Buddleja fallowiana var alba is a deciduous shrub with a lax habit. The young shoots are clothed with a dense white felt and the pure whiteare borne in late summer. Although root hardy the plants can be cut down by hard winters and is best grown in a greenhouse.
History
Buddleja fallowiana var. alba is endemic to Yunnan in western China, where it grows in open woodland, along forest edges and watercourses. The shrub was considered superior to the lavender-blue flowered B. fallowiana by William Bean.
Introduced to cultivation as seed sent to England in 1925 by George Forrest, the variety was named by Lucien Sabourin.