Tibouchina urvilleana

Tibouchina urvilleana is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to Brazil. Growing to 3–6 m (10–20 ft) tall by 2–3 m (7–10 ft) wide, it is a sprawling evergreen shrub with longitudinally veined, dark green hairy leaves. Clusters of brilliant purple flowers up to 10 cm (4 in) in diameter, with black stamens, are borne throughout summer and autumn.[1]

Tibouchina urvilleana
Tibouchina urvilleana flower, Sri Lanka
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Tibouchina
Species:
T. urvilleana
Binomial name
Tibouchina urvilleana

Common names include:

  • glory bush
  • lasiandra
  • princess flower
  • pleroma
  • purple glory tree[2]

The specific epithet urvilleana commemorates the 19th-century French explorer and botanist Jules Dumont d'Urville.[3]

Cultivation

Tibouchina urvilleana has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2][4]

With a minimum temperature of 3 °C (37 °F), it requires some winter protection, and in temperate areas is often grown in a conservatory. However, it can also be grown outside in a sunny, sheltered spot.[5] Plants are best grown in acidic and well-drained soils and spread by suckers. It can be trained as a vine and grown on a trellis.[6]

References
  1. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  2. "RHS Plant Selector - Tibouchina urvilleana". Retrieved 6 June 2013.
  3. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
  4. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 102. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  5. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/st633
  6. "Tibouchina urvilleana - Plant Finder". www.missouribotanicalgarden.org. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
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