Duranta Species, Brazilian Sky Flower

This is my second year to enjoy this plant. It was shaped into a tree and is profusely in bloom. It has full Florida sun with medium wa...Read Moretering. I did learn the berries are poisonous. Quoted from a Texas website on the plant:

The attractive fruits and the foliage have saponins that are poisonous to humans. Both are considered to be bitter and while poisonings in the US were unreported in 1986 when Poisonous Plants of California was published (Thomas C. Fuller and Elizabeth McClintock, University of California Press, 1986), there were reports of children becoming ill from eating berries in Australia. This description is based on our research of Duranta erecta and our observations of it growing in the nursery, in our own garden and in other gardens.

Love this bush but the hard freezes from this past winter in SE Texas has killed all 3 of my huge 8 year old bushes to the ground. Hoping...Read More that they will return from the base. Only time will tell.

This plant seems to be gaining popularity in our South Texas area. I have two and they are thriving as well as my neighbor's bushes. We ...Read Moreare wondering if they can be propagated by the seed which grows profusely on the plant every fall. They are like tiny golden capsules of gel. Do they need to be dried or can they be planted off the plant as is?

I definitely want to grow more of these beauties!! Any info would be appreciated....SE

I love this plant. Grows about 3' high in Houston and are covered Spring until Frost with small butterfly loving flowers in blue or whit...Read Moree form. Cut back after winter and comes back very bushy.