Buddleia cordata ssp. tomentella Allen Bush spurred and lantern-like

spurred and lantern-like

well over a hundred feet in habitat and more slowly in cultivation

on so tidy a frame

and for the pleasure of keeping the wild parent alongside 'Donation' and the rest of the line

and a rare

Buddleia cordata ssp. tomentella Allen Bush spurred and lantern-likeBuddleia cordata ssp. tomentella is a striking, large evergreen shrub with broad, somewhat heart shaped leaves in soft gray green, the lighter undersides flashing in every breeze. First collected by Yucca Do Nursery near Los Lerios in Coahuila, Mexico, the plant was originally offered by Woodlanders as Buddleia sp. 'Los Lerios', and the true identity was later confirmed by Dr. Jon Lindstrom of the University of Arkansas, a longtime customer and