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

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Common names
  • Princess Flower
  • Lasiandra
  • Glory Bush
  • Purple Glory Tree
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Pleroma urvilleanum
  • Synonym: Tibouchina urvilleana

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Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2019-05-06
Petals serving as a perch for a #BushKatydid Nymph (Scudderia fur
Photo by Fleur569
Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2019-05-06
A #Monarch Butterfly perching on the leaves of the Glory Bush enj
Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2019-05-06
A #Monarch chrysalis attached to a leaf. Note the faint outline o
Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2020-04-27
A newly released #Monarch drying his wings on a stem of the Glory
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-10-19
Location: RHS Wisley, UK.
Date: 2022-10-26
Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
Date: October 30, 2023
Princess flower #106 nn; LHB page 732, 149-2-?, "Native name of G
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2011-10-19
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-08-14
Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2020-04-09
Dried leaves on the bush
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-01-11
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
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: October 23, 2011

Date: October
Location: La Fortuna, Costa Rica | Old Photo
Date: 2022-12-17
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-10-10
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universitaet Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-08-30
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2010-07-01
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-07-11
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-07-11
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-03-09
Location: La Fortuna, Costa Rica | Old Photo
Date: 2022-12-17
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-10-10
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-10-10
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-02-11

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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Location: La Fortuna, Costa Rica | Old Photo
Date: 2022-12-17
Location: Canada
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-08-30
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2010-07-01
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2010-07-01
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2010-07-01
Location: At a local nursery 
Date: 2020-09-30
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-07-11
Location: MOBOT, St Louis
Date: 2011-08-09
Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2022)
Princess flower #106 nn; LHB page 732, 149-2-?, "Native name of G
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-10-12

Date: August 23, 2011

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Backyard 
Date: August 25, 2011
Princess Flower

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Date: August 25, 2011
Single Bloom
Location: Canada
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-04-21 
Buds of T. urvilleana - dwarf variety
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-11-01 
Little dwarf shrub full of November buds
Location: Balboa Park Botanical Building
Date: October
photo by Stan Shebs.

Photo courtesy of Camellia Forest Nursery
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.
  • 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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