This shrub has upright with greyish woody branched stems that form a dense rounded habit. It has mid green oval pubescent leaves and the purplish wheel-shaped flowers appear in clusters during autumn..

Hardiness zones 9 to 12

Tibouchina multiflorais naturally found in South America growing in a protected sunny position in well drained fertile, most soil and is frost and drought tender.

Glory Bush is grown for its flowers and rounded habit. It is planted in shrub borders for autumn colour or as a specimen against a wall. It is also grown in containers establishing in 2 to 3 years and is suitable for coastal and low-mountain regions and is moderately long lived. It is also planted in tropical gardens or around water features.ID 1922

Tibouchina(ti-boo-CHEE-na) multiflora(mult-tç-FLO-ra)

Melastomataceae (MEL-as-TO-ma-TAY-see-ee)