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Buddleja fallowiana is a deciduous shrub from western China, grown for its silvery foliage and fragrant lavender-blue late-summer flowers. It is somewhat tender, so give it a sheltered spot, ideally against a wall.
Buddleja fallowiana is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae. It is endemic to the Yunnan province of western China, where it grows in open woodland, along forest edges and watercourses. The plant was collected in China by the Scottish botanist George Forrest in 1906, and named in 1917 by Balfour and Smith for George Fallow, a gardener at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Fallow had died in Egypt in 1915 from wounds sustained fighting in the Gallipoli Campaign.
Somewhat tender, B. fallowiana is best grown against a wall. However, if cut to the ground by frost, it will grow again from the base. Hardiness: USDA zones 8–9.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
