Buddleja × pikei 'Hever' inflorescences are terminal panicles, 15 – 30 cm long, of lilac-mauve flowers. 'Hever' remains in cultivation in the UK and Europe. Hardy to - 15 C., a specimen is held as part of the NCCPG national collection at Longstock Park Nursery in Hampshire. Buddleja × pikei 'Hever' Buddleja × pikei 'Hever' is a cultivar of the English hybrid of "Buddleja alternifolia" and "Buddleja crispa" raised by Mr A V Pike while Head Gardener at Hever Castle, Kent. 'Hever' was accorded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Merit in 1953. 'Hever' is a lax, straggly, deciduous, free-flowering shrub growing to a
Hever Golf Rose took the lead a furlong out and won by one and a half lengths from the Prix de l'Abbaye winner Kistena. Hever Golf Rose was in foal to Danehill in 1998, but still ran in five races. She recorded her last win when taking her second Täby Varsprint in June and ended her career later in the same month when running unplaced in the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot. Hever Golf Rose was voted European Champion Sprinter in the 1995 cartier Racing Awards. Hever Golf Rose was covered by Danehill in spring 1998, before her final year of racing.