Description
Buddleja/Buddleia hybrid | ‘Ellen’s Blue’ Butterfly Bush (seedling of Buddleja ‘Lochinch’ [B. davidii x B. fallowiana])
Buddleja ‘Ellens Blue’ was discovered in 2008 as a stray seedling from a Buddleja ‘Lochinch’ plant in an Oswego, New York garden owned by Ellen Hornig, former owner of Seneca Hill Perennials, and was later introduced by Heronswood Nursery. Prized for its deeply blue flowers and silver-green leaves, ‘Ellen’s Blue’ has a somewhat more compact and dense habit. It’s the standout in any garden, and is certainly one of our favorite colors of any Buddleja! It’d be hard to resist for any Buddleja-lover.
For the healthiest growth it is recommended to soft-prune in late autumn (to prevent wind-rocking) and then hard-prune down to your knees in April. ‘Ellen’s Blue’ will continue to bloom if spent flowers are dead-headed. Foliage stays semi-evergreen through the winter.
Following the Royal Horticultural Society’s Buddleja Euro-trials at Wisley in 2010, B. ‘Ellen’s Blue’ was recommended for an Award of Garden Merit and tied for 1st place.
Type: Perennial
Sun exposure: Full sun
Mature height: 5 ft
Mature width- 4-5 ft
Hardiness zones: 5-10
The plant you will receive will be one of these plants or a similar one.
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