Botanical Name:
Duranta erecta
Benefits:
An eye catching hedging shrub used for borders in the garden. The bright golden colour may bring lovely contrasts in the garden. Also ideal to be made into standard lollypops.
Description:
Duranta erecta is an ornamental plant originating in the tropical areas of America. Also commonly known as the Brazilian sky flower. The foliage of the variegated varieties are most well known for their golden leaves and providing contrasts especially with red tones. The flowers formed on the plant droop down with clusters of tubular, lavender-blue flowers and will appear when conditions are favourable and attract butterflies. In some literature, the fruit of Duranta are described to have poisonous fruit containing hydrocyanic acid.
Light Requirements:
Full sun or semi shade
Water Requirements:
Well drained soil will be ideal as when established can be drought tolerant but can be grown in moderated watering schedule
Frost Resistance:
Frost tender
Free State Stockists
Alma Kwekery – Welkom
Bruwer Kwekery – Bloemfontein
Greenside Kwekery – Bloemfontein
Urth Garden Centre – Bloemfontein
Gauteng Stockists
Colourful Splendour – Craighall Park
Garden Pavilion – Eckards
Garden Pavilion – Sunkist
Hecker Nursery – Boksburg
Lifestyle Home Garden – Randburg
Montrose Nursery – Morningside
Nicolas Plants – Northriding
Plant Paradise Garden Centre – Pretoria
Schaffler’s Nursery – Johannesburg
Limpopo Stockists
Mpumalanga Stockists
Garden Pavilion – White River
Ninfa Tuinsentrum – Middelburg
North West Stockists
Garden Pavilion – Geelhout
Sittig’s Nursery – Hartebeespoort
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