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Produce => Non Edible Plants => Topic started by: shambasarfi on June 18, 2008, 00:03:02

Title: Yesterday Today and Tomorrow - Brunfelsia Pauciflora
Post by: shambasarfi on June 18, 2008, 00:03:02

Has anybody tried to grow the above shrub in England and, if so, were you successful?  It's a beautiful sweet smelling shrub that has white flowers which then turn mauve and then purple (hence the apt name) and so you get three different coloured flowers on the one bush.

We had these in our garden in Kenya and they were beautiful.

http://heartgarden.com.au/description.asp?id=40 (http://heartgarden.com.au/description.asp?id=40)

Title: Re: Yesterday Today and Tomorrow - Brunfelsia Pauciflora
Post by: Rhubarb Thrasher on June 18, 2008, 13:43:54

what a lovely plant. The wisley website has it for a greenhouse

Title: Re: Yesterday Today and Tomorrow - Brunfelsia Pauciflora
Post by: PurpleHeather on June 21, 2008, 19:33:08

It can be grown as a house plant and can go outside in summer. It is tropical but will tolerate dryness.

Is used in summer hanging baskets.

You can take root cuttings.

Let us know how you get on with yours