Overview

Introduce a touch of serene beauty to your garden with the stunning white duranta live plant. This vigorous shrub, also known as Golden Dewdrop or Pigeon Berry, is cherished for its graceful arching branches, lush green foliage, and prolific clusters of delicate white flowers. Our white duranta live plant arrives as a healthy specimen, approximately 1ft tall and securely rooted in a 6-inch nursery pot, ensuring a strong start in your outdoor space. Ideal for creating eye-catching hedges, borders, or as a standalone focal point, the Duranta erecta ‘Alba’ variety offers a classic, clean aesthetic that complements any garden design. Its rapid growth and adaptability make it a popular choice for both seasoned gardeners and those new to cultivating flowering shrubs.

Key Benefits

Adding a white duranta live plant to your garden brings a multitude of advantages, enhancing both its beauty and ecological value. This versatile shrub provides continuous visual interest throughout its growing season.

• Elegant White Blooms: Enjoy a continuous display of delicate white flowers that create a striking contrast against the vibrant green leaves, adding sophistication to your landscape.
• Fast-Growing Shrub: This duranta bush grows quickly, making it an excellent choice for establishing privacy screens, hedges, or filling in garden spaces efficiently.
• Attracts Pollinators: The flowers are a magnet for butterflies and bees, contributing to a healthy and biodiverse garden ecosystem.
• Versatile Landscaping Plant: Whether used as a hedge, a specimen plant, in containers, or as part of a mixed border, the golden dewdrop shrub adapts beautifully to various garden roles.
• Low Maintenance: Once established, the Duranta ‘Alba’ is relatively easy to care for, requiring minimal attention beyond regular watering and occasional pruning.
• Drought Tolerant: While it appreciates consistent moisture, this plant exhibits good drought tolerance once mature, making it suitable for water-wise gardening.
• Year-Round Interest (in warm climates): In frost-free regions, this durable shrub can provide evergreen foliage and continuous blooms, offering beauty throughout the year.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your white duranta live plant is straightforward, ensuring it thrives and produces abundant blooms. This resilient shrub prefers a location that receives full sun to partial shade. For optimal flowering and dense foliage, aim for at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. In hotter climates, some afternoon shade can protect the leaves from scorching. When it comes to watering, consistent moisture is key, especially during dry spells and in its initial establishment phase. Water deeply when the top inch or two of soil feels dry to the touch, but avoid waterlogging, as this can lead to root rot. Good drainage is crucial for the health of your duranta erecta white.

The ideal soil for a golden dewdrop shrub is well-draining, fertile loam with a slightly acidic to neutral pH. Amend heavy clay soils with organic matter like compost or pine bark to improve drainage and aeration. Fertilize your duranta during the growing season (spring and summer) with a balanced, slow-release granular fertilizer or a liquid feed every 4-6 weeks. Pruning is essential for maintaining shape, promoting bushiness, and encouraging more flowers. Hard prune in late winter or early spring to remove any dead or weak branches and to shape the plant. Light pruning can be done throughout the growing season to encourage new blooms. This plant is generally hardy in USDA Zones 9-11, where it can be grown as a perennial. In cooler zones, it can be grown as an annual or overwintered indoors.

Size & Details

This white duranta live plant is shipped approximately 1ft tall, measured from the soil line, and comes securely planted in a 6-inch nursery pot. This size provides a robust root system ready for transplanting into your garden or a larger container. The growth rate of the Duranta erecta is quite fast, often adding several feet in height per year under ideal conditions, making it an excellent choice for quick screening or establishing a substantial presence in the landscape. Typically, a mature outdoor flowering plant can reach heights of 10-15 feet and spread up to 8-10 feet if left unpruned, though it can be easily kept smaller with regular trimming. Expect to see its beautiful white flowers from spring through fall, with berries following the blooms. It’s a vigorous grower that quickly establishes itself in its new environment.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this plant get? A: This white duranta live plant can grow 10-15 feet tall and 8-10 feet wide if left unpruned. However, it responds very well to regular trimming and can be maintained at a smaller, more compact size suitable for hedges or smaller garden spaces.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: Your duranta arrives in a 6-inch nursery pot, providing a healthy root system and a good head start for planting in your garden or a larger decorative container.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The white duranta live plant is primarily an outdoor plant, thriving in warm climates (USDA Zones 9-11). In cooler zones, it can be grown as an annual or brought indoors during winter.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: For best results and abundant blooms, provide your golden dewdrop shrub with full sun (at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily). It can tolerate partial shade, especially in hot afternoon sun.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, once established, the duranta is considered a low-maintenance plant. It requires consistent watering, especially when young, and benefits from regular pruning to maintain its shape and promote flowering.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your plant will arrive healthy and well-packaged, protected for transit. It will be a fully rooted, live plant approximately 1ft tall in its 6-inch nursery pot, ready for planting.
• Q: When is the best time to plant this duranta bush? A: The best time to plant your white duranta live plant is in spring or early summer, allowing it ample time to establish itself before cooler temperatures arrive.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: This plant is hardy in USDA Zones 9-11. If you live in a colder zone, it will likely not survive outdoor winter temperatures and should be treated as an annual or brought indoors before the first frost.
• Q: Does this plant attract wildlife? A: Yes, the flowers of the duranta are known to attract butterflies and bees, making it a beneficial addition to a pollinator garden.
• Q: What kind of soil does it prefer? A: The duranta erecta white thrives in well-draining, fertile soil. Amend heavy clay soils with organic matter to improve drainage.