Duranta Erecta Purple Plant

Description

Duranta erecta is a sprawling shrub or a small tree. They may reach up to 10 feet (3 m.) in height, and flowers profusely from summer until the first heavy frost.

The leaves are light green, elliptic to ovate, opposite, and grow up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) long and 3.5 cm (1.4 in) broad, with a 1.5 cm petiole. Duranta Erecta Purple Plant  is a beautiful and attractive ornamental plant.

PLANT FEATURES

HOW TO PLANT DURANTA ERECTA PLANT?

• For growing this prepare the garden by breaking up the existing soil, A rich and organic soil, which drains well.
• Check the plant label for suggested spacing.
• Remove the plant from the container.
• Push the soil gently around the roots filling in empty space around the root ball.
• Give water to new plantings in 2-3 time per weeks.
• Duranta plants need full sun to get the energy they need to make blooms and berries.
• Remove old flowers to keep the plant looking healthy.
• Evacuate water grows and suckers from the base of the tree.
• Feed with general fertilizer once a month.
• Use a combine of sharp shears to expel any shoots that develop past the specified developing zone.

DURANTA ERECTA PLANT CARE

What to do

• Plants growing in too much shade often get lanky and sparse.
• They like rich, loamy, lean and well drained soil.
• Give them full sun light.
• Plants developing outside require the comparable of approximately an inch of rain per week.
• Slow -fertilizers help encourage prolific flowering and fruiting.
• Pruning is necessary to keep a nice shape.
• Use a balanced fertilizer four times throughout the growing season.
• Use a balanced 10-10-10 fertilizer as directed on the package label.

What to do Not

• Do not overwater
• The leaves and un ripened berries of the plant are toxic so you take far your children, dogs and cats from it.
• Over fertilized damage the leaves and steams of this plant.

INTERESTING FACTS

• Live plant along with a plastic pot
• Plants nature is Indoor and houseplant
• This plant is with fast growing, showy and fruit poisonous
• This is a infrequently a small tree
• The flowers are light-blue or lavender, delivered in tight clusters located on terminal and axillary stems.
• The plant has been recognized as an natural weed in Australia, South Africa, and China.
• It has been presented to other living spaces but has not ended up intrusive.
• It has attractive evergreen foliage.
• Duranta Erecta Purple Plant are easy to grow in warm weather and full sun.
• This plants do well in humid conditions and both dry.

USES OF DURANTA ERECTA PLANT

• Perfect for planting around patio, foundations, or among borders planting. Beautiful when planted in large patio containers. Grow as a small tree in a frost-free climate.
• The plant is used as an insect repellant
• The plant is used in the treatment of fevers, skin itches
• This is also known as a medicinal plant

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

• It is critical to water regularly whereas the plant is setting up.
• Water prerequisites after foundation are moo, watering fair sufficient to keep the soil damp and more amid times of dry season.
• A few reestablishment pruning is fundamental to keep a decent shape.