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Grown mainly for its beautifully variegated foliage that starts out as creamy yellow and medium green and matures to bright white and deep green, but, plants may also produce the typical drooping clusters of sky blue flowers that attract bees and butterflies. The Improved Variegated Duranta, a selection of Duranta erecta, is a naturally evergreen, large shrub with a moderately vigorous upright and spreading habit that can mature to 8-10' high and wide but is easily maintained as a smaller container plant as a shrub or tree standard in the 3-6'H x 3-4'W range with pruning. In tropical freeze-free climates these easy to grow tropicals can be utilized as a large hedge or screen. Flowers may be followed by clusters of up to 3/8" golden berries. Provide an average moist, fertile soil with average or better drainage in a full sun to partly shaded site for optimum vigor and growth. Item# 13524

Royal purple, 1/2" blooms that are edged in white lace, are born in drooping clusters from spring or early summer until frost and attract butterflies and bees. The nectar rich flowers are followed by grape-like clusters of 1/2" golden berries giving it the name of 'Golden Dewdrop'. Sweet Memories Purple Sky Flower is naturally a large multi-stemmed tropical shrub and can be trained into tree standards or use it as a hedge or screen in mild winter climates. In mild winters in zones 8B and 9, well-established plants may act as a die-back perennials or they can easily be overwintered as a container plants. Item# 579