Plant knowledge
Duranta
Duranta erecta
দুরন্ত
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Origin
- Tropical Americas
- Native status
- introduced
- Habit
- shrub
- Mature height
- 1–3 m
- Mature spread
- 1–2.5 m
- Climate
- Sun to light shade
- Light
- full sun
- Water
- moderate
- Soil
- Ordinary garden loam
- Growth
- Fast
- Flowering
- Blue to violet sprays
- Fruiting
- Yellow berries — not for eating
Uses
- Hedges
- Colour belts
Care
- Clip for hedge form. Full sun for density.
Landscape uses
- Boundaries
- Commercial frontages
Nectar shrub; berries attract some birds.
Environmental benefits
- Fast screen
Berries are harmful if eaten. Curated as toxic if ingested.
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