Bonsai Golden Duranta Plant

Long 15 cm of ravishing vibrant violet blue flowers often edged in white.

Bonsai golden duranta plant. 64 4 71 6 f the plant needs a cool wintering when it is better to maintain a temperature of about 60 8 f. The stems may have sharp spines. The shrub like plant is multi stemmed and the branches are somewhat droopy. The golden dewdrop or the golden duranta is a perennial shrub this plant with its yellow leaves and small purple flowers can really put on a show what i love about the golden duranta is its colourful leaves and flowers which means installing these garden beauties in your landscape and gardens will give you that constant colour.

The botanical name for this shrub is called the duranta erecta. It s prolific and fast growing. Orchid like flowers may be light blue to light purple in color. This rapidly growing shrub can get 10 to 15 feet tall and over 5 feet wide.

The plant prefers increased humidity it is desirable to regularly spray the duranta but it can also adapt to relatively dry air. In the container garden you can grow the duranta as a long blooming annual for the patio or even prune the plant into a topiary tree form. In australia it s considered an invasive species. Golden duranta bonsai youtube.

Duranta or sapphire showers is native to mexico and central america warm like florida. The duranta flowering plant duranta erecta may reach up to 10 feet 3 m in height and flowers profusely from summer until the first heavy frost. Plantvine duranta erecta sapphire showers golden dewdrop duranta repens large large bush 8 10 inch pot 3 gallon live plant. They will quickly fill up a blank spot in the garden and can also serve as a privacy screen in areas where they are winter hardy.

It s listed as hardy to only zone 9 so here in central texas it dies to the ground in winter in most gardens. But in our demonstration garden at the extension office duranta is evergreen hardly even skipping a bit in the coldest of winters. Duranta is a genus of 21 species of tender tropical shrubs and trees in the verbena family native to the caribbean region and adjacent continental lands from. Golden dewdrop pigeon berry sky flower native to tropical america duranta erecta golden dewdrop is a fast growing usually thorny evergreen shrub or small tree sporting shiny rich green leaves and loose clusters 6 in.