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Image of the butterfly and
bird attractor,
Duranta erecta 'Alba' or
White-flowered Golden Dewdrop
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Duranta erecta 'Alba'
(White-flowered Golden
Dewdrop, Honey Drops, Pigeon Berry, White Sky Flower, Duranta
repens 'Alba') |
Family: Verbenaceae
Light:
Sun-part shade
Height: 6-8'
Spread: 4-6'
Blooms:
Lightly fragrant, clusters of pure white pendulous flowers, from
Spring-Fall
Foliage:
Deciduous, lush, light green, short,
smooth
Fruit: Yellow golden berries
Soil: Well-drained, acidic
Water: Keep moist
Fertilizer: Complete, soluble
Propagation:
Seeds, cuttings
Caution: Plant is thorny, wear gloves. Berries are
poisonous, do not eat
Uses: Specimen, hedges, ornamental, landscaping, indoors, container, hanging
basket, mass plant
Insects / Diseases: Watch out for nemetodes, catterpillars and
scale insects
Comments: Duranta
erecta 'Alba' or White-flowered Golden
Dewdrop or Honey Drops or Pigeon Berry or White Sky Flower is an attractive
ornamental shrub with a droopy growth habit. In Spring, it
produces slightly scented white nectar-rich flowers which are magnets
for butterflies. Duranta
erecta 'Alba'
flowers then turn into exotic golden colored berries hanging gracefully
from the branches; these berries are a fiesta for the songbirds and
pigeons. White Flower
Skyflower is thorny so plant it away from children. This lovely
perennial is easily propagated from seeds or stem cuttings. Honey
Drops thrives well in the sunny to part-shade
perennial landscape.
Grown en masse, these plants are ideal for hedges. Its delightful
white flowers attract many passerbys.
Duranta repens 'Alba' makes wonderful hedge plants';
it can also be
container grown.
USDA Hardiness Zones : 8b-11 |
