This shrub to small tree has a single or multiple slender trunks that arch with age forming a domed crown. It has oval dark green leaves and the white to blue pendant trumpet-shaped flowers appear in a cluster from spring to autumn.  

Hardiness zones 11 to 12 

Duranta erecta is naturally found from Mexico to northern South America. It grows in most well-drained moderately fertile moist soils in an open sunny to semi shade position and is drought and frost tender.

The Pigeon Berry is grown for showy flowers and bushy habit. It is planted along borders for screening or trimmed to form a hedge. It is suitable for small gardens on the coast and inland and is an ideal quick growing specimen. It establishes in 2-3 years and can be trained to form a small shade tree. ID 969

Duranta (door-AN-tuh) erecta (ee-RECK-tuh)

‘Duranta’: after 16th century Italian botanist Dr Castore Durante; ‘erecta’: upright

Verbenaceae (ver-be-NAY-see-ee)
Teaks, Verbenas