: Artbud1567 | White | This cultivar is no longer in production (2021). |
| SUMMERKIDS® EDDI Syn: Artbud1121 | Pink mauve | |
| SUMMERKIDS®
EMELY Syn: Artbud1138 | Lilac | |
| SUMMERKIDS® LENI
Syn: Artbud1565 | Mid-purple | |
| SUMMERKIDS® LOTTI Syn: Artbud1125 | Deep purple | Fades to navy blue. |
| SUMMERKIDS® MARIE
Syn: Artbud1569 | White | |
| SUMMERKIDS® MICKI
Syn: Artbud1576 | Pale blue | |
| SUMMERKIDS® ROMY Syn: Artbud1356 | Deep pink-purple. | |
| SUMMERKIDS® SOPHIE
Syn: Artbud1583 | Bright pink-purple | Should not be confused with another similar cultivar, called simply SOPHIE®, from Van Vliet (Boskoop, Netherlands). |
| SUMMERLOUNGE® Blue Colibri | Mid-blue | A group of very small hybrids (1 metre height and spread developed by Ball Ornamentals and licensed to Lendert de Vos (Boskoop, Netherlands). Blue Colibri has been withdrawn from sale due to poor performance in trials. |
| SUMMERLOUNGE® Blue Sarah | Pale blue | Small inflorescence and grows in a globe shape. Replaces 'Blue Colibri'. |
| SUMMERLOUNGE® Lilac Turtle | Lilac-purple | Slim inflorescences. |
| SUMMERLOUNGE® Purple Lion | Purple | Large panicles. |
| SUMMERLOUNGE® Red Dragon | Reddish cerise | Has been withdrawn due to poor performance. |
| SUMMERLOUNGE® White Swan | White | Much like others in the series. |
| Summer of Love
Syn: Podarasnga2 | Pale blue | Compact (1.5 metres height) Buddleja from Peter Podaras, marketed by Springhill Nurseries, USA. |
| SUMMERSIPS® Sangria
syn: SRPbudsan | Red-purple | Smaller, mound-forming shrub, from the cross 'Lilac Chip' x 'Attraction'. |
| Summer Skies | Light blue-violet | A small shrub from the USA with cream/green variegated foliage, looks similar to Burncross. |
| SUMMERTEENS® BRUNO BLUE Syn: Artbud1119 | Blue | The SUMMERTEENS® series is from Artmeyer Baumschule GmbH (Hoerstel-Riesenbeck, Germany), and are small Buddleja just over 1 metre in height. All are registered for PVR |
| SUMMERTEENS® DAVID DARKVIOLET Syn: Artbud1141 | Violet | |
| SUMMERTEENS® LILITH LILAC Syn: Artbud1108 | Lilac | |
| SUMMERTEENS®
MATS MAGIC RED
Syn: Artbud 1580 | Cerise | A later addition, in 2019, this plant has deep cerise-pink flowers. |
| SUMMERTEENS® PABLO PURPLE
Syn: Artbud1135 | Purple | |
| SUMMERTEENS® PIA PINK | Pink | |
| SUMMERTEENS® VIVIAN VIOLET | Violet | A replacement for the now retired SUMMERTEENS® VIGGO VIOLET. |
| SUMMERTEENS® WILMA WHITE
Syn: Artbud1105 | White | |
| Sungold | Yellow | Buddleja x weyeriana hybrid-cultivar. |
| Sunkissed | Violet | Unremarkable colour. |
| Three-in-One | White, pink, and purple or blue | A novelty. Not actually a variety, but achieved by inter-weaving three separate plants. |
| Thundercloud | Unknown | - |
| TINY BUDDY® 'Deep Blue' Syn. 'Tinpurbud' | Mauve-blue | The TINY BUDDY® series available through the French nursery Minier Professional Solutions (Beaufort en Anjou), introduced 2024 |
| TINY BUDDY® 'Hot Pink' Syn. 'Condappin' syn. DAPPER® 'Pink' | Pink | Pink-flowered, recycled from the DAPPER® series (Ball Seed, USA). |
| TINY BUDDY® 'White' Syn. 'Dapconwhi' syn. DAPPER® 'White' | White | A white flowered member of the series, recycled from the DAPPER® series (Ball Seed, USA). |
| TINY BUDDY® 'Violet' Syn. '3397Ddybud' | Violet-purple | From the TINY BUDDY® series available through the French nursery Minier Professional Solutions (Beaufort en Anjou), introduced 2024 |
| Tovelill | Violet-mauve | Routine cultivar from Germany. |
| True Blue | Blue | From Ball Horticultural. |
| Twilight | Dark purple-pink | Vigorous USA culitivar. |
| Twotones | Blue and Purple | Large shrub with nanhoensis heritage. Flowers have a two-tone mosaic effect. Raised at The Lavender Garden, Gloucetershire. |
| Ultra-violet
Syn. PDSI-1 | Violet | A compact Buddleja from America, with good reflowering. |
| Vanilla Treat
syn.'Grevantrt' | White | Smallish cultivar, from Garden Debut (USA). |
| Variegata
syn. FLORENCE, 'watflor' | Pale violet | From Stone Green Nurseries, Kent UK. Much deeper white variegation compared to Harlequin. |
| Vashon Skies | Blue-purple | An older B. fallowiana x B. davidii hybrid from the US, quite large and vigorous. |
| Violet Cascade | Violet-mauve | One of the 'Cascade' plants from Walters Gardens, USA. More compact with a weeping habit and pendulous panicles. |
| Violet Eyes | Violet | Large growing complex hybrid of B.globosa, B,davidii and B.lindleyana. |
| Violet Message | Dark violet | Medium size cultivar from Holland. |
| West Hill | Pale violet to lilac | Another hybrid with B. fallowiana, which gives it its grey foliage, from the Lochinch estate in Scotland. |
| White Ball | White | One of the smallest cultivars, the 'Ball' refers to the growth habit and not the flowers. Slightly deformed, greyish foliage from the congested growth habit. |
| White Bouquet | White | One of many similar white cultivars. |
| White Butterfly | White | - |
| White Cloud | White | - |
| White Eyes | White | Complex hybrid of B.globosa, B,davidii and B.lindleyana. |
| White Harlequin | White | Variegation similar to Harlequin, very prone to reversion. |
| White Profusion | White | Considred a particularly good white cultivar.
AGM 1993 |
| White Spread | White | Spreading habit |
| White Wings | White | Wider, branched flowers |
| Widecombe | Violet blue | Narrow foliage |
| Windy Hill | Purple | USA cultivar bred for hardiness to Zone 9. |
| Windtor | Blue violet | Similiar to Lochinch but darker flowers. |
| Wisteria Lane | Mauve | A shorter cultivar from Walters Gardens, USA with large panicles and a weeping habit. |
| Yeti White | White | From Ball Horticultural. |
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