Rogers Trees and Shrubs - Brunfelsia pauciflora Tree


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Brunfelsia pauciflora. Click a photo to enlarge it. back to list

synonyms: Yesterday-today and-tomorrow

Ref No: 18564
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tree/shrub type: Broad leaved trees and shrubs

foliage: Evergreen

size: Average shrubs

leaf type: Simple leaves

flowering period: Summer

leaf colour: Leaves green

plants for a purpose: Trees and shrubs with decorative white flowers, Trees and shrubs with decorative blue/purple to black flowers, Trees and shrubs with variegated coloured flowers

Brunfelsia pauciflora
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
This shrub has flat flowers, 5–7cm (2–3in) across, which change colour from purple to white overnight, hence the common name. ‘Macrantha’ has purple flowers, 7cm (3in) across, which do not show such an abrupt colour change. Both are wild in Brazil, flowering in spring and summer.
Cultivation Easily grown in fertile soil, in shelter and with partial shade in hot areas.
Height to 3m (10ft); spread to 4.5m (15ft). USZ 9–11, surviving -6.5°C (20°F) of overnight frost. Best with summer water. Z10.

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