Buddleja Lo & Behold 'Pink Micro Chip'

Buddleja hybrid
Cultivar 'Pink Micro Chip'
Origin J C Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, NC, USA.

Buddleja 'Pink Micro Chip' (Lo & Behold series) is a dwarf hybrid cultivar derived from a crossing of 'Lilac Chip' and 'Miss Molly' by Dr Dennis Werner of the North Carolina Agriculture Research Service (NCARS) at North Carolina State University, and released to commerce in 2013. [1]

Description

'Pink Micro Chip' has a very compact growth habit and produces clear pink flowers on longer panicles earlier in the season than the original NCARS release, 'Blue Chip'. [1]

Cultivation

'Pink Micro Chip' is marketed exclusively by Spring Meadow Nursery Inc. of Grand Haven, Michigan, USA. It is not known (2014) to be in cultivation beyond the USA.

Hardiness: USDA zones 57.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 North Carolina Agriculture Research Service (2013). "Notice of Release - 'Pink Micro Chip' Cultivar of Butterfly Bush (Buddleja sp.)", North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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