Buddleja × pikei 'Hever' remains in commerce in the UK and France. Rather tender, a sunny location against a wall is to be preferred. Buddleja × pikei Buddleja × pikei is an English hybrid of "Buddleja alternifolia" and "Buddleja crispa" raised by Mr A V Pike, Head Gardener at Hever Castle, Kent. The cultivar was described and named in 1950 by Harold Fletcher, Regius Keeper at the RBG Edinburgh. "Buddleja" × "pikei" is a lax, straggly, deciduous, free-flowering shrub growing to a height of about 1.5 m. The leaves are < 15 cm long, narrowly lanceolate with scalloped margins. The inflorescences are terminal
Hever Golf Rose to the Doncaster St Leger sales as a yearling but bought her in for 6,000 gns when she failed to attract interest. Popely later sold her privately to Michael P Hanson for a reported fee of £100,000. Hever Golf Rose was trained throughout her career by Joe Naughton at The Durdans stables at Epsom, Surrey. Naughton had begun training in 1991 and Hever Golf Rose was his first important winner. She had many jockeys but was most closely associated with Jason Weaver, who rode her for eleven of her thirteen races in her championship season of 1995. Hever Golf Rose