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Tibouchina
urvilleana * Princess Plant |
| With the
large (2") passionately purple flowers and felt-like leaves this
Princess Plant is an attention
grabber. Tibouchina urvilleana blooms almost constantly through the spring to frost.
Princess Plant goes
winter deciduous for me even in frost free locations. I cut Tibouchina
urvilleana back at during the Winter to
pencil sized wood as most of the smaller branches die anyway.
Tibouchina urvilleana is a coastal gem.
It also thrives in the banana belts of the inland valleys if they are
well enough protected. Heat
and humidity are both helpful for Tibouchina urvilleana. The Princess
Plant dies back if temperatures drop into
the 20's and way back in the low 20's. Unfortunately the recovery from the cold is
miserably slow. The biggest Princess Plant that I have seen is 12' tall and wide.
Tibouchina urvilleana prefers loamy well mulched soil.
High
resolution images of Tibouchina
urvilleana are available
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