Barleria Purple - Philippine violet

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This tough pretty little shrub is worth a try in dry unpromising spots and brand new gardens, as it's a good coloniser of poor soils. If you get frost, grow it as a houseplant to enjoy the trumpet-shaped flowers in gentle violet-mauve.

Barleria cristata Purple - Philippine violet

APPEARANCE: Tough attractive shrub or herbaceous perennial, originally from the Indian sub-continent, Burma, and Nepal, with small violet-purple trumpet-shaped flowers and upright branching stems of soft green leaves. Flowers during spring/summer.
PLANTING: Full sun/part shade. Frost free locations. It is a coloniser plant, growing readily on dry disturbed soils and roadsides
CARE: Responds well to light pruning which shapes it and improves bushiness. Water regularly during the first 8-12 weeks until the plant is established; protect from frost.
HEIGHT  Up to 1m H
YOUR PLANTS: These plants are tubestock plants, young healthy plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 42 mm wide and 80 mm high. You can see an example in the image gallery
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