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Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F)
Plant Height: 15-25 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Other: Dry, semi-woody capsule.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Humidity tolerant

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Common names
  • Glory Bush
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Pleroma raddianum
  • Synonym: Pleroma pulchrum
  • Synonym: Tibouchina pulchra

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Location: Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2014-01-24
Location: Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2014-01-24
Location: Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2014-01-25
Location: Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2014-01-23
Location: Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2014-01-23
Location: Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2014-01-24
Location: Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2014-01-24
Location: Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2014-01-24
Location: Rainforest, Paraty, Brazil
Date: 2014-01-24
Location: Ubatuba, Brazil
credit: Leonardo Ré-Jorge

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