Purple Bush With Purple Flowers ?

13 years ago

Hi All,

Please can someone help me with identifying the attached bush. It has small green leaves and purple flowers. It is in full sun in my front yard used as a hedge and 2 have died. I'd love to be able to replace them but have no idea what they are.

Thanks so much :)

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alisonoz_gw
13 years ago
It looks a bit like Duranta repens (or maybe a light form of Duranta "geisha girl"). Take a small branch of fresh leaves and a couple of flowers with the buds to a nursery for confirmation (you don't have to buy at the first place!!!!!) if I'm right you should be able to find them at markets, Bunnings etc.
Happy to be corrected though if anyone else looks in
User
13 years ago
If it has orange berries on it in the fall and winter, then I agree it is a Duranta. I have 2 in my yard that get so big I trim them back to about a foot tall yearly and they came back with even more vigor, it seems. I live on the Gulf coast of Florida and they grow great. A small cutting should tell which Duranta it is but if your nursery doesn't know let me know and I'll check with my source, but I do need to know about the berries.
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13 years ago
I have a yesterday, today and tomorrow and this is not it. The flowers on it are purple and white when in full bloom and are bigger than what the picture shows which looks like the size of the Duranta bush as well as the leaves size and color.
funnelweb
13 years ago
Well, I guess it's a duranta then!
iceblueboy
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks so much guys. Apparently it's definitely a sheenas gold Duranta and I must have been to about 20 shops to find a large one (above 1 metre to fill the gap in the hedge) :(. Have tried binning a markets nurseries...even posted an ad on gumtree but no luck whatsoever. One nursery offered to ring around but gave up. I live on a busy road and is such a shame to have a gap right in the middle.....grrr. Thank you all for responding....just wish I could find one now...... :)