Saturday, December 3, 2011

Duranta repens


Golden Dewdrop, Pigeon berry, Duranta repens

A large erect shrub growing to a height of 1-3 meters, with straggling and drooping branches.  Flowers have a mild sweet vanilla-like scent, fruit is a cluster of  bright orange-yellow berries, fleshy, and slightly poisonous.  Cultivated as an ornamental, usually as hedge or fence screen.

The flowers take the tears of weeping night, and give them to the sun for the day's delight.

~ Joseph Cotter



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17 comments:

Unknown said...

wow, what a lovely bloom.. i like the color too :)

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Giga said...

Są śliczne i do tego w moim ulubionym, niebieskim kolorze.Dziękuję za miłe odwiedziny. Pozdrawiam

Maia said...

Beautiful flowers. It must be a nice view to see the entire shrub full of blooms.

CameraCruise said...

Beautiful flowers!
Love the color and the quote.

Karen @ Pieces of Contentment said...

They have such pretty flowers. We have a couple in our yard but are actually trying to remove them as they keep growing...and growing.

Joyful said...

Very nice! I love the colour.

Modern Mom said...

They're beautiful and I love their color.

Cosmos

Carletta said...

These are lovely! I like the white edges and the vanilla scent sounds wonderful!!

Indrani said...

Lovely color of the flowers.

Jama said...

I love their colours!

Anonymous said...

Oh, these are indeed beautiful!!

Eden said...

Beautiful. Love the colour.

Carver said...

Delightful flowers and such a nice color.

Unknown said...

Very lovely bloom and I love the color too!

Flower

Andrea said...

Hi Luna, I have one lush plant of this, and it never fails to interest me especially because the butterflies are always there. It is synonymous with Duranta erecta.

Chubskulit Rose said...

Very pretty, di pa ata ako nakakita nyan.


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