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Maureen Gilmer
(Athens Blue Glorybush, Hybrid Glorybush)
Selected for its dense compact habit and its profusion of blue-violet flowers during the warm months, this medium-sized to large evergreen shrub is a hybrid of the the Brazilian native Tibouchina urvilleana. It has large, oval-shaped, velvety green leaves with several deep, parallel veins and a tapered point. Beautiful, round, purple to blue-violet, five-petaled flowers appear on new growth at the ends of the branches. They continue sporadically throughout the year in mild conditions, with...
Maureen Gilmer
(Large-leaved Princess Flower, Velvet-Leaf Tibouchina)
Prized for its fantastic fuzzy foliage and iridescent violet-blue flowers, large-leaved princess flower is a favorite tropical beauty that can also be grown as a tender perennial in temperate gardens where summers are warm and humid. In its native Brazil, and other tropical climes, it grows as a rounded, evergreen shrub.
The four-angled stems of large-leaved princess flower support many large, quilted leaves of bright green that are covered with dense, light-reflecting hairs. The velvety, oval...
Forest & Kim Starr
(Brazilian Glorytree, Purple Glorytree)
Bearing glossy dark green leaves and vibrant violet-purple flowers year round, this large shrub or small tree is native to Brazil and Bolivia. The rounded, five-petaled flowers are borne on new growth, with heaviest bloom in summer and fall. They attract butterflies. Paired along four-winged branches, the rough, leathery, narrowly oval, often drooping leaves are pleated with five depressed veins. If drought or cold occurs, some leaves turn orange and red and then drop.
Grow this cold-tender...
Carol Cloud Bailey
(Pink Glorytree)
Bearing glossy dark green leaves, 'Rosea' differs from the regular glorytree species by producing rose-pink flowers year round. The petals have hints of violet and lavender. This large shrub or small tree is native to Brazil and Bolivia. The rounded, five-petaled flowers are borne on new growth, with heaviest bloom in summer and fall. They attract butterflies. Paired along four-winged branches, the rough, leathery, narrowly oval, often drooping leaves are pleated with five depressed veins. If drought...
James Burghardt
Prized for its fantastic fuzzy foliage and iridescent violet-blue flowers, large-leaved princess flower is a favorite tropical beauty that can also be grown as a tender perennial in temperate gardens where summers are warm and humid. In its native Brazil, and other tropical climes, it grows as a rounded, evergreen shrub.
The four-angled stems of large-leaved princess flower support many large, quilted leaves of bright green that are covered with dense, light-reflecting hairs. The velvety, oval...
(Hybrid Glorybush, Jules Glorybush)
A hybrid tibouchina selected for its dense dwarf habit and its profusion of blue-violet flowers during the warm months, this small rounded evergreen shrub was bred and introduced by Ken Dunstan of Alstonville, New South Wales, Australia. Its handsome, oval, velvety green leaves have several deep parallel veins and a tapered point. Beautiful, round, purple to blue-violet, five-petaled flowers appear on new growth at the ends of the branches. They continue sporadically throughout the year in mild moist...
James H. Schutte
Congested clusters of plump, purple-violet flowers grace the branch tips of the Colombian glorybush. This large evergreen shrub is sensitive to frost and is native to the high plains of Colombia and Ecuador. It usually attains a multistemmed habit with a spreading canopy of branches.
The large elongated oval leaves taper to a pointed tip. Three depressed veins run the length of these slightly hairy leaf blades. Most heavily blooming in the warmth of summer or into the tropical autumn, the five-petaled...
(Night Princess Flower)
Deep purple flowers poke out from fuzzy reddish buds in summer and autumn on the night princess flowe. The vibrant blooms look almost electric against the gray-green hairy leaves that are often flushed with tones of red. A small evergreen tree or shrub from southeastern Brazil, this species is densely branched and develops a rounded habit with age.
The oval leaves of this princess flower are medium to dark green and covered in many short gray hairs. Once mature, the leaves may develop a reddish...
