Tags: Cultivar (Cultivated Variety).
Buddleja ‘Mayford Purple’ is an old hybrid cultivar a full sister of ‘Lochinch’ and ‘West Hill’ raised at Lochinch Castle Scotland circa 1940 the shrub’s parents believed to be Buddleja davidii and Buddleja fallowiana. ‘Mayford Purple’ was probably introduced to commerce by the Sunningdale Nursery in Surrey England which introduced its sibling ‘West Hill’ naming it for the nearby village of Mayford.