Duranta erecta George Forrest That observation is a starting

That observation is a starting point rather than a promise

holding their leaves through mild winters and shedding them only when hard cold arrives

doing the real business of pollination while ants and small flies stay stuck at the door

and native azaleas make fitting company

The fragrant orange spikes are magnets for butterflies and hummingbirds

Duranta erecta George Forrest That observation is a startingGolden dewdrop, Duranta erecta, is a member of the verbena family grown across the warm world for two ornaments the shrub carries at once: loose, drooping sprays of soft lilac blue flowers, each with a darker eye, and long chains of round, glossy amber berries that hang like strings of wet gold. The common name catches that second gift exactly, while older names, pigeon berry and skyflower, catch the first. Native from Mexico and the Caribbean through