San Leandro, CA (Zone 9b) | September 2009 | neutral
This is a dwarf tibouchina that does well a as container plant. On the Monterey Bay Nursery website, it is reported that Don Mahoney fro...Read Morem the Strybing Arboretum in San Francisco has stated that Tibouchina laxifola withstands temps down to 25 degrees with no damage at all making it a very hardy tibouchina. He also said it blooms much more than the other tibouchina cultivars in that it blooms 8 months of the year.
The one I saw was very small leafed but the leaves had such great texture and rich color and were edged in red fuzz. Very appealing.
This is a dwarf tibouchina that does well a as container plant. On the Monterey Bay Nursery website, it is reported that Don Mahoney fro...Read More