Boca Raton, FL (Zone 10a) | October 2004 | positive
This is a large shrub with clusters of beautiful violet/lavender star-shaped flowers native to the tropical hardwood hammocks of coastal ...Read MoreSouth Florida and the Keys. The scarlet-red, flaming berries probably provide food for wildlife such as birds, and the flowers probably attract butterflies. A great plant if you live in zone 10a along the Gulf or Atlantic side of Florida or southward!
MORE FACTS - Member of Nightshade (Potato) Family, Solanaceae. (Credits to ISB Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants and Wikipeda, The Free Encyclopedia).
Saw copious growth of this lovely plant at Bahia Honda State Park. (June 2012)
This is a large shrub with clusters of beautiful violet/lavender star-shaped flowers native to the tropical hardwood hammocks of coastal ...Read More