Princess Flower (Pleroma urvilleanum)

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Shrub
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Plant Height:	To 15 feet
Plant Spread:	10 - 12 feet
Leaves:	Evergreen
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	Purple Other: vibrant pink buds
Bloom Size:	2"-3"
Flower Time:	Spring Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall Fall
Uses:	Windbreak or Hedge
Wildlife Attractant:	Butterflies
Propagation: Other methods:	Cuttings: Stem Division
Containers:	Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots
Awards and Recognitions:	RHS AGM

Common names

Princess Flower
Lasiandra
Glory Bush
Purple Glory Tree

Botanical names

Accepted: Pleroma urvilleanum
Synonym: Tibouchina urvilleana

Photo Gallery

Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2019-05-06
Petals serving as a perch for a #BushKatydid Nymph (Scudderia fur

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Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2019-05-06
A #Monarch Butterfly perching on the leaves of the Glory Bush enj

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Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2019-05-06
A #Monarch chrysalis attached to a leaf. Note the faint outline o

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Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2020-04-27
A newly released #Monarch drying his wings on a stem of the Glory

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Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-10-19

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Location: RHS Wisley, UK.
Date: 2022-10-26

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Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
Date: October 30, 2023
Princess flower #106 nn; LHB page 732, 149-2-?, "Native name of G

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-08-14

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Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2020-04-09
Dried leaves on the bush

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Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13

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Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-01-11

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Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC (Visitor center)
Date: September 14, 2022
Princess flower #106 nn; LHB page 732, 149-2-?, "Native name of G

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Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: October 23, 2011

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Location: La Fortuna, Costa Rica | Old Photo
Date: 2022-12-17

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-10-10

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Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2010-07-01

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Location: Coastal San Diego County
Date: 2018-07-11

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Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-03-09

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Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-02-11

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Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

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Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2020-09-30

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Location: MOBOT, St Louis
Date: 2011-08-09

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Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2022)
Princess flower #106 nn; LHB page 732, 149-2-?, "Native name of G

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Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-10-12

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Location: Backyard
Date: August 25, 2011
Princess Flower

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Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-04-21
Buds of T. urvilleana - dwarf variety

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Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-11-01
Little dwarf shrub full of November buds

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Location: Balboa Park Botanical Building
Date: October
photo by Stan Shebs.

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Photo courtesy of Camellia Forest Nursery

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Comments:

Posted by plantladylin (Sebastian, Florida - Zone 10a) on Sep 11, 2011 2:41 PM concerning plant:

The Princess Flower is one of my all time favorites. I love the soft fuzzy foliage and the beautiful purple blooms of this fast growing shrub. It's considered a tender evergreen and freezes back during cold winters but reemerges in spring.

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Posted by longk (Oxford UK - Zone 8a) on Feb 28, 2017 1:33 PM concerning plant:

Whilst it can take a frost and survive it will not handle a full zone 8 winter outdoors. It also needs better summers that we've had the last few years to thrive and as a result has been blooming later.

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