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20th June 2008, Peel Harbour, Isle of Man. | Photo: © RWD |
A large shrub which grows exhuberantly. |
20th June 2008, Peel Harbour, Isle of Man. | Photo: © RWD |
Full of golf-ball-sized globular orange flowers. |
20th June 2008, Peel Harbour, Isle of Man. | Photo: © RWD |
the flowers grow at the ends of long stalks. Stalks are in opposing pairs up the branch. |
20th June 2008, Peel Harbour, Isle of Man. | Photo: © RWD |
Some stalks grow 'through' the globular flowers. |
4th July 2010, London. | Photo: © Philip Draper |
Each globe is covered in a few dozen closely-packed orange tubular flowers radiating from a central (unseen) centre. Not the runted flower un-developed by the end of the season (top right). |
4th July 2010, London. | Photo: © Philip Draper |
Each tubular flower ends in four short stubby petals. |
17th June 2014, Silverdale, Cumbria. | Photo: © RWD |
Many inwardly directed orange hairs partially impede access to the deeper recesses of the flower. There is a green ovary. The petals have a thick and waxy look and feel. |
20th June 2008, Peel Harbour, Isle of Man. | Photo: © RWD |
The leaves are mid-green, large, very wrinkley and lanceolate in shape. |
4th July 2010, London. | Photo: © Philip Draper |
The underside of the leaves is a much lighter green, almost white. |
4th July 2010, London. | Photo: © Philip Draper |
Hybridizes with: Butterfly-Bush producing Weyer's Butterfly-Bush (buddleja × weyeriana), a Butterfly-Bush type plant with orange-coloured flowers that are not as compactly spherical as are those of the Orange-Ball-Tree. A possible photo of this hybrid can be found near the end of the Butterfly-Bush page.
Some similarities to : Strawberry Tree [which has similar globular-shaped orangey-red flowers]. Slight similarity to: some orange-coloured garden varieties of Butterfly-Bush can look vaguely similar, but usually have a less-compact and sloppily-formed larger rounded heads. Distinguishing Feature : The compact orange spherical flower-heads containing numerous waxy-looking flowers. This plant is more likely to be found growing in peoples gardens, but as shown here in Peel it is growing on the south-facing grassy slopes above Peel Harbour.
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Buddleja | globosa | ⇐ Global Aspect ⇒ | Scrophulariaceae |
Buddleja (Butterfly-bushes) |
Figwort Family [Scrophulariaceae] |