ON THIS PLANT
Buddleja colvilei is endemic to the eastern Himalaya; discovered by Hooker in 1849, he declared it 'the handsomest of all Himalayan shrubs.' In 1896 the species was awarded the RHS First Class Certificate (FCC), given to plants 'of outstanding excellence for exhibition'.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Buddleja
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
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