Remember The Color Purple, by Alice Walker?  In a memorable line from the book, a character says that God doesn’t like it when we walk by a field of purple flowers without noticing them, because He wants to share the good things He has made. 

Lo & Behold Blue Chip Buddleia (Photo courtesy of Proven Winners ColorChoice)

I’m crazy about purple flowers, and I do notice them.    But there is one color that’s hard to find, even if you’re looking.  It’s a shade rarely found in nature:  the color blue.

Developers and growers have labored for years to develop true-blue irises, roses, and other flowers, but it’s still difficult to find varieties that bring that elusive real-blue hue to beds and borders.

That’s why I’m excited to tell you about the upcoming release of Lo & Behold ™ Blue Chip, the first true miniature Buddleia.  Earlier this year, it placed second  at the Royal Horticultural Society Buddleia trials in England, and it’s coming to U.S. retail stores this spring–soon after the flower show.

This is a beautiful plant with fragrant, nearly non-stop blooms and a compact growth habit.  And we’ve got some advance pictures right here for you to see.  Enjoy!

A container planting of this new, blue Buddleia (Photo courtesty of Proven Winners ColorChoice)

cheers,

Lynn