Buddleja × pikei 'Hever' 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 height of about 2 m. The leaves are of two different forms; the terminal leaves similar to those of its female parent "B. alternifolia" whilst the leaves along the lower section of the branch resemble those of the male parent "B. crispa". The
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