Duranta Repens Bonsai

Orchid like flowers may be light blue to light purple in color.

Duranta repens bonsai. Help on duranta duranta excelsa 6 years 7 months ago 10044 am new to bonsai and i have started by planting duranta duranta excelsa in a pot. Vining spreading or arching habit. Plantvine duranta erecta sapphire showers golden dewdrop duranta repens large large bush 8 10 inch pot 3 gallon live plant. Insert cuttings in moist perlite or sterile potting mix.

Large sweetly fragrant violet blue bloom. Other common names are pigeon berry and honey drops. It contains 17 species of shrubs and small trees that are native from southern florida to mexico and south america. Duranta is registered as an invasive weed by many councils of australia.

This is a tough variety that is capable of growing along side most plants. It is an ornamental flowering shrub that belongs to the verbena family. Duranta repens or erecta with 1 2 inch leaves and growing to 8 15 feet tall are the most common in southern ca but there is also duranta stenostachya a larger leaved species 4 inches long called brazilian skyflower. Keep the cutting moist by covering with a clear container or cloche.

Plants sold as duranta repens are actually classified as duranta erecta and these are the same plant species. Take your cutting from plants in the spring when growth hormones are active. However once they reach higher levels of refinement they are very captivating. Usually ships within 6 to 10 days.

They are commonly cultivated as hedges and ornamental plants. Note they have thorns so i suggest snipping them off before any work is done unless you are a rebel. A new cultivar is the yellow duranta which is only 2 3 feet tall. Duranta plants root easily from leaf cuttings stem cuttings and softwood cuttings.

Durantas repens geisha girl is an upright plant meaning erecta an evergreen bush grown above sydney australia or a deciduous shrub grown in a cool climate. 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. Duranta are not the most popular trees to bonsai and are difficult to work with since once the branches set they are stiff. The stems may have sharp spines.