Name: Alma Phoenix & Cottonwood, AZ USDA zone 9b, Sunset 13 & ??
That's a long wall and I planted six (!!) in three beds with roses in between. They smothered the roses and I had to move them all. I love the flowers - and so do the butterflies - but they are monsters.
Alma
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. – Thomas Jefferson
Name: Alan Chandler, AZ; 85225 (Zone 9b) Sunset Zone 13
I prune mine when I prune the roses every year. Maybe the white duranta is a little less crazy than the purple. It's easily maintaned at 4-5 feet by pruning it hard when I prune my roses. By hard I mean, knee height.
Name: Alma Phoenix & Cottonwood, AZ USDA zone 9b, Sunset 13 & ??
I'm terrible about pruning so I let it - and just about everything else - run rampant. I did just prune the roses back some, but I don't cut the duranta until spring.
Alma
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. – Thomas Jefferson
Wow Alma - it's huge, and beautiful! I had plans to plant mine in the ground - even had the hole dug - then the storm blew the pot over and it broke - lol. And now it's dead. Becky to the rescue - lol.
Name: Susie Phoenix AZ (Zone 9a) Southwest Gardening~ moderator/ATP.
Nice looking duranta's all around! I think I prefer the white. I had a large purple at my previous house. Just wild and crazy like Alma's. I tore it out and put in Cat's Claw.... didn't know sitt from nothin' at that time. Tore that out and put in some Canna's.... against block wall around pool equipment. I wish we could pass this information on genetically. Why do I have to learn everything new when my parents already figured it out?
