Need to know this Buddleia

Hi,

Took my family to the Bronx Zoo recently and saw this electric magenta or raspberry colored buddleia and would love to have it. I emailed them asking what it is but I'm still awaiting a response. Any ideas? It really stood out. It caught your attention from very far away. Thanks.

Victor

Is this the color?

In the absence of a picture for us to look at, here's all the Buddleja's that have pics in plant files--take a look and see if any look right to you. In my mind, 'Royal Red' and 'Attraction' are the most magenta/raspberry colored ones, but without a picture it's hard to say if one of those is yours or not.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=buddleja&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&searcher%5Bcultivar%5D=&searcher%5Bhybridizer%5D=&search_prefs%5Bsort_by%5D=rating&images_prefs=with&Search=Search

It might be, Michaels - hard to tell from that photo. Ecrane, I had looked through Plantfiles already and Attraction was the only close one I noticed, but it too was inconclusive. The one photo of it was taken in the full sun and makes it look brighter. The one at the zoo was 'electric', even in shade. They had it in a number of locations. Thanks!

Victor

Victor
Here's a link to several bright magenta cultivars from Bluestone Perennials. I have 4 of these and they've all been very healthy. http://www.bluestoneperennials.com/b/bp/search.html?mv_session_id=77X6Dspu&co=yes&mv_more_alpha=yes&mv_more_alpha_chars=1&tf=name&to=f&rf=code%2C+name%2C+short_desc%2C+price%2C+qty%2C+new_plant%2Cdisc&sp=results_pics&st=text&mv_value=nametype%3Dscientific&mv_matchlimit=45&mv_value=srchtype%3Dkey&from_search=1&sf=children&su=0&op=ne&nu=0&se=1&sf=%3Acode%3Aname%3Acommon_name%3Ashort_desc%3Adescription1&su=1&op=rm&nu=0&se=buddleia&sf=disc&se=0&su=0&op=ne

Ran across this one at Plant Delights--could it be the one you're looking for?
http://www.plantdelights.com/Catalog/Fall/Detail/00837.html

Thanks again. The Red Plume or Queen's Robe from Bluestone, as well as the PD one, look close. I am still waiting to hear back from the zoo.

Victor

Two I used to sell that Spring Meadow carried was Raspberry Wine

http://www.waysidegardens.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10151&langId=-1&mainPage=prod2working&ItemId=46031&PrevMainPage=advsearchresults&scChannel=Trees%20Shrubs%20AS&SearchText=p16.v227;p13.Buddleia&OfferCode=RH3

and Opera

http://www.carrollgardens.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=420-10-12761

Opera is much brighter than pictured, but is characterized by the flower formation in clumps.

Unfortunately they no longer sell plugs of these two. I especially miss the Raspberry Wine. The Raspberry Wine was widely distributed a few years ago.

Either of these a possibility?

Polly,

From the description I would say that Opera is a definite possibility. It was close to fuschia colored, though I would still say 'electric raspberry' comes closest. This is very frustrating. Pictures can vary so much and be so deceiving. Thanks!

Victor

Victor, they are really close to the same color. Opera is distinctive in the flower formation. However, if you are really looking for a stand out color, these would both be that. About 6 years ago was the last I was able to get them to sell, but I still have the ones in the display gardens, and they are showy.

Oh, and by the way the one shown from Michaelsnursery, and Plant Delights are two of the newer shorter ones, top out at about 4 feet, as opposed to about 6 for the others. How big would you say the one you saw was?

Polly

This message was edited Aug 10, 2006 9:31 PM

Thanks again, Polly. No, these were bigger - at least six feet high.

Victor

Here is a larger photo of the one I posted earlier.

Isn't that one of the English Butterfly Series series? They are great plants for the border. Do you sell those? I've been selling Adonis Blue for two years now, and customers love it. Shorter in height, and very floriferous.

Thanks again Michaels. It could be. How big does that one get?

Victor

Yes - it is Peacock™, in the Proven Winners English Butterfly Series. It has a height of 4-5' - and it is planted at the Bronx Zoo. It may not be the one you are referring to but it is at that zoo.

Polly, yes we do. We carry all of the PW shrubs even though we are sold out of most of them until next spring.

Peacock™ looks even better in this container... and has better color.

Photo courtesy of Proven Winners™.