Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Shrubs
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Large
Also Grown As: Staked
Mature Height & Spread: 8-10' x 10-15'
Natural Growth Habit: Rounded, Upright, Weeping
Native To: Cultivar, Mexico and Central America, South America
Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water: Medium Water, Low Water
Flower Color: Purple
Bloom Time: Spring, Summer, Fall
Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Deer Resistant / Drought Resistant / Fragrant / Hedge / Screen / Seacoast Conditions / Shade Tolerant
Container Sizes: #5
Sunset Garden Zones: 13, 16, 17-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9-11
Duranta erecta ‘Sweet Memories’ is an evergreen shrub featuring glossy, dark green pointed leaves with some variegated golden-yellow accents on younger growth, fragrant clusters of intense purple-blue with a white edge and yellow eye, and fleshy yellow-orange berries that hang in drooping clusters. It has a rounded, multi-stemmed, sprawling habit with gracefully weeping or pendulum-like branches. May develop thorns with age. Fruit is toxic. Also grown as staked or espaliered. Excellent as a hedge, screen, windbreak, or as a container-grown background/focal point. Can be used in seacoast landscapes. It needs moderate water application until established, then drought-tolerant. Prefers rich, well-draining soil, but tolerates alkaline or rocky soils. It will grow in partial shade, but flowers and foliage colors perform best in full sun. Resistant to Verticillium wilt. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to 25°F.
Duranta erecta ‘Sweet Memories’ is an evergreen shrub featuring glossy, dark green pointed leaves with some variegated golden-yellow accents on younger growth, fragrant clusters of intense purple-blue with a white edge and yellow eye, and fleshy yellow-orange berries that hang in drooping clusters. It has a rounded, multi-stemmed, sprawling habit with gracefully weeping or pendulum-like branches. May develop thorns with age. Fruit is toxic. Also grown as staked or espaliered. Excellent as a hedge, screen, windbreak, or as a container-grown background/focal point. Can be used in seacoast landscapes. It needs moderate water application until established, then drought-tolerant. Prefers rich, well-draining soil, but tolerates alkaline or rocky soils. It will grow in partial shade, but flowers and foliage colors perform best in full sun. Resistant to Verticillium wilt. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Cold hardy to 25°F.
